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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Allen , Robert , 1815 -1886 (search)
Allen, Robert, 1815-1886
Military officer; born in Ohio, about 1815; was graduated at West Point in 1836, and served with distinction in the war with Mexico.
He was a very useful officer in the Civil War, and attained the rank of brigadier-general, and brevet major-general of volunteers.
He was stationed at St. Louis, where his services were of great value during the war. At its close he was made assistant quartermaster-general (1866), and afterwards chief-quartermaster of the division of the Pacific.
He died in Switzerland, Aug. 6, 1886.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Blenker , Louis , 1812 -1863 (search)
Blenker, Louis, 1812-1863
Military officer; born in Worms, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, July 31, 1812; was one of the Bavarian Legion.
raised to accompany King Otho to Greece.
In 1848-49, he became a leader of the revolutionists, and finally fled to Switzerland.
Ordered to leave that country ( September, 1849). he came to the United States.
At the beginning of the Civil War he raised a regiment, and, early in July, 1861, was put at the head of a brigade, chiefly of Germans.
In the Army of the Potomac he commanded a division for a while, which was sent to western Virginia, and participated in the battle of cross Keys (q. v.). He died in Rockland county, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1863.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Centennial Exhibition , (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cooper , James Fenimore 1789 -1851 (search)
Cooper, James Fenimore 1789-1851
Author; born in Burlington.
N. J., Sept. 15, 1789:
James Fenimore Cooper. studied at Yale College, but did not graduate.
He was six years in the naval service.
Choosing literature as a profession, he took the path of romance, and wrote and published in the course of his life thirty-two volumes of fiction, the most famous of which were his Leatherstocking tales.
He wrote a History of the United States Navy, in 2 volumes; Lives of American naval officers; Battle of Lake Erie; Gleanings in Europe; Sketches of Switzerland; and a comedy.
He died in Cooperstown, N. Y., Sept. 14. 1851.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), entry 1598 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wright , Henrietta Christine , (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Diplomatic service. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Evangelical Alliance, the, (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Federal Union , the John Fiske (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fine Arts, the. (search)