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Duane, James Chatham, 1824-

Military officer; born in Schenectady, N. Y., June 30, 1824; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1848, and served with the corps of engineers till 1854. He rendered excellent work during the Civil War, notably in the building of a bridge 2,000 feet long over the Chickahominy River. He was brevetted brigadier-general in 1865; promoted brigadier-general and chief of engineers, U. S. A., in 1886; retired June 30, 1888. From his retirement till his death, Nov. 8, 1897, he was president of the New York Aqueduct Commission.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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