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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil War in the United States . (search)
Coffee, John 1772-
Surveyor; born in Nottaway county, Va., in 1772.
In December, 1812, he was colonel of Tennessee volunteers under Jackson, and was with him
John Coffee. in all his wars with the Creek Indians.
He was with him also in his expedition to Pensacola (q. v.), and in the defence of New Orleans.
In 1817 he was surveyor of public lands.
He died near Florence, Ala., July 7, 1833.
Fort Donelson,
A notable fortification on the Cumberland River in Tennessee, 63 miles northwest of Nashville.
After the capture of Fort Henry (q. v.)there was no hinderance to the river navy going up the Tennessee to the fertile cotton regions of the heart of the Confederacy.
Foote sent Lieut.-Com. S. L. Phelps, with three vessels, to reconnoitre the borders
Fort Donelson. of that river.
They penetrated to Florence, Ala., seizing Confederate vessels and destroying Confederate property, and discovered the weakness of the Confederacy in all that region, for Unionism was everywhere prevalent, but suppressed by the mailed hand of the Confederate leaders.
Phelps's report caused an immediate expedition against Fort Donelson, situated on the high left bank of the Cumberland River, at Dover, the capital of Stewart county, Tenn. It was formed chiefly of outlying intrenchments, covering about 100 acres, upon hills furrowed by ravines.
At Fort Henry, General Grant reorganized his ar
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Parker , Theodore 1810 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sherman , William Tecumseh 1820 -1829 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stranahan , James Samuel Thomas 1808 -1898 (search)
Stranahan, James Samuel Thomas 1808-1898
Benefactor; born in Peterboro, N. Y., April 25, 1808; received a common school education and later studied engineering.
In 1827-28 he visited the lake region of the Northwest with a view of opening trade with the Indians, which he abandoned and engaged in the wool business in Albany.
In 1832 he took charge of a district in Oneida county for the purpose of founding a manufacturing town, and developed the present town of Florence, which he represented in the State Assembly in 1838-40.
He removed to Newark, N. J., in 1840, and engaged in the building of railroads; and to Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1844.
At first he was engaged in the business of railroad contractor, but later began his scheme of developing the water-front of Brooklyn, and succeeded in making the Atlantic basin one of the most perfect and commodious basins in the world.
He was interested in the Union Ferry Company; member of Congress in 1854; of the newly organized Metropolitan