1905-06 Volume 30 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

5.s6 THE SCROLL.T86O that of civil engineering. In 1871 Gen. Boynton marriedHelen Augusta Mason.Gen. Boynton's education well fitted him for a militarycareer, as did his inclination. U'hen the civil war broke outhe became major and later lieutenant colonel of the 35thOhio Volunteer Infantry and served with that regimentthroughout the war. He commanded the regiment in thebattle of Chickamauga and the storming of MissionaryRidge. His great familiarity with those battle groundscaused him to be selected for service after the war in connectionwith the marking of historical places on those battlegrounds and he became chairman of the Chickamauga andChattanooga National Military Park Commission and wasactively connected with the entire work of laying out andimproving the park in every particular.Gen. Boynton was brevetted brigadier general for gallantryat Chickamauga and Chattanooga and he was awarded amedal of honor by congress for his service at MissionaryRidge.At the close of the war he entered upon newspaper workand from 1865 he was a newspaper correspondent in Washington,D. C. For many years he was correspondent of theCincinnati Commercial Gazelle. He had a wide acquaintanceamong public men and was a lifelong friend of PresidentMc Kinle)^Upon the breaking out of the war with Spain, Gen. Boyntonwas commissioned a brigadier general of volunteers andwas on duty in connection with the military service untij theclose of hostilities.He was a member of the Society of the Arm} of the Cumberlandand president of the board of education of the Districtof Columbia. He was a member of the Gridiron C-lub,of which he served as president.Gen. Boynton was the author of "Sherman's Historica.Raid," published in 1875, and of "The Chickamauga NationalMilitary Park."Among the many tributes to Gen. Boynton after his death,the following excerpts from an editorial in the WashingtonPost are notable:A brave soldier and a modest, public-spirited, and able gentleman is lostin the death of Gen. Henry V, Bointon. His career was long and varied,and in every stage of it he proved the possession of the best qualities ofAmerican manhood.After the war Gen. Boynton came lo Washington as a newspaper correspondent.His ability as a journalist kept him in the front ranks until his