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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Berry , Hiram George , 1824 - (search)
Berry, Hiram George, 1824-
Military officer; born in Thomaston (now Rockland), Me., Aug. 27, 1824; was first a carpenter, then a navigator, and finally became a State legislator and mayor of Rockland.
He was colonel of Maine volunteers in the battle of Bull Run; became brigadier-general in May, 1862; and was active in the Army of the Potomac throughout the campaign on the Peninsula in 1862 and until the battle of Chancellorsville (May 2, 1863), were he was killed.
His brigade was especially distinguished in the battle of Fredericksburg, in December, 1862.
In March, 1863, he was made major-general of volunteers, and was commanding a division in the 3d Corps when he fell.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Burnside , Ambrose Everett , 1824 -1881 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Butler , Benjamin Franklin , 1818 -1893 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gregg , David McMurtrie 1833 - (search)
Gregg, David McMurtrie 1833-
Military officer; born in Huntingdon, Pa., April 10, 1833; graduated at West Point in 1855, entering the dragoon service.
He was in expeditions against the Indians in Washington Territory and the State of Oregon (1858-60), and was promoted to captain of cavalry in May, 1861.
He was colonel of the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry through the campaign in Virginia in 1862, and in November of that year was promoted to brigadier-general of volunteers.
He commanded a division of cavalry in the Army of the Potomac from December, 1862, until February, 1865, when he resigned.
In August, 1864, he was brevetted major-general of volunteers.
He was appointed United States consul at Prague, Bohemia, in 1874.
Grover, Cuvier 1829-
Military officer; born in Bethel, Me., July 24, 1829; graduated at West Point in 1850, entering the 1st Artillery.
He was made brigadier-general of volunteers in April, 1861, and commanded a brigade in Heintzelman's corps in the Army of the Potomac.
When Hooker took command of the troops at Fairfax (1862), General Grover took that officer's division.
From December, 1862, to July, 1864, he commanded a division of the 19th Corps in the Department of the Gulf.
He was in the Shenandoah campaign in 1864; and from January till June, 1865, he was in command of the District of Savannah. General Grover was brevetted brigadier-general and major-general in the regular army, March 13, 1865, for meritorious services during the Rebellion ; was promoted to lieutenantcolonel of the 38th Infantry in 1866, and colonel of the 1st Cavalry in 1875, which command he held till his death in Atlantic City, N. J., June 6, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hayes , Rutherford Birchard 1822 -1893 (search)
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard 1822-1893
Nineteenth President of the United States, from 1877 to 1881; Republican; born in Delaware, O., Oct. 4, 1822; graduated at Kenyon College, O., in 1842, and at the Cambridge Law School in 1845; practised law in Cincinnati until 1861, when he became first major, and then colonel, of the 23d Regiment Ohio Volunteers, first serving in western Virginia.
He was wounded in the battle of South Mountain, Md.; and from December, 1862, to September, 1864, commanded the 1st Brigade, Kanawha division.
He was appointed brigadier-general in October, 1864, for gallant conduct at Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek.
In March, 1865, he was brevetted majorgeneral of volunteers, and in the same year was elected to Congress.
In 1867 he was elected governor of Ohio, and in 1869 and 1875 was re-elected.
In 1877 he was declared President of the United States by a majority of one in the Electoral College over Samuel J. Tilden (see electoral commission). He
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McPherson , James Birdseye 1828 - (search)
McPherson, James Birdseye 1828-
Military officer; born in Sandusky, O., Nov. 14, 1828; graduated at West Point in 1853.
the first in his class, and entered the engineer corps.
He was made captain 17th Corps with great ability, having been in August, 1861, and brigadier-general of volunteers in May, 1862.
He was aide to General Halleck late in 1861, and chief engineer of the Army of the Tennessee, doing good service at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, and luka Springs.
In December, 1862, he commanded the made major-general in October.
He did admirable service, under Grant, in the Vicksburg campaign (1863), and was made brigadier-general in the United States army in August.
He was also active and efficient in the Atlanta campaign, in 1864, distinguishing himself everywhere as commander of the army of the Tennessee.
He was killed while
James Birdseye McPherson. reconnoitring in the Confederate lines july 22, 1864.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Owsley , William 1782 -1862 (search)
Owsley, William 1782-1862
Jurist; born in Virginia in 1782; taken to Kentucky by his father in 1783, where he became a lawyer and a member of the State legislature.
He served as a judge of the Kentucky Supreme Court from 1812 to 1828; elected governor of the State in 1844, serving two terms.
He died in Danville, Ky., December, 1862.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rosecrans , William Starke 1819 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sherman , William Tecumseh 1820 -1829 (search)