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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Forrest , Nathan Bedford 1821 -1877 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McCook , Edward Moody 1833 - (search)
McCook, Edward Moody 1833-
Military officer: born at Steubenville, O., June 15, 1833; a nephew of Major McCook.
He was an active politician in Kansas, and was a member of its legislature in 1860.
Edward M. McCook. He was an efficient cavalry officer during the Civil War, rising to the rank of brigadier-general in April, 1864.
He was in the principal battles in Kentucky, Tennessee, and northern Georgia, and in the Atlanta campaign commanded a division and was distinguished for skill and bravery in quick movements.
During the siege of Atlanta he was ordered to move out to Fayetteville and, sweeping round, join Stoneman—leading another cavalry raid—at Lovejoy's Station on the night of July 28.
He and Stoneman moved simultaneously.
McCook went down the west side of the Chattahoochee; crossed it on a pontoon bridge at Rivertown: tore up the track between Atlanta and West Point, near Palmetto Station: and pushed on to Fayetteville, where he captured 500 of Hood's wagons and
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McNair , Frederick Vallette 1839 - (search)
McNair, Frederick Vallette 1839-
Naval officer; born in Jenkintown, Pa., Jan. 13, 1839; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in June. 1857; promoted passed midshipman, June, 1860; master, October, 1860; lieutenant, April, 1861; lieutenant-commander, April, 1864; commander, January, 1872; captain, October, 1883; commodore, May, 1895; rear-admiral, 1898.
In the latter year he was appointed superintendent of the United States Naval Academy.
During the Civil War he took part in many engagements, including the actions at Fort Jackson, Fort St. Philip, and the Chalmette batteries; the capture of New Orleans; the opening of the Mississippi River; and the engagements and surrender at Fort Fisher.
He died in Washington, D. C., Nov. 28, 1900.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maximilian , Ferdinand Joseph 1832 - (search)
Maximilian, Ferdinand Joseph 1832-
Archduke of Austria and Emperor of Mexico; born in Vienna, July 6, 1832, and, having entered the naval service, was made rearadmiral and chief of the Austrian navy in 1854.
In 1857 he was made governor of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, and in the same year married Charlotte, daughter of Leopold I., of Belgium.
He departed for Mexico in April, 1864, and landed, with his wife, at Vera Cruz in May.
The French army had already taken possession of the country.
The archduke assumed the crown of Mexico, with the title of Maximilian I., and, being childless, adopted a son of Iturbide (q. v.) as his presumptive successor on the throne.
Juarez, the President, who had been driven from the capital, and, with his followers, declared by the new Emperor to be an outlaw and usurper, made such strong resistance that Maximilian had to struggle for his throne from the very beginning.
When the American Civil War was ended, Napoleon was given to understand, by
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Naglee , Henry Morris 1815 - (search)
Naglee, Henry Morris 1815-
Military officer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 15, 1815; graduated at West Point in 1835; served in the war against Mexico, and afterwards engaged in commercial pursuits in San Francisco.
He was an active officer in the Army of the Potomac through the campaign of 1862, and rose to the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers.
He afterwards commanded a division in the Department of North Carolina, and in the Department of the South in 1863.
In July and August of that year he commanded the 7th Army Corps.
He was mustered out in April, 1864, and afterwards became a banker in San Francisco, where he died March 5, 1886,
Nebraska,
Was made a Territory May 30, 1854, embracing 351,558 square miles.
A portion was set off to Colorado in February, 1861, and another portion to Dakota in March.
In March, 1863, Nebraska was further shorn by taking off the Territory of Idaho.
In 1860 the people voted against the proposition to form a State government.
In
State seal of Nebraska. April, 1864, Congress authorized the people to organize a State government, but the continuance of war and the prevalence of Indian hostilities prevented action in the matter until early in the year 1866, when the territorial legislature framed a constitution, which was ratified in June.
A bill to admit Nebraska as a State passed Congress soon afterwards, but President Johnson withheld his signature.
A similar bill was passed in January, 1867, but was vetoed by the President It was passed over his veto by a vote of 30 to 9 in the Senate and of 120 to 44 in the House, and Nebraska was admitted as the thirty-seventh State o
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Palmer , Innes Newton 1824 - (search)
Palmer, Innes Newton 1824-
Military officer; born in Buffalo, N. Y., March 30, 1824; graduated at West Point in 1846; served in the war against Mexico; and in August, 1861, was made major of cavalry.
In September he was made brigadier-general of volunteers, having been engaged in the battle of Bull Run in July previous.
He commanded a brigade in the Peninsular campaign in 1862; a division in North Carolina the first half of 1863; and from August of that year until April, 1864, he commanded the defences of the North Carolina coast.
He was in command of the District of North Carolina until March, 1865, participating in Sherman's movements.
In 1865 he was brevetted brigadier-general U. S. A.; in 1868 commissioned colonel of the 2d United States Cavalry; and in 1879 was retired.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Schwan , Theodore 1841 - (search)
Schwan, Theodore 1841-
Military officer; born in Germany, July 9, 1841; joined the United States army in 1857; served creditably during the Civil War; was promoted first lieutenant in April, 1864, and received the brevet of major for gallant and meritorious services; was appointed brigadiergeneral of United States volunteers in 1898, and won distinction in the Philippines, where he captured Cavite, Viejo, Novaleta, Rosario, San Cruz, and other places in the province of Cavite.
He was promoted brigadier-general United States army, in February, 1901.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sheridan , Philip Henry 1831 -1888 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Slocum , Henry Warner 1827 -1894 (search)