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| Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Andrews , Christopher Columbus 1829 - (search)
Andrews, Christopher Columbus, 1829-
Lawyer and diplomatist; born in Hillsboro, N. H., Oct. 27, 1829; was educated at the Harvard Law School; admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1850, and later settled in St. Cloud, Minn. In the Civil War he rose from the ranks to brevet major-general in the Union army.
In 1869-77 he was United States minister to Norway and Sweden, and in 1882-85 consul-general to Rio de Janeiro.
He has published a History of the campaign of Mobile; Brazil. Its conditions and prospects; Administrative reform, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pierce , Franklin 1804 -1869 (search)
Pierce, Franklin 1804-1869
Fourteenth President of the United States, from 1853 to 1857; Democrat; born in Hillsboro, N. H., Nov. 23, 1804; graduated at Bowdoin College in 1824; became a lawyer; was admitted to the bar in 1827, and made his permanent residence at Concord in 1838.
He was in Congress from 1833 to 1837; United States Senator from 1837 to 1842; served first as colonel of United States Infantry in the war against Mexico, and as brigadier-general, under Scott, in 1847, leading a large reinforcement for that general's army on its march for the Mexican capital.
In June, 1852, the Democratic Convention nominated him for President of the United States, and he was elected in November (see cabinet, President's). President Pierce favored the pro-slavery party in Kansas, and in January, 1856, in a message to Congress, he denounced the formation of a free-State government in Kansas as an act of rebellion.
During the Civil War ex-President Pierce was in full sympathy with the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Walker , John Grimes 1835 - (search)
Walker, John Grimes 1835-
Naval officer; born in Hillsboro, N. H., March 20, 1835; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1856.
In the Civil War he took part in the capture of New Orleans, in operations against Vicksburg, almost all the battles on the Mississippi River in 1862 and 1863; and commanded the gunboat Shawmut in the capture of Wilmington, N. C. He was secretary of the lighthouse board in 1873-78; chief of the bureau of navigation in 1881-89; was promoted commodore in 1889 and rear-admiral in 1894; was then assigned to command the Pacific Station; and was retired in 1897.
He was president of the naval retiring board in 1895; chairman of the light-house board in 1895-96, and of the commission for the location of a deepwater harbor on the coast of southern California in 1896-97; president of the Nicaragua Canal commission in 1897-99, and of the Isthmian Canal commission since 1899.