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284 THE MAINE BUGLE.
FLOYD CLARKSON.
At his home in New York City, from paralysis of the heart,
Colonel Floyd Clarkson died, in the 63d year of his age. He
wasa gallant soldier, and his grandfather was a signer of the
Declaration of Independence. He was first a private in the
Seventh Regiment, and in 1861 went to the front as a thirty-days'
volunteer. After the expiration of his term of enlistment he was
commissioned the army as major in the Sixth New York Cavalry.
He resigned on Sept. 5th, 1862. In the following April he
again enlisted as major in the Twelfth New York Cavalry, with
which command he remained until the close of the war. For
faithful and meritorious services he was made a brevet lieutenant-
colonel on April 22d, 1865. After the war he went into the
real estate business, in which he continued until his death. He
was a member of Lafayette Post, G. A. R., and was commander
of the New York Department, G. A. R., during the years
i887-'88, and vice president of the Cavalry Society of the
Armies of the United States at date of his death.
Badge of the Society.
The Badge of the Society is a pair of crossed sabres, accu-
rately copied from the Regulation Cavalry Sabre, and finely
finished in gold, upon a boldly worked "sunburst" of silver.
It is attached to the coat or the ribbon of the Society by means
of a brooch-pin at the back.
Price $5.00. Send money with order to Maj. G. Irvine
Whitehead, Treasurer, 206 Broadway, New York.
Next Meeting.
Place of meeting next year, as fixed by Society of the Army
of the Potomac, is New London. Conn., date not named.
Cavalry Headquarters.
The Committee on Reunion, has designated Room No. i,
Common Pleas Court, Pittsburgh, Pa., for the exclusive use
of the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac as its headquarters
during the G. A. R. National Encampment.