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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davidson , John Wynn , 1824 -1881 (search)
Davidson, John Wynn, 1824-1881
Military officer; born in Fairfax county, Va., Aug. 18, 1824; graduated at West Point in 1845, entering the dragoons.
Accompanying Kearny to California in 1846, he was in the principal battles of the war with Mexico.
He was also active in New Mexico, afterwards, against the Indians.
In 1861 he was made major of cavalry, and early in 1862 brigadiergeneral of volunteers, commanding a brigade in the Army of the Potomac.
After serving in the campaign on the Peninsula, he was transferred (August, 1862) to the Department of the Mississippi, and cooperated with General Steele in the capture of Little Rock, Ark. He was brevetted major-general of volunteers in March, 1865; promoted to lieutenant-colonel, 10th Cavalry, in 1866; was Professor of Military Science in Kansas Agricultural College in 1868-71; promoted to colonel, 2d Cavalry, in 1879.
He died in St. Paul, Minn., June 26, 1881.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De Peyster , John Watts , 1821 - (search)
De Peyster, John Watts, 1821-
Military historian; born in New York City, March 9, 1821; elected colonel New York militia in 1845; appointed adjutant-general New York, 1855; is author of The Dutch at the North Pole; The Dutch in Maine; Decisive conflicts of the late Civil War; Personal and military history of Gen. Philip Kearny, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Emory , William Helmsley , 1811 -1887 (search)
Emory, William Helmsley, 1811-1887
Military officer; born in Queen Anne's county, Md., Sept. 9, 1811; graduated at West Point in 1831.
He was appointed lieutenant of the topographical engineers July 7, 1833; was aide to General Kearny in California in 1846-47, and was made lieutenant-colonel, Sept. 30, 1847.
He was astronomer to the commission to determine the boundary between the United States and Mexico.
He was serving as captain of cavalry in Mexico when the Civil War broke out, and brought his command into Kansas in good order.
In May, 1861, he was made lieutenant-colonel of the 6th Cavalry; served in the campaign of 1862 in the Army of the Potomac, and was made brigadier-general of volunteers in March of that year.
He did good service under Banks in Louisiana, and under Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley.
He was made colonel of the 5th Cavalry in the fall of 1863; in March, 1865, was brevetted brigadier-general and major-general of the United States army; and in 1876 was
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fair Oaks , or seven Pines , battle of (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fremont , John Charles 1813 -1890 (search)
Kearny, Philip 1815-
Military officer; born in New York City, June 2, 1815; studied law, but, preferring the military profession, entered the army at twenty-two years of age as lieutenant of dragoons.
Soon afterwards the government sent him to Europe to study and report upon French cavalry tactics.
While there he fought in the French
Philip Kearny. army in Africa as a volunteer, and returned in 1840 with the cross of the Legion of Honor.
Aide to General Scott (1841-44), he was made cap
He comhanded a division in Heintzelman's corps; behaved gallantly during the Peninsula campaign; was made major-general of volunteers in July, 1862; was the first to reinforce Pope; and was engaged in the battles between the Rappahannock and Washington, front Aug. 25 till his death, near Chantilly, Va., Sept. 1, 1862.
He had placed his division in preparation for battle, and after dark was reconnoitring within the enemy's lines when he was discovered and shot dead.
Kearny, Stephen Watts
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kearny , Stephen Watts 1794 -1847 (search)