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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Charleston, S. C. (search)
house, or shed in Charleston stored with cotton, and destroyed as much other property that might be useful to the Nationals as possible. The few remaining inhabitants in the city were filled with consternation, for the flames spread through the town. An explosion of gunpowder shook the city to its foundations and killed fully 200 persons. Four whole squares of buildings were consumed. That night (Feb. 17, 1865), the last of Hardee's troops left Charleston. On the following morning Major Hennessy, sent from Morris Island, raised the National flag over ruined Fort Sumter. The mayor surrendered the city, and some National troops, with negroes in Charleston, soon extinguished the flames that threatened to devour the whole town. On that day (Feb. 18, 1865), the city of Charleston was repossessed by the national government, with over 450 pieces of artillery, a large amount of gunpowder, and eight locomotives and other rolling-stock of a railway. General Gillmore took possession of
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Riots in the United States. (search)
tant riots: Boston massacre 1770 Doctor's mob, New York 1788 At Baltimore, Md. 1812, 1861 Alton, Ill. 1837 Philadelphia 1844 Astor Place riots in New York, growing out of rivalry between the actors Forrest and Macready May 10, 1849 Draft riot in New York; mob in possession of the city July 13 to 17, 1863 Orange riot in New York between Catholic and Protestant Irish; sixty persons killed July 12, 1871 Cincinnati. After a verdict of manslaughter in the Berner and Palmer murder trial, both having confessed the murder. Twenty untried murderers in the county jail. Six days riot beganMarch 28, 1884 Anarchists in Chicago, Ill. May 4, 1886 Eleven Italians, implicated in the murder of David C. Hennessy, chief of police, are killed in the parish prison, New Orleans March 14, 1891 Carnegie iron and steel workers at Homestead, Pa. Strike lasted nearly six months; began Feb. 25, 1893 Federal troops ordered to Chicago during the railway strikes beginningJune 26, 1894 See strikes.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
90 Associate Justice Samuel Miller of the Supreme Court, struck with paralysis, Oct. 10, dies at Washington......Oct. 13, 1890 William W. Belknap, ex-Secretary of War, born 1829, dies at Washington, D. C.......Oct. 13, 1890 Chief of Police David C. Hennessy, of New Orleans, waylaid before his own home by Italian Mafia, to whose band he had traced a number of crimes, and killed, receiving six wounds......Oct. 15, 1890 Religious excitement among the Indians of the Northwest ( Messiah Congress adjourns......March 4, 1891 [The Fifty-first Congress was nicknamed the Billion dollar Congress from the grand total of its appropriations.] Eleven Italians confined in the Parish prison, New Orleans, on charge of the murder of Chief Hennessy, six of whom had just been acquitted by jury trial, are massacred......March 14, 1891 Baron Fava, Italian minister at Washington, protests against the New Orleans lynching......March 15, 1891 Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, born 1807, dies at
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Louisiana, (search)
onditionally by accepting $1,250,000 per year for the lottery privilege......July 1, 1890 Governor Nicholls vetoes the lottery bill......July 7, 1890 Anti-lottery league meets in New Orleans, 500 delegates......Aug. 7, 1890 Chief of Police David C. Hennessy, of New Orleans, is waylaid and killed by Italian Mafia, to whose band he had traced a number of crimes, night of......Oct. 15, 1890 Killing in the parish prison at New Orleans of eleven Italians......March 14, 1891 Officers os meets at New Orleans......April 8, 1892 Proposed constitutional amendment to continue the Louisiana State lottery for twenty-five years from Jan. 1, 1894, is rejected by vote at State election......April 19, 1892 Monument erected to David C. Hennessy (assassinated by Mafia in 1890) by the people of New Orleans, is unveiled at Metarie Cemetery......May 30, 1892 Nicaragua Canal convention opens in New Orleans; delegates from every State and Territory......Nov. 30, 1892 United Stat