Samuel McConihe

      DEATH LIST OF A DAY.
   Capt. Samuel McConihe, U. S. A.
 Capt. Samuel McConihe, United States
Army, died yesterday of Bright's disease
in St. Luke's Hospital. He had been in
the hospital two weeks, having come from
his home in the West for treatment. There
will be a short service over the body at
the hospital at 11 o'clock this morning, and
it will then be taken West for interment.
 Capt. McConihe, who was of the Four-
teenth Infantry, was the ranking Captain
of the army and would have been pro-
moted to the rank of Major within a short
time. He was born in New Hampshire, and
was made Captain of the Ninety-third New
York Volunteers Jan. 17, 1862. He was
promoted to the rank of Major in December
of the following year. He did conspicuous
service throughout the war, and was mus-
tered out in 1865.
 Soon afterward he was brevetted Lieuten-
ant Colonel, Colonel, and Brigadier General
of volunteers for gallantry in the battles
of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania and
for gallant and meritorious service during
the war. He was appointed to the regular
army as Second Lieutenant, and was at
once made First Lieutenant in the Four-
teenth Infantry, Feb. 23, 1866. He received
the brevet rank of Captain, Major, and
Lieutenant Colonel March 2, 1867, for his
services during the war. He was made
Captain of the Fourteenth Infantry Feb.
25, 1876.