Stephen Augustus Hurlbut, an American soldier, brother of W. H. Hurlbert, born in Charleston, S. C, March 24, 1815. He served as adjutant of a South Carolina regiment in the Seminole war in 1835, and practised law in Charleston till 1845, when he removed to Belvi-dere, 111. He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1847, and subsequently was repeatedly elected to the legislature. In May, 1861, he was appointed a brigadier general of volunteers, commanded at Fort Donelson after the capture, commanded the 4th division in Gen. Grant's army in the movement up the Tennessee river, took part in the battles of Shiloh and Corinth, held command at Memphis in 1863, commanded a corps in Gen. Sherman's army in the movement to Meridian in 1864, succeeded Gen. Banks in command of the department of the gulf in May, 1864, and was mustered out of the service at the close of the war. He was minister to the United States of Colombia from 1869 to 1873, when he returned to Illinois, having been elected a member of congress.