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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 2 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 1 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Garcia, Calixto 1836- (search)
Garcia, Calixto 1836- Military officer; born in Holguin, Cuba, Oct. 14, 1836. He studied law and began practice, but subsequently joined the struggling patriots in Cuba, and in 1868 (with Carlos Manuel Cespedes and Marmol) planned the revolution which is known historically as the Ten years War. On Oct. 10, 1868, he took up arms with Marmol at the head of 150 men. For a time great success attended them, and they captured many towns. For courage and ability in these actions Garcia was made brigadier-general under Gomez. Later the provisional government made him commander-in-chief of the Cuban forces in place of Gomez. removed. On Sept. 3, 1873, his victorious career suffered a decided reverse. With twenty men he was attacked by 500 Spaniards at San Antonio del Babor. When commanded to surrender he determined to die by his own hand rather than submit to capture. Placing a revolver in his mouth he fired upward. The ball came out at his forehead, and he carried a scar for lif
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
ate woman suffrage......1867 Vote upon amending constitution: For striking out the word white, 10,483; for striking out male, 9,070; against, 19,857......Nov. 5, 1867 Indian raids in Solomon Valley and along the Republican and Saline rivers......August, 1868 Kansas academy of science founded at Topeka, under the name of Kansas Natural History Society......Sept. 1, 1868 Governor Crawford calls for the organization of a cavalry regiment, the 19th Kansas, for Indian service......Oct. 10, 1868 Col. George A. Forsyth engages in an eight days fight with Indians on the north fork of the Republican River......Sept. 17, 1868 State convention of colored people at Topeka ask the legislature to memorialize Congress for negro suffrage......Jan. 20, 1869 Woman suffrage convention at Topeka......Feb. 4, 1869 Eight million acres of the Osage diminished reserve lands opened by Congress to settlement......April 10, 1869 Indian raids on the Republican River......May 21, 1869