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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 9 1 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
s W. Cobb18th to 20th1824 to 1828 John McPherson Berrien19th to 20th1825 to 1829 Oliver H. Prince20th1828 John Forsyth21st to 23d1829 to 1834 George M. Troup21st to 22d1829 to 1833 Alfred Cuthbert23d to 27th1834 to 1843 John P. King23d to 24th1833 to 1837 Wilson Lumpkin25th to 26th1837 to 1841 John McPherson Berrien27th to 32d1841 to 1852 Walter T. Colquitt28th to 30th1843 to 1848 Herschel V. Johnson30th1848 William C. Dawson31st to 33d1849 to 1855 Robert M. Charlton32d1852 Robert Toombs33d to 36th1853 to 1861 Alfred Iverson34th to 36th1855 to 1861 36th to 41st1861 to 1871 Joshua Hill41st to 42d 1871 to 1873 H. V. M. Miller41st1871 Thomas M. Norwood42d to 43d1871 to 1875 John B. Gordon43d to 46th1873 to 1881 Benjamin H. Hill45th to 47th1877 to 1882 Joseph E. Brown47th to 51st1881 to 1891 Pope Barrow47th1882 Alfred H. Colquitt48th to 53d1883 to 1894 John B. Gordon52d to 55th1891 to 1897 Augustus O. Bacon54th to ——1895 to —— Alexander S. Clay55th to —
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grady, Henry Woodfen 1851-1892 (search)
on the 23d of that month. The citizens of Atlanta, grateful for what he had done for the city, State, and the South, testified their appreciation of his worth by erecting in that city the Grady Memorial Hospital, which was formally opened June 2, 1892. The New South. There was a South of slavery and secession—that South is dead. There is a South of union and freedom—that South, thank God, is living, breathing, growing every hour. These words, delivered from the immortal lips of Benjamin H. Hill, at Tammany Hall, in 1866, true then, and truer now, I shall make my text to-night. Mr. President and Gentlemen,—Let me express to you my appreciation of the kindness by which I am permitted to address you. I make this abrupt acknowledgment advisedly, for I feel that if, when I raised my provincial voice in this ancient and august presence, I could find courage for no more than the opening sentence, it would be well if, in that sentence, I had met in a rough sense my obligation as a <
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hill, Benjamin Harvey 1823- (search)
Hill, Benjamin Harvey 1823- Statesman; born in Jasper county, Ga., Sept. 14, 1823; graduated at the University of Georgia in 1844; was admitted to the bar and settled at La Grange, Ga., to practise in 1845. He entered political life in 1851; became conspicuous in the Whig party, and in supporting Millard Fillmore for the Presidency established a reputation as an exceptional orator. In 1859 he was elected State Senator; in 1860 was a Bell and Everett Presidential elector; and in 1861 was a Unionist member of the State secession convention, in which he made a strong argument against the ordinance of secession. Later in the latter year he became a member of the Confederate provisional Congress and a member of the Confederate Senate, in which he served till the close of the war. After the war he opposed the reconstruction acts of Congress; supported Horace Greeley for the Presidency in 1872; was elected to Congress to fill a vacancy in 1875 and for a full term in 1876; and on Jan.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ingalls, John James 1833- (search)
d secretary of the State Senate in 1861. He was State Senator in 1862, and in the same year was defeated as Republican candidate for lieutenantgovernor. In 1873-91 he was a United States Senator, and in 1887-91 was president pro tem. of the Senate. On retiring from the Senate he engaged in journalism and lecturing till his death, in Las Vegas, N. M., Aug. 16, 1900. Eulogy on Senator Hill. On Jan. 23, 1882, he delivered the following eulogy on the occasion of the death of Senator Benjamin Harvey Hill, of Georgia: Mr. President,—Ben. Hill has gone to the undiscovered country. Whether his journey thither was but one step across an imperceptible frontier, or whether an interminable ocean, black, unfluctuating, and voiceless, stretches between these earthly coasts and those invisible shores —we do not know. Whether on that August morning after death, he saw a more glorious sun rise with unimaginable splendor above a celestial horizon, or whether his apathetic and unconsci
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sherman, William Tecumseh 1820-1829 (search)
eler's cavalry, and then towards Macon, burning a train of cars and tearing up the railway, gave the Confederates a suspicion of Sher man's intentions. There was wide-spread consternation in Georgia and South Carolina, for the invader's destination was uncertain. Beauregard was sent from the Appomattox to the Savannah to confront the Nationals. He sent before him a manifesto in which he said, Destroy all the roads in Sherman's front, flank, and rear, and, be trustful in Providence. Benjamin H. Hill, of Georgia, in the Confederate Congress at Richmond, wrote to the people of his State: Every citizen with his gun and every negro with his spade and axe can do the work of a soldier. You can destroy the enemy by retarding his march. Be firm! The representatives of Georgia in the Confederate Congress called upon their people to fly to arms. Remove your negroes, horses, cattle, and provisions from Sherman's army, they said, and burn what you cannot carry away. Burn all bridges and