cellorsville and Gettysburg. He was relieved in October, 1863, and in January of the following year was put in command of the Northern Department, embracing Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois. For some time before August, 1865, he was on court-martial duty. In March of that year he was brevetted major-general in the regular army, and in September resumed command of the 17th infantry, in New York harbor and in Texas. On 22 Feb., 1869, he was retired with the rank of colonel, and on 29 April, by special act of congress, was placed on the retired list, with the rank of major-general, to date from 22 Feb. His public career ended with his retirement from the army.
HEISS, Michael, archbishop, b. in Pfahldorf,
Bavaria, 12 April, 1818; d. in La Crosse, Wis., 26
March, 1890. He was a student in the University
of Munich from 1835 till 1839, in the law and afterward
in theology. He then entered the theological
seminary in Eichstadt and was ordained priest by
Cardinal Reisach, 18 Oct., 1840, although he had not
yet attained the canonical age. A visit of Archbishop
Purcell, of Cincinnati, first suggested to him the
idea of laboring in the United States. He arrived
in New York, 17 Dec., 1842, and in 1843 became
pastor of the Church of the Mother of God, in
Covington, Ky. In 1844 his friend, Dr. Henni, was
appointed bishop of Milwaukee, and on the invitation
of this prelate he went to Wisconsin, where,
besides acting as secretary to the bishop, he
engaged in missionary work. In 1846 he founded
the Church of St. Mary in Milwaukee, the first
Roman Catholic parochial church and the first church
built of brick in that city. He was in Europe for
his health in 1850-'2, and on his return opened an
ecclesiastical school in his own house. Afterward
the Seminary of St. Francis de Sales was founded
on the shores of Lake Michigan, and Father Heiss
was appointed its first rector. About this time he
became noted as a theological writer. When the
diocese of La Crosse, on the Mississippi, was founded,
he was named for the new see, and was
consecrated bishop, 6 Sept., 1868. The diocese of Bishop
Heiss extended over that part of Wisconsin north
and west of Wisconsin river as far as the Mississippi.
Under his administration several Roman
Catholic churches were erected, the new cathedral
was built, the Sisters of St. Francis were established
in La Crosse, and an episcopal residence was built
at his own expense. Twenty-five parochial schools
and two asylums were opened. St. John's college
was founded at Prairie du Chien, and other schools
were built. During the twelve years when he had
charge of the diocese, the number of churches had
increased from forty to eighty-six. In 1880 he was
nominated coadjutor to Archbishop Henni, of
Milwaukee, with right of succession, and he was created
Archbishop of Adrianople in partibus infidelium,
14 March of that year. He became metropolitan
of Milwaukee in September, 1881. Archbishop
Heiss took an active part as theologian in the
Baltimore council of 1849, in that of St. Louis in 1855,
and in the plenary council of Baltimore of 1866.
He was one of the chief members of the Vatican
council of 1869-'70, and also a member of one of
the four great commissions, each of which consisted
of twelve bishops, who represented all parts of
the world. His theological works, which include
“Ueber die vier Evangelien,” and “Ueber die
Ehe,” were published in Milwaukee.
HEISTER, Leopold Philip de, soldier, b. in
1707; d. in Hesse-Cassel, 19 Nov., 1777. He was a
crippled veteran of many campaigns when he was
selected to command the Hessian troops that were
hired by the British government for service against
the American colonies. He landed on Long Island
near New Utrecht with two full Hessian brigades
on 25 Aug., 1776, three days after the arrival of
Gen. William Howe with the British troops. The
tedious passage of thirteen weeks from Spithead
had tried him sorely; “his patience and tobacco
had become exhausted. He called for hock, and
swallowed large potations to the health of his
friends.” Soon after debarking, the invading
army prepared for marching, the Hessians under
De Heister forming the centre, or main body.
They cannonaded the works at Flatbush pass, and
De Heister ordered Count Donop to storm the
redoubt, while he pressed forward with his troops.
“Our Hessians and our brave Highlanders gave no
quarter,” wrote a British officer, “and it was a fine
sight to see with what alacrity they despatched the
rebels with their bayonets, after we surrounded
them so they could not resist.” Heister also
commanded the Hessians at White Plains, 28 Oct., 1776.
HEITZMAN, Charles, physician, b. in
Vinkovcze, Hungary, 2 Oct., 1836. His father, Martin
Heitzman, was a surgeon in the Austrian army.
The son was educated in the University of Pesth
and in that of Vienna, where he was graduated in
1859. He then lectured on morbid anatomy in the
Vienna university, and in 1874 came to New
York, where he established a laboratory for
microscopical research. His specialty is dermatology,
and he was vice-president of the American
dermatological society, besides being a member of other
medical associations. His publications include
“Chirurgische, Pathologie und Therapie” (2 vols.,
1864-'8); “Descriptive and Topographical Anatomy
of Man in 600 Illustrations” (2 vols., 3d ed.,
1886); and papers on “Kenntniss der Dünndarmzotten”
and “Untersuchungen über das
Protoplasma,” in the “Transactions of the Imperial
Academy of Sciences” (Vienna, 1867-73). His
chief work is “Microscopic Morphology of the
Animal Body” (1873).
HELFENSTEIN, John Conrad Albert,
clergyman, b. in Moszbach, Germany, 16 Feb., 1748;
d. in Germantown, Pa., 17 May, 1790. He studied
theology at Heidelberg, and was appointed by the
synod of Holland missionary to America, with
Rev. John H. Helffrich and Rev. John G.
Gebhard. Soon after his arrival in New York, 14 Jan.,
1772, he took charge of a congregation in Germantown,
and was one of the fathers of the German
Reformed church in this country. In 1775 he
accepted a call to Lancaster, Pa., where he
frequently preached to the Hessian prisoners. He
returned to Germantown in 1779, and remained
there till his death. Several small volumes of his
sermons have been published.
HELIAS D'HUMONDE, Ferdinand Mary,
clergyman, b. in Ghent, Belgium, 3 Aug., 1796; d.
in Toas, Cole co., Mo., 11 Aug., 1874. He belonged
to a noble Belgian family, and his brother was
prime-minister of that kingdom for several years.
Ferdinand entered the Society of Jesus in 1817,
and at the close of his novitiate was appointed
professor and prefect of studies in the high-school of
Brieg, Switzerland. After several years he was
summoned to Rome to act as assistant secretary
to the father-general of the order, and subsequently
was assigned to the American mission. He arrived
in the United States, 19 May, 1833, and was
immediately appointed master of novices in the Jesuit
college, Frederick, Md. Shortly afterward he
organized at St. Louis a German congregation,
which, through his labors, became one of the
largest in the country. He also built St. Joseph's
church for the use of the German Catholics. In
