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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 4 4 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), Grover, Cuvier 1829- (search)
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), Hough, Franklin Benjamin 1820-1885 (search)
Hough, Franklin Benjamin 1820-1885 Author; born in Martinsburg, N. Y., July 20, 1820; graduated at Union College in 1843, and at the Cleveland Medical College in 1848; taught school for several years; and practised medicine in Somerville, N. Y., in 1848-52 and in Albany in 1854-60. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted in the volunteer service as regimental surgeon. His publications include History of St. Lawrence and Franklin counties, N. Y.; History of Duryea's campaign; Washingtoniana, or memorials of the death of George Washington; The siege of Charleston, May 12, 1780; besides many reviews, essays, and pamphlets. He died in Lowville, N. Y., June 6, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Schlaginweit, Robert 1833-1885 (search)
Schlaginweit, Robert 1833-1885 Traveller; born in Munich, Bavaria, Oct. 27, 1833; a brother of Hermann and Adolf, noted for their geological exploration of India in 1854-57, in which he participated. He travelled extensively in North America; lectured in English and German in the large cities of the United States; and published The Pacific Railroad in North America; California; and The Mormons. He died in Giessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, June 6, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stone, Ellen M. 1846- (search)
46- Missionary; born in Roxbury, Mass., July 24, 1846; daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Lucy (Waterman) Stone; was educated in public schools; removed to Chelsea, Mass., in 1860; was engaged in teaching, and for eleven years was a member of the editorial staff of the Congregationalist. She sailed from New York to the mission-field among the Bulgarians, Oct. 5, 1878; arrived at Samokov, April 28, 1882; sailed for Boston, May 24, 1883, arriving June, 1883; returned to the mission-field June 6, 1885, and was at Philippopolis in November, 1885. On July 30, 1898, she sailed again to resume her work in Bulgaria. About Sept. 1, 1901, Miss Stone and a woman companion were kidnapped by brigands, and after they had taken the women to a place of concealment the captors announced what they had done, and demanded an indemnity of $110,000 for Miss Stone's release, the money to be paid within thirty days. The news of the capture reached the United States on Sept. 5, and the friends of Miss S