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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Martindale , John Henry 1815 -1881 (search)
Martindale, John Henry 1815-1881
Military officer; born in Sandy Hill, N. Y., March 20, 1815; graduated at West Point in 1835; left the army the next year, and became a civil engineer; and finally practised law in Batavia, N. Y. He was made brigadier-general of volunteers in August, 1861, and served in the Army of the Potomac, in the campaign of 1862, under Gen. Fitz-John Porter.
He was in the Army of the James, and also in the army of the Potomac, in the campaign against Richmond, commanding (in July and September, 1864) the 18th Army Corps.
For gallantry at Malvern Hill (q. v.) he was brevetted major-general of volunteers.
He resigned in 1864, and was made attorney-general of New York in 1866.
He died in Nice, France, Dec. 13, 1881.
Morgan, William 1775-
Freemason; born in Culpeper county, Va., in 1775; died by violence, Sept. 19, 1826.
Was in the battle of New Orleans; and was a brewer in Toronto, Canada, in 1821.
He was a resident, in 1826, of Batavia, N. Y., where he was seized, carried to Fort Niagara, and, as many persons have since believed, was drowned in Lake Ontario, because it was reported that he was about to publish an exposure of the secrets of Freemasonry.
This affair created intense excitement and a new political party.
See Anti-Masonic party.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Prisoners for debt. (search)
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Upton , Emory 1839 -1881 (search)
Upton, Emory 1839-1881
Military officer; born in Batavia, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1839; graduated at West Point in 1861, and was assigned to the artillery.
He became aide to General Tyler, and was wounded in the battle of Bull Run.
In the Peninsular campaign he commanded a battery, and was active in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg.
In the campaign against Richmond (1864) he commanded a brigade until assigned to the army under Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, where he was wounded in the battle of Winchester.
Early in 1865 he commanded a division of cavalry in General Wilson's operations in Alabama and Georgia, and was distinguished in the capture of Selma.
In March, 1865, he was brevetted major-general, United States army, for meritorious services during the Rebellion.
He was the author of Infantry tactics for the United States army, adopted in 1867.
He died in San Francisco, Cal., March 14, 1881.