DRAPER, Alonzo Granville, soldier, born in Brattieboro, Vermont, 6 September 1835; died in Brazos, Tex., 3 September 18(;5. He early settled in Boston, and was graduated at the English high school in 1854, after which he removed to Lynn, where he edited the "New England Mechanic," and held office in the City government. At the beginning" of the civil war he recruited a company of volunteers for the 14th Massachusetts regiment, and was commissioned captain, 6 May 1861. In January 1863, he was promoted major, and, after being transferred to the 2d national colored regiment, was made colonel in August 1863, and afterward attached to the 25th corps, where for a month he had charge of a brigade in Major General Paine's division, and where he won the title of brevet brigadier general, 28 October 1864. A few months previous to his death he left Virginia in command of a brigade, and died from wounds received in Texas.