Adrian Rowe Root

         GEN. ADRIAN ROOT
 Death of the Revered Commander of the
       94th Regiment -- His Record in
            the Civil War.
 Many a veteran in this section will
read with sincere sorrow the an-
nouncement of the death of Gen.
Adrian Root, which occurred at
Buffalo.
 Gen. Root died Sunday, age 66
years. He served throughout the civil
war, entering the service as lieuten-
ant colonel of the 91st New York vol-
unteers. He was promoted to colonel
of the 94th New York volunteers, took
command of that regiment at Alexan-
dria in the spring of 1863 and served
throughout the war, being mustered
out with the regiment at Albany,
July 31, 1865, with the rank of brevet
major general.
 He was wounded and taken prisoner
at the battle of Gettysburg, together
with a large number of the regiment,
who were all paroled on the field.
Col. Root was sent to Camp Parole,
Annapolis, Md., where he soon at-
tained command of that camp, and was
retained in command until after Lee's
surrender at Appomattox.
 The regiment was retained in the
field at the front except during the
winter of 1864-5, when Col. Root got 
permission from the war department
to have his regiment detailed at guard
for the camp, until the campaign of
the Wilderness, 1865, opened. Gen.
Grant then called the old veteran
94th to the front.
 Gen. Root was a good military
officer and well liked by his com-
mand. The news of his death will be
received by the old veterans of the
94th regiment with sadness, as nearly
every one can recall many acts of
kindness, sympathy and cheer be-
stowed by the colonel as they knew
him, on the march, in the hospital
and on the many bloody battlefields
in which this regiment participated
under his command.