Hall was major of the Sixth New York Artillery, fought at the

HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

battle of Bull Run, was wounded at Brandy Station in 1863, and was discharged from service upon recovering from his wound. Charles B. Hall was a member of the Seventy-first Regiment in 1861, and afterward joined the Ninety -fifth Regiment New York Volunteers, and his brother Alfred wasamember of the Seventy-first Regiment in 18()2-63. Judge Hall has four sisters -- Annie, wife of Edmund H. Knight (she died in 1858, leaving three children); Emily, wife of William Moniberger ; Alice and Eliza, both unmarried.

Judge Hall married Charita, daugliter of Cyprian Tallient. Their children are Charita, Alma and Edna.

He is well known as an able and distinguished member of the bar, and is especially noted for the clearness and perspicuity with which he delivers his charges to the jury. Gifted with a voice of remarkable power, his enunciation aud his reasoning arc alike perfect. Every point of the subject is laid down in so careful a manner as to render it perfectly plain to the most common intellect, and with an impartiality which leaves no ground for the charge of intentional bias on either side of the case. As an active and energetic politician, he is one concerning whom it is safe to prophesy still higher positions in the future.

The brothers of Judge Hall constitute the wellknown firm of H. B. Hall's Sons, steel engravers, and their name is known in connection with the finest specimens of that art to be found in this country.