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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cabeza de Vaca , Alvar Nuñez 1490 -1560 (search)
Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nuñez 1490-1560
Spanish official and author; born in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, probably in 1490.
In 1528 he accompanied the expedition of Narvaez to Florida in the capacity of comptroller and royal treasurer, and he and three others were all of a party who escaped from shipwreck and the natives.
These four lived for several years among the Indians, and, escaping, made their way to the Spanish settlements in northern Mexico in the spring of 1536.
In the following year Cabeza, de Vaca returned to Spain; in 1540 was appointed governor of Paraguay; in 1543 explored the upper Paraguay River, and in 1544 was deposed by the colonists and afterwards imprisoned and sent to Spain.
After trial he was sentenced to be banished to Africa, but was subsequently recalled, granted many favors by the King, and was made judge of the Supreme Court of Seville.
He published two works, one relating to his experiences in Florida, and the other to his administration in Par
Cacique,
A word derived from the Haytien tongue and inaccurately applied by the Spaniards to the native nobles of Mexico, and also to great Indian chiefs.
Its true meaning is lord, prince, or supreme ruler.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Campbell , Charles Thomas 1823 - (search)
Campbell, Charles Thomas 1823-
Military officer; born in Franklin county, Pa., Aug. 10, 1823; was educated at Marshall College; served in the war with Mexico; promoted captain in August, 1847.
When the Civil War broke out he entered the army, and in December, 1861, was commissioned colonel of the 57th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Later he and his regiment were captured, but they escaped and brought into the Union lines more than 200 Confederate captives.
On March 13, 1863, he was promoted brigadier-general.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Campbell , Lewis Davis 1811 - (search)
Campbell, Lewis Davis 1811-
Diplomatist; born in Franklin, O., Aug. 9, 1811; engaged in journalism for several years; then practised law in Hamilton; Whig representative to Congress in 1849-58; colonel of an Ohio infantry regiment in 1861-62; appointed minister to Mexico in December, 1865.
In the latter service he was empowered to assure President Juarez of the moral support of the United States, and to offer him the aid of the United States military forces in restoring order.
He returned to the United States in 1868, and again held a seat in Congress in 1871-73.
He died Nov. 26, 1882.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Canby , Edward Richard Sprigg 1819 - (search)
Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg 1819-
Military officer; born in Kentucky in 1819; graduated at West Point in 1839; served in the Seminole War (q. v.) and the war with Mexico.
He was twice brevetted for eminent services in the latter
Edward R. S. Canby war. He was promoted to major in 1855, and colonel in 1861.
In 1861 he was in command in New Mexico until late in 1862, and in March of that year was made brigadier-general of volunteers.
He was promoted to major-general of volunteers in May, 1864, and took command of the Department of West Mississippi.
He captured Mobile, April 12, 1865, and afterwards received the surrender of the Confederate armies of Generals Taylor and E. Kirby Smith.
On July 28, 1866, he was commissioned a brigadier-general in the regular army, and in 1869 took command of the Department of the Columbia, on the Pacific coast.
He devoted himself to the settlement of difficulties with the Modoc Indians (q. v.), and, while so doing, was treacherously murdered
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Casey , Silas 1807 -1882 (search)
Casey, Silas 1807-1882
Military officer; born in East Greenwich, R. I., July 12, 1807; was graduated at West Point in 1826; served with Worth in Florida (1837-41) and under Scott in the war with Mexico (1847-48) ; was also in the operations against the Indians on the Pacific coast in 1856.
Early in the Civil War he was made brigadier-general of volunteers, and organized and disciplined the volunteers at and near Washington.
He was made major-general of volunteers in May, 1862, and commanded a division in General Keyes's corps on the Peninsula, and received the first attack of the Confederates in the battle of fair Oaks (q. v.). General Casey was brevetted major-general U. S. A. in March, 1865, for meritorious service during the rebellion, and the legislature of Rhode Island gave him a vote of thanks in 1867.
He was author of a System of Infantry tactics (1861) and Infantry tactics for colored troops (1863). He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1882.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Centennial Exhibition , (search)