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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Beaumarchais , Pierre Augutstin caron de , 1732 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Beauregard , Pierre Gustave toutant , (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Benham , Henry W. , 1817 -1884 (search)
Benham, Henry W., 1817-1884
Military officer; born in Cheshire, Conn., in 1817; was graduated at West Point, first in his class, in 1837.
He served under General Taylor in the war with Mexico, and was wounded in the battle of Buena. Vista.
Early in the Civil War he was active in western Virginia, and afterwards on the South Carolina coast.
He assisted in the capture of Fort Pulaski; and in 1863-64 he commanded an engineer brigade in the Army of the Potomac.
He was brevetted brigadier-general for services in the campaign ending with the surrender of Lee, and major-general (March, 1865) for meritorious services in the rebellion.
He died in New York, June 1, 1884.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bentonville , battle of. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bermuda hundred , operations near. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Commissioners to foreign courts. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Deane , Silas , 1737 -1789 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Declaration of Independence . (search)
Declaration of Independence.
It was very important to have Lee's resolution for independence, offered June 7, 1776, prefaced by a preamble that should clearly declare the causes which impelled the representatives of the people to adopt it. To avoid loss of time, a committee was appointed (June 11) to prepare such declaration.
The committee was composed of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston. Mr. Lee having been called home before the appMr. Lee having been called home before the appointment of the committee, Mr. Jefferson was put in his place.
He was requested by the committee, after discussing the topics, to make a draft of a declaration of independence.
It was discussed in committee, amended very slightly, and finally reported.
Debates upon it were long and animated.
There was some opposition to voting for independence at all, and it was considerably amended.
It was evident from the beginning that a majority of the colonies would vote for independence (the vote in
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), France , early relations with. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Franklin , Benjamin 1706 -1790 (search)