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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 1 1 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Internal improvements. (search)
grant having been for a canal. July 2, 1836, an act granted the right of way through such portions of the public lands as remained unsold—not to exceed 80 feet in width—to the New Orleans and Nashville Railroad Company. This road was never completed. Next came a grant to East Florida and other railroads which were never constructed. March 3, 1837, a grant was made to the Atchafalaya Railroad and Banking Company, in Louisiana, similar to that to the New Orleans and Nashville Railroad. Aug. 8, 1846, an act granted lands in aid of improvements of the Des Moines River, in Iowa, and the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, in Wisconsin. These rivers, when improved, were to remain highways for the United States government forever, free from toll. The grant to the then Territory of Iowa for the improvement of the Des Moines River led to long discussions as to the extent of the grant, and to many legal decisions. Finally, on March 22, 1858, the consent of Congress was given to apply a portion
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
t of Columbia......July 9, 1846 Tariff of 1842 repealed, and a revenue tariff passed (in the Senate by the casting vote of Vice-President George M. Dallas)......approved July 30, 1846 Warehouse system established by Congress......Aug. 6, 1846 Independent treasury system re-enacted......Aug. 6, 1846 Wisconsin authorized to form a constitution and State government......Aug. 6, 1846 Bill with the Wilmot proviso attached passes the House by 85 to 79 (no vote in the Senate)......Aug. 8, 1846 Act establishing the Smithsonian Institution approved......Aug. 10, 1846 First session adjourns......Aug. 10, 1846 Brigadier-General Kearny takes peaceable possession of Santa Fe......Aug. 18, 1846 Gen. Zachary Taylor captures Monterey, Mexico, after a three days battle or siege......Sept. 24, 1846 Second session assembles......Dec. 7, 1846 Iowa admitted as the twenty-ninth State......Dec. 28, 1846 Battle of San Gabriel, Cal., fought......Jan. 8, 1847 Congress auth
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Veto (search)
16, 1841Incorporating Fiscal Bank. 23Sept. 9, 1841Incorporating Fiscal Corporation. 24June 29, 1842First Whig Tariff. 25Aug. 9, 1842Second Whig Tariff. 26Dec. 14, 1842Proceeds of Public Land SalesPocketed. 27Dec. 14, 1842Testimony in Contested ElectionsPocketed. 28Dec. 18, 1842Payment of Cherokee CertificatesPocketed. 29June 11, 1844River and Harbor. 30Feb. 20, 1845Revenue-cutters and Steamers for DefencePassed over the veto, the first. Polk, 3 31Aug. 3, 1846River and Harbor. 32Aug. 8, 1846French Spoliation Claims. 33Dec. 15, 1847Internal ImprovementsPocketed. Pierce, 9 34May 3, 1854Land Grant for Indigent Insane. 35Aug. 4, 1854Internal Improvements. 36Feb. 17, 1855French Spoliation Claims. 37March 3. 1855Subsidy for Ocean Mails. 38May 19, 1856Internal Improvements, MississippiPassed over veto. 39May 19, 1856Internal Improvements, St. Clair Flats, Mich.Passed over veto. 40May 22, 1856Internal Improvements, St. Mary's River, Mich.Passed over veto. 41Aug. 11, 1856Int
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)
ut of volunteer service, Jan. 15, 1866. Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Jan. 13, 1874. Retired from active service at his own request, Jan. 10, 1883, after forty years service. Townsend, Edward Davis. Born at Boston, Mass., Aug. 22, 1817. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1833, to July 1, 1837. Second Lieutenant, 2d U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1837. First Lieutenant, Sept. 16, 1838. Regimental Adjutant, July 7, 1838, to Aug. 18, 1846. Brevet Captain, staff, Assistant Adj. General, Aug. 8, 1846. Captain, 2d Artillery, Apr. 21, 1848. Vacated, Apr. 21, 1848. Brevet Major, staff, Assistant Adj. General, July 15, 1852. Lieut. Colonel, staff, Assistant Adj. General, Mar. 7, 1861. Colonel, staff, Assistant Adj. General, Aug. 3, 1861. Chief of staff of Lieut. General Scott, General-in-Chief, Mar. 7 to Nov. 1, 1861. Assistant Adj. General in Adj. General's office, Washington, D. C., Nov. 1, 1861, to Mar. 23, 1863. Acting Adj. General of the army at Washington on Mar. 23, 1863, to Aug
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), The civil history of the Confederate States (search)
th Mexico should ensue, the result would inevitably be the acquisition of suffident territory to form Slave States south of the line of the Missouri Compromise as rapidly as Free States could be formed north of it, and that in this way the ancient equality of North and South could be maintained. （Blaine, vol. I, 46-7.) As soon as it became evident that new territory additional to Texas would be acquired as the result of the Mexican war, the anti-slavery agitation appeared suddenly, August 8, 1846, in a proviso offered by Wilmot to the bill for appropriation of $2,000,000, designed to be used in concluding a peace with Mexico, that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist therein. This Wilmot Proviso absorbed the attention of Congress for a longer time than the Missouri Compromise; it produced a wider and deeper excitement in the country and it threatened a more serious danger to the peace and integrity of the Union. The consecration of the territory of the Uni
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina. (search)
ilroad, holding this position for four years. He then returned to Abbeville and formed a partnership with Major Wardlow, which continued until the death of that gentleman seventeen years later. Since then Captain Edwards has conducted a business of his own. He is director of a national bank, member of the board of trustees of graded schools, and chairman of the board of trustees of the Methodist church. Robert Emmet Ellison Robert Emmet Ellison was born in Fairfield county, S. C., August 8, 1846, the only son of Robert E. and Cynthia (Robertson) Ellison. His great-grandfather, Robert Ellison, was a native of Ireland, coming to this country and settling in South Carolina and becoming one of the pioneers of Fairfield county. He was one of the founders of Mount Zion college, of Winnsboro, the oldest educational institution in the State, and one from which many of her sons have passed to useful and creditable careers. He was also captain in the Revolutionary war. His great-grands