Maj.-Gen. John Sedgwick.

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The death of this gallant soldier will cause a deep feeling of sorrow throughout the country. His fortunes had been so long allied with the Army of the Potomac, and his career so distinguished for gallantry and efficiency, that "Uncle JOHN," as he was universally known among the troops, was almost an essential to the well-being of that army. He was a native of Connecticut, graduated at West Point high in his class, served with distinction and honor for many years in the regular army, and at the outbreak of the war was, we believe, Colonel of the Fourth Regular Cavalry. He was among the early appointments to the position of Brigadier-General, and commanded a brigade, and subsequently a division, of troops, succeeding Gen. STONE on the upper Potomac, in the Fall and Winter of 1861-2. His command joined the Army of the Potomac when MCCLELLAN moved to the Peninsula, and the division was assigned to the corps of Gen. SAMNER. This division he commanded with distinguished success, up to the battle of Antietam, where he was wounded. Upon his recovery he was again assigned to the Army of the Potomac, and commanded the Ninth Army Corps for a short time, in the winter of 1863, and then succeeded Gen. SMITH in the command of the Sixth Corps, which he exercised with great ability up to the day of his death, participating in the second assault upon Fredericksburgh, the battle of Gettysburgh, the advance upon Mine Run, and the late desperate battle in the Wilderness, only to lose his life at the hands of a murderous sharpshooter, instead of falling, as he would have chosen to fall, in the heat of battle, inspiring his men by a brilliant example. To no one will his death come with deeper sorrow than to his command, who loved him, and the avenging arm of the noble Sixth Corps will strike surer and swifter blows upon the tottering rebellion as they remember the fall of their brave leader.