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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 3 | 3 | Browse | Search |
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3 | 2 | 2 | Browse | Search |
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Letters and Journals of Thomas Wentworth Higginson | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, Chapter 1 : early recollections of California . 1846 -1848 . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kearny , Stephen Watts 1794 -1847 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sclopis , Paul Frederick de Salerno , Count 1789 -1878 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Talcott , George 1786 -1862 (search)
Talcott, George 1786-1862
Military officer; born in Glastonbury, Conn., Dec. 6, 1786; joined the army in 1813; promoted first lieutenant in March, 1814; served through the Mexican War, being promoted colonel and chief of ordnance in March, 1848.
On Nov. 6, 1850, he sent a letter without the knowledge of the Secretary of War to Colonel Huger, commandant of the arsenal at Fort Monroe, respecting the purchase of ammunition, on the receipt of which Colonel Huger made a contract to buy a large quantity of shot and shell.
When this fact became known to the War Department Talcott was court-martialled, found guilty, and forced to retire on July 8, 1851.
Many prominent men declared the sentence unjust and illegal, and attempts were made to reinstate him, but without success.
Hon. John C. Spencer wrote a Review of the trial to prove the error of the judgment.
Talcott died in Albany, N. Y., April 25, 1862.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Letters and Journals of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Chapter 1 : Cambridge and Newburyport (search)
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 30 : addresses before colleges and lyceums.—active interest in reforms.—friendships.—personal life.—1845 -1850 . (search)
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 33 : the national election of 1848 .—the Free Soil Party .— 1848 -1849 . (search)
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Chapter 14 : anti-slavery poems and second marriage (search)