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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 2 Browse Search
Historic leaves, volume 1, April, 1902 - January, 1903 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ludlow, Nicoll 1842- (search)
Ludlow, Nicoll 1842- Naval officer; born in Islip, Long Island, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1842; entered the United States Naval Academy in 1859; was promoted to ensign in 1863; attached to the Wachusett, of the Brazilian squadron, in 1863-65; and was on the iron-clad Monadnock on her remarkable passage from New York to San Francisco, in 1866. He was promoted master in 1866; lieutenant, 1867; lieutenant-commander, 1868; commander, 1881; captain, 1895; and rearadmiral on Nov. 1, 1899; and was retired on the same day. After the close of the Civil War his official duties gave him an exceptional familiarity with the construction and equipment of the vessels for the new navy, as he performed service in connection with the making and testing of torpedoes, and at various iron, steel, and ordnance foundries. During the war with Spain, he was in command of the double-turret monitor Terror, attached to the squadron operating in Cuban waters, and after its close he was in command of the battle-shi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Saunders, Alvin 1817-1899 (search)
Saunders, Alvin 1817-1899 Legislator; born in Fleming county, Ky., July 12, 1817; removed to the present State of Iowa in 1836; delegate to the Iowa constitutional convention in 1846; governor of the Nebraska Territory in 1861-67; and United States Senator from Nebraska in 1877-83. During this period he secured over 600,000 acres of land to his State by the rearrangement of the northern boundary. He died in Omaha, Neb., Nov. 1, 1899.