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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Allen , James Lane 1849 - (search)
Allen, James Lane, 1849-
Author; born in Kentucky in 1849; was graduated at Transylvania University; taught in the Kentucky University, and later became Professor of Latin and Higher English in Bethany College, West Virginia.
Since 1886 he has been engaged in authorship.
His publications include Flute and violin; The Blue grass region, and other sketches of Kentucky; John Gray, a novel; The Kentucky; John Gray, a novel; The Kentucky Cardinal; Aftermath; A summer in Arcady; The choir invisible, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Averill , William woods 1832 - (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), 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), Blooming Gap ,
Blooming Gap, skirmish at.
Gen. F. W. Lander was sent, early in January, 1862, to protect the Baltimore and Ohio Railway.
He had a wily and energetic opponent in Stonewall Jackson.
who was endeavoring to gain what the Confederates had lost in western Virginia, and to hold possession of the Shenandoah Valley.
With about 4,000 men Lander struck Jackson at Blooming Gap (Feb. 14), captured seventeen of his commissioned officers.
nearly sixty of his rank and file, and compelled him to retire.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Carnifex Ferry
Carnifex Ferry, battle of.
The Confederate troops left by Garnett and Pegram in western Virginia in the summer of 1861 were placed in charge of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
At the beginning of August he was at the head of 16,000 fighting men. John B. Floyd, the late Secretary of War, was placed in command of the Confederates in the region of the Gauley River.
From him much was expected, for he promised much.
He was to drive General Cox out of the Kanawha Valley, while Lee should disperse the army of 10,000 men under Rosecrans at Clarksburg, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and so open a way for an invading force of Confederates into Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
Early in September Rosecrans marched southward in search of Floyd.
He scaled the Gauley Mountains, and on the 10th found Floyd at Carnifex Ferry, on the Gauley River, 8 miles from Summersville, the capital of Nicholas county, Va. Already a detachment of Floyd's men had surprised and dispersed (Aug. 26, 1861.) some Nati
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Carrington , Henry Beebee 1824 - (search)
Carrington, Henry Beebee 1824-
Military officer; born in Wallingford, Conn., March 2, 1824; graduated at Yale College in 1845.
When the first call for troops was issued at the beginning of the Civil War he raised nine regiments of militia in western Virginia for three-months' volunteers; was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers in November, 1862; and served throughout the war with distinction.
In 1870-73 he held the chair of Military Science and Tactics at Wabash College, Ind. His publications include American classics, or incidents of Revolutionary suffering; Crisis thoughts; Absa-ra-ka, land of massacre, and Indian operations on the Plains; Battles of the American Revolution; Battle-maps and charts of the American Revolution; Patriotic reader, or human liberty developed; Columbian selections; Beacon lights of patriotism; The Washington obelisk and its voices; Washington, the soldier; Lafayette and American Independence, etc.