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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 4 0 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.) 4 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Smith, Charles Henry 1827- (search)
Smith, Charles Henry 1827- Military officer; born in Hollis, Me., Nov. 1, 1827; was made captain of the 1st Maine Cavalry soon after the beginning of the Civil War; rose to colonel in the spring of 1863, and was active as a cavalry officer in the campaigns in Virginia and at Gettysburg that year. He was with Sheridan in his operations in May and June, 1864, and was one of the most efficient cavalry officers of the Army of the Potomac in the campaign against Richmond that year, commanding a brigade of Gregg's division south and west of Petersburg, and then in the later operations, that resulted in the capture of Lee and his army. For gallant and meritorious services during the war he was brevetted major-general, United States army, in 1867; commissioned colonel of the 28th United States Infantry in 1866; transferred to the 19th Infantry in 1869; and was retired in 1891.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rhode Island, (search)
, 1890 Vote for governor: Davis, Democrat, 22,249; Ladd, Republican, 20,995; Larry, Prohibition, 1,829; Burton, National, 384......April 1, 1891 Soldiers' home at Bristol dedicated......May 21, 1891 Herbert W. Ladd, Republican, elected governor by the legislature......May 26, 1891 Ex-Gov. Henry Lippitt dies at Newport, aged seventy-three......June 5, 1891 New State-house authorized and $1,500,000 in bonds ordered issued......1893 Plurality election amendment to the constitution adopted......Nov. 28, 1893 D. Russell Brown re-elected governor......April, 1894 Ocean House at Newport burned......Sept. 9, 1898 Roger Williams Park received $200,000 from Anna H. Man, and $200,000 from Charles H. Smith......1900 The trading-stamp law declared unconstitutional......1900 New City Hall, Newport, completed......October, 1900 Constitutional amendment changing time of election, adopted......November, 1900 New State-house completed......1901 South Carolina
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.), Chapter 18: Prescott and Motley (search)
by William Tappan Thompson (1812-82), who had an interesting career as editor and soldier in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Maryland, and Georgia. One of the best of early Southern humorists was an Alabama editor, Johnson J. Hooper (1815-62), whose Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs (1846) was admired by Thackeray. Captain Suggs is an amusing rascal, who lives by his wits and who is presented with rare irony by an author who had perhaps the most delicate touch of his time and section. Charles Henry Smith,Bill Arp so-called (1826-1903), wrote from Georgia a series of letters, beginning with the mildly defiant Bill Arp to Abe Linkhorn, which marked him as a brave and sensitive voice for the Confederacy. After the war Bill Arp was the first to smile and relieve the gloom. A trifle later, and farther north, appeared the letters of Moses Adams, in real life George W. Bagby (1828-83), of Virginia, editor of The Southern literary Messenger and other periodicals and among the earliest to ma
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.), Index (search)
r of Aggawam in America, the, 149 Sinking of the Merrimac, the, 282 Sinners in the hands of an angry God, 215 Sir Copp, 286 Sismondi, 125, 128 Sisters, the, 48 Six sermons on intemperance, 214 Skeleton in Armor, the, 36 Skipper Ireson's Ride, 48 Sketch Book, the, 10, 22, 32, 368, 369, 378 Sketches of North Carolina, 318 Sketches of Paris, 152 Slamm, Levi D., 264 n. Sleeper, the, 65 Slidell, J., 280 Smedes, Susan Dabney, 314 Smith, C. A., 66 n. Smith, Charles Henry, 153 Smith, F. Hopkinson, 391 Smith, S. F., 226 Smith, Samuel Harrison, 183 Smith, Seba, 151 Smith, Sydney, 16 Snow, George M., 192 Snow-Bound, 42, 43, 46, 48-49, 50, 353 Snow Image, the, 20 Solomon, 381 Soldier boy series, 404 Some variant Pronunciations in the New South, 365 Song of Myself, 264 Song of Sherman's Army, the, 284 Song of the soldiers, 286 Songs before Sunrise, 271 n. Songs for the nursery, 397 Songs of Labor and other poems, 46