KILOWATT (from Gk. ;Am, ehilioi, thou sand + Eng. watt, from the Scotch engineer -fames Watt). One thousand watts: a unit of power. See WATT; ELECTRICAL UNITS.
Hcon Juusox (1836-81). All American soldier, one of the most brilliant cavalry leaders on the Federal side in the Civil War. He was born near Deckertown. N. J., grad uated at West Point in 1861. and on Nay 9 entered the Federal service as captain in the Fifth New York Volunteers, generally known as Duryea's Zouaves. He was wounded at Big Bethel on June 10, was engaged in organizing a regiment of cavalry in Augu-,t, and on September 25 became lieutenant-colonel of the Second New York Cavalry. From 1862 to 1864 he took a prominent part in nearly all the cavalry opera tions connected with the campaigns of the Army of Virginia and the Army of the Potomac. making innumerable raids and gathering information of Confederate movement.. In one of his raids in 1863 lie covered more than 200 miles in less than fire days. fought skirmishes daily. and during this time captured and paroled more than 8,00 prisoners. with a loss to himself of only one offi cer and thirty-seven men. In the second battle of Bull Run. and afterwards in the battle of Get tysburg, he served with conspicuous gallantry. In December, 1862. lie was promoted to be colonel, and in June, 1863. to be brigadier
general. l'nited States Volunteers. while he re ceived the brevet of major and lieutenant-colonel in the Regular Army for gallantry at Aldie. Va., and Gettysburg, respectively. In March. 1864, he participated in a celebrated raid toward Rich mond and down the Virginia Peninsula. and in April was placed in command of a division of cavalry in the Army of the Cumberland, then engaged.. under Sherman, in the invasion of Georgia. He was wounded at Resaca. but re covered in time to do efficient service in guarding Sherman's communications. At the close of the war he was brevetted brigadie•-general in the Regular Army for 'gallant and meritorious serv ices in the capture of Fayetteville, N. C.,' and major-general for his services during the cam paign in the Carolinas, and in June, 1865, at tained the regular rank of major-general of vol unteers. Ile resigned his commission in the Regular Army in December, 1865. and his •ommis sion in the volunteer service in January, 1866, and from December, 1365, to August. 11868, was United States Minister to Chile, a position which be again held from June, 1581, until his death at Santiago, in December. Consult Moore, Kilpat rick and Our Country (New York, 1865).