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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 3 3 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morrill, lot Myrick 1813-1883 (search)
Morrill, lot Myrick 1813-1883 Financier; born in Belgrade, Me., May 3, 1813; admitted to the bar of Maine in 1839; elected to the State legislature in 1854; president of the State Senate in 1856; elected governor in 1857; and was United States Senator from 1860 until his appointment as Secretary of the Treasury in 1876. He died in Augusta, Me., Jan. 10, 1883.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
cond session convenes......Dec. 4, 1882 Tariff commission submits an exhaustive report......Dec. 4, 1882 New trial of star-route case begins......Dec. 4, 1882 Newhall House, Milwaukee, Wis., burned; nearly one hundred lives lost......Jan. 10, 1883 Lot M. Morrill, born 1813, dies at Augusta, Me.......Jan. 10, 1883 Act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States under which Dorman B. Eaton, of New York, John M. Gregory, of Illinois, and Leroy D. Thoman, of Ohio, Jan. 10, 1883 Act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States under which Dorman B. Eaton, of New York, John M. Gregory, of Illinois, and Leroy D. Thoman, of Ohio, were appointed a civil service commission......Jan. 16, 1883 William E. Dodge, born 1805, dies at New York......Feb. 9, 1883 In star-route case Rerdell pleads guilty, and offers to testify touching the conspiracy......Feb. 15, 1883 Ohio River flood; at Cincinnati the water reaches the height of 66 feet 4 inches......Feb. 15, 1883 Tariff bill approved......March3, 1883 Forty-seventh Congress adjourns......March 4, 1883 Alexander H. Stephens, born 1812, dies at Atlanta, Ga......
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)
j. General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, June 12, 1865. Lieut. Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Nov. 11, 1865. Chief engineer of the military division of the Tennessee, July, 1865, to Jan. 13, 1866, being President of the Board of Appraisers of the railroad property in that division, Aug., 1865, to Jan. 13, 1866. Mustered out 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. C