Zalin'ski, EDMUND LOUIS GRAY (1849-1909), an American soldier and inventor, born in Poland. He was brought to the United States in 1853, and when fifteen years of age he entered the Union army, serving first as volunteer aid-decamp on the staff of General Miles. Later he was commissioned second lieutenant in the Second New York Artillery, for bravery at the Battle of Hatcher's Run, Va. He remained on General Miles's staff until the surrender of Lee, and after the close of the war he was commissioned second lieutenant in the Fifth United States Artillery. Captain Zalinski's name is widely known in connection with the development of the dynamite gun and the invention of an electrical fuse.