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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of Pennsylvania, (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pleasonton , Alfred 1824 -1897 (search)
Pleasonton, Alfred 1824-1897
Military officer; born in Washington, D. C., June 7, 1824; graduated at West Point in 1844, entering the dragoons.
He served in the war against Mexico, and afterwards in California, New Mexico, and Texas.
For several years he was assistant adjutantgeneral and adjutant-general to General Harney, and in the fall of 1861 was acting colonel of the 2d Cavalry.
He was made brigadier-general of volunteers in July, 1862, and took command of Stoneman's cavalry brigade, leading the van when McClellan crossed the Potomac, in October.
Pleasonton was in the battles at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, and was afterwards efficient in driving Price out of Missouri, in 1864.
In March, 1865, he was brevetted major-general United States army for meritorious services during the rebellion.
He resigned his commission in 1868, and was placed on the retired list as colonel in 1888.
He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 17, 1897.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Reynolds , John Fulton 1820 - (search)
Reynolds, John Fulton 1820-
Military officer; born in Lancaster, Pa., Sept. 20, 1820; graduated at West Point in 1841; served through the war with Mexico; took part in the expedition against the Rogue River Indians and in the Utah expedition of 1858; appointed brigadier-general of volunteers in 1861; took part in the battles of Mechanicsville, Gaines's Mill, and Glendale.
In the last-named battle he was taken prisoner, but was soon exchanged and returned to duty.
He participated in the battle of Bull Run, and on Nov. 29, 1862, was promoted to the rank of major-general of volunteers, succeeding General Hooker in command of the 1st Corps of the Army of the Potomac.
On the first day of the battle of Gettysburg (July 1, 1863), he was in command of the left wing of the National army, and was shot dead.
A monument in his honor was erected at Gettysburg in 1884.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ruger , Thomas Howard 1833 - (search)
Ruger, Thomas Howard 1833-
Military officer; born in Lima, N. Y., April 2, 1833; graduated at West Point in 1854, but resigned the next year and became a lawyer in Jamesville, Wis. In 1861-62 he served in the Shenandoah Valley as colonel of the 3d Wisconsin Volunteers, and was in the battles of Antietam in 1862 and Chancellorsville in 1863.
At Gettysburg he commanded a division, having been made brigadier-general in November, 1862.
He commanded a brigade in the Atlanta campaign in 1864, and a division in operations in North Carolina until the surrender of Johnston.
He was brevetted brigadier-general, United States army, in 1867; was promoted to the full rank in 1886, and to major-general in 1895; and was retired April 2, 1897.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Schmucker , Samuel Simon 1799 -1873 (search)
Schmucker, Samuel Simon 1799-1873
Theologian; born in Hagerstown, Md., Feb. 28, 1799; graduated at the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1820; chairman of the faculty of the Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Pa., in 1826-64; was largely instrumental in founding the ecclesiastical connection between the Lutheran churches in the United States and Europe.
His publications include Fraternal appeal to the American churches on Christian Union; The American Lutheran Church, historically, DocTheological Seminary in 1820; chairman of the faculty of the Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Pa., in 1826-64; was largely instrumental in founding the ecclesiastical connection between the Lutheran churches in the United States and Europe.
His publications include Fraternal appeal to the American churches on Christian Union; The American Lutheran Church, historically, Doctrinally, and practically delineated; American Lutheranism vindicated, etc. He died in Gettysburg, Pa., July 26, 1873.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sickles , Daniel Edgar 1822 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Slocum , Henry Warner 1827 -1894 (search)
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), Steinwehr , Adolph Wilhelm Friedrich 1822 -1877 (search)