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Excerpt from Obituary Notice of Maj.-Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman: First Commander of the Third Army CorpsOn the breaking out of the Rebellion he was engaged as Superintendent of the General Recruiting Service, at F ort Columbus, New York harbor. When new regiments were added to the regular army he was selected for Colonel of the Eighteenth Infantry, and was rapidly advanced