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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Acquisition of Territory. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Beecher , Henry Ward 1813 - (search)
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-
Clergyman; born in Litchfield, Conn., June 24, 1813; son of Lyman Beecher; was graduated at Amherst College in 1834.
He afterwards studied theology in Lane Seminary.
For a few years he was pastor of a Presbyterian church in Indiana, first at Lawrenceburg and then at Indianapolis.
In
Henry Ward Beecher. 1847 he was called to the pastorate of a new Congregational organization in Brooklyn, called Plymouth Church, over which he presided as pastor till his death, March 8, 1887.
From the beginning of his ministry, Mr. Beecher held a high rank as a public teacher and pulpit orator, with a constantly increasing reputation.
Laying aside the conventionalities of his sacred profession, and regarding the Gospel minister as peculiarly a leader in social life, his sermons were always marked by practical good-sense, and embraced in their topies the whole field of human society.
They were largely made up of illustrations drawn from every phase of life and the i
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Billings , John Shaw 1839 - (search)
Billings, John Shaw, 1839-
Surgeon and librarian; born in Switzerland county, Ind., April 12, 1839; was graduated at Miami University in 1857; was Demonstrator of Anatomy at the Medical College of Ohio in 1860-61; served in the medical department during the Civil War, rising to the rank of deputy surgeon-general in 1864.
After the war he was on duty in the office of the surgeon-general in Washington till his retirement from the service in 1895.
He was Professor of Hygiene in the University of Pennsylvania in 1893-96, and in the last year became director of the New York Public Library.
He is a member of numerous scientific societies, both in the United States and in Europe.
He has published Principles of Ventilation and heating; Index catalogue of the Library of the surgeon-general's office, United States army; National Medical dictionary, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Buffington Island ,
Buffington Island, battle at.
On July 19, 1863, six regiments of Kentucky volunteers, three of Michigan, three of Ohio, one of Indiana, and one of Tennessee.
comprising infantry and cavalry, together with several gunboats.
had an engagement at Buffington Island, known also as St. George's Creek.
O., which resulted in the capture of the Confederate raiders under John H. Morgan (q. v.).
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Callahan , James Morton 1864 - (search)
Callahan, James Morton 1864-
Historian; born in Bedford, Ind., Nov. 4, 1864; was graduated at the University of Indiana in 1894; acting Professor of American History and Constitutional Law at Hamilton College in 1897-98; became lecturer on American Diplomatic History at the Johns Hopkins University in the latter year.
His publications include Neutrality of the American Lakes; Cuba and international relations, etc.
Camp wild-cat.
The invasion of Kentucky by Zollicoffer from Tennessee, in the early part of the Civil War, aroused the loyalists of eastern Kentucky, and they flew to arms.
Some of them were organized under Colonel Garrard, a loyal Kentuckian, and among the Rock Castle hills they established Camp Wild-cat.
There they were attacked (Oct. 21, 1861), by Zollicoffer.
When he appeared, Garrard had only about 600 men, but was joined by some Indiana and Ohio troops, and some Kentucky cavalry under Colonel Woolford.
With the latter came General Schoepf, who took the chief command.
Zollicoffer, with his Tennesseans and some Mississippi Tigers fell upon them in the morning, and were twice repulsed.
The last was in the afternoon.
After a sharp battle, Zollicoffer withdrew.
Garrard had been reinforced in the afternoon by a portion of Colonel Steadman's Ohio regiment. General Schoepf, deceived by false reports that a force was coming from General Buckner's camp at Bowling Green, fell