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Agnus, Felix, 1839-
Journalist; born in Lyons, France, July 4, 1839; was educated in the College of Jolie Clair, near Paris; came to the United States in 1860, and in the following year entered the Union army in Duryea's Zouaves (5th New York Volunteers). At Big Bethel he saved the life of Gen. Judson Kilpatrick.
He aided in recruiting the 165th New York Volunteers, of which he was made captain: in 1862 he participated in the siege of Port Hudson, La.; afterwards was promoted major and lieutenant-colonel.
He next served in the 19th Corps under Sheridan and in the department of the South.
On March 13, 1865, he was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers, and in August of the same year was mustered out of the service.
After the war he became the editor and publisher of the Baltimore American.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alaskan boundary, the. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alexander , William , 1726 -1783 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Allen , William , 1710 -1780 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Arista , Mariano , 1802 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Armstrong , Samuel Chapman , 1839 -1893 (search)
Armstrong, Samuel Chapman, 1839-1893
Founder of the Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute; born in Wailuku, Hawaii, in 1839.
He was educated in Oahu College, Honolulu, and Williams College (U. S.), where he was graduated in 1862; fought with distinction in the Civil War, and afterwards became interested in the education of poor colored people; and founded Hampton Institute in 1868.
After ten years of successful administration, the government arranged to have Indian children admitted in ku, Hawaii, in 1839.
He was educated in Oahu College, Honolulu, and Williams College (U. S.), where he was graduated in 1862; fought with distinction in the Civil War, and afterwards became interested in the education of poor colored people; and founded Hampton Institute in 1868.
After ten years of successful administration, the government arranged to have Indian children admitted in 1878, and since that time the school has successfully taught members of both races.
He died in 1893.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Aroostook disturbance. (search)
Aroostook disturbance.
In 1837-39 the unsettled boundary between Maine and New Brunswick nearly led to active hostilities on the Aroostook River. Maine sent armed men to erect fortifications, and Congress authorized the President to resist the encroachments of the British.
General Scott arranged a truce and joint occupation.
The boundaries were finally adjusted by treaty, Aug. 9, 1842.
See Ashburton, Lord; Maine; Webster, Daniel.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Babbitt , Isaac , 1799 -1862 (search)
Babbitt, Isaac, 1799-1862
Inventor; born in Taunton, Mass., July 26, 1799.
About 1831 he made, in Taunton, the first Britannia-ware manufactured in the United States, and in 1839 he invented the anti-friction metal which bears his name.
Congress gave him $20,000 for his invention; and he took out patents in England (1844) and Russia (1847). He died in Somerville, Mass., May 26, 1862.