DEATH LIST OF A DAY.
Col. Harmon D. Hull.
Col. Harmon D. Hull, who died at his
home, 10 West Forty-third Street, on Fri-
day, was born in Fulton, Oswego County,
N.Y. He came to this city prior to the
civil war, and in April, 1861, was a member
of the Sixth Company, Seventh Regiment.
He co-operated with Col. Abram Duryea in
organizing the Fifth New York Volunteers,
(Duryea Zouaves,) of which regiment he
was commissioned Captain of Company A
on May 9, 1861, and later Major and Lieu-
tenant Colonel, serving with the regiment
until October, 1862, when he was appointed
Colonel of the One Hundred and Sixty-fifth
New York Volunteers, (Second Battalion
Duryea Zouaves.) At the close of the war
he raised and commanded the Fourth Regi-
ment, N.G.S.N.Y., known as the "Vet-
eran Zouaves," recruited from the Fifth
and One Hundred and Sixty-fifth Volun-
teers.
Col. Hull was appointed in 1866 by Gov.
Fenton one of the three Commissioners to con-
fer with representatives of the State of
New Jersey as to quarantine jurisdiction.
In 1889 he was appointed by Secretary
Windom special agent of the Treasury in
Europe, with headquaryters at Paris, which
position he held for four years. He was a
member of the Army and Navy Club, the
Loyal Legion, the Seventh Regiment Vet-
erans' Association, and other military and
civil organizations.
Maintained by
Sue Greenhagen.
E-mail:
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