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Agnus, Felix, 1839-
Journalist; born in Lyons, France, July 4, 1839; was educated in the College of Jolie Clair, near Paris; came to the United States in 1860, and in the following year entered the Union army in Duryea's Zouaves (5th New York Volunteers). At Big Bethel he saved the life of Gen. Judson Kilpatrick.
He aided in recruiting the 165th New York Volunteers, of which he was made captain: in 1862 he participated in the siege of Port Hudson, La.; afterwards was promoted major and lieutenant-colonel.
He next served in the 19th Corps under Sheridan and in the department of the South.
On March 13, 1865, he was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers, and in August of the same year was mustered out of the service.
After the war he became the editor and publisher of the Baltimore American.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alden , James 1810 -1877 (search)
Alden, James, 1810-1877
Naval officer; born in Portland, Me.. March 31, 1810; became a midshipman in 1828; lieutenant in 1841; commander in 1855; captain, Jan. 2, 1863; commodore, July 25, 1866; and rear-admiral, June 19, 1871.
He was a participant in the South Sea Exploring Expedition under Lieutenant Wilkes, and served under Commodore Conner on the Gulf coast of Mexico during the war with that country.
He was active in the reinforcement of Fort Pickens; in the expedition against Galveston; as commander of the Richmond in the passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip in the capture of New Orleans; and at Vicksburg, Port Hudson. Mobile Bay, and Fort Fisher.
He was appointed chief of the Bureau of Navigation and Detail in 1869, and, after his promotion to rear-admiral, commander of the European squadron.
He died in San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 6, 1877.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Andrews , George Leonard 1828 - (search)
Andrews, George Leonard, 1828-
Military officer; born in Bridgewater, Mass., Aug. 31, 1828; was graduated at West Point in 1851, entering the engineer corps.
He resigned in 1855.
In 1861 he became first lieutenant-colonel and then colonel of the 2d Massachusetts Regiment.
He was made brigadier-general in 1862, and led a brigade in Banks's expedition in Louisiana and against Port Hudson in 1863.
He assisted in the capture of Mobile, and was appointed Professor of French at West Point Feb. 27, 1871; was retired Aug. 31, 1892; and died April 4, 1899.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Arnold , Richard 1828 - (search)
Arnold, Richard, 1828-
Military officer; born in Providence, R. I., April 12, 1828; was graduated at West Point in 1850.
He served in Florida, California, at the battle of Bull Run, on the Peninsula, and was made chief of artillery of Banks's expedition in November, 1862.
At Port Hudson and in the Red River campaign he rendered important service; also in the capture of Fort Fisher, and of Fort Morgan, near Mobile.
He was brevetted major-general United States army in 1866.
He died on Governor's Island, New York, Nov. 8, 1882.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Auger , Christorpher Colon 1821 -1898 (search)
Auger, Christorpher Colon, 1821-1898
Military officer; born in New York July 10, 1821; was graduated at West Point in 1843.
He served as aide-de-camp to Generals Hopping and Cushing in the war with Mexico, and in 1861 was made a brigadiergeneral of volunteers, after serving under McDowell.
He took command of a division under Banks.
and was wounded at the battle of Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9, 1862; the same month he was made major-general of volunteers.
In November, 1862, he. reported to General Banks for service in a Southern expedition, and was very active in the siege and capture of Port Hudson.
From October, 1863, to August, 1866, he had command of the Department of Washington.
and in 1867 he was assigned to the Department of the Platte.
In 1869 he was made brigadier-general U. S. A., and in 188,5 was retired.
He died in Washington, D. C., Jan. 16. 1898.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Badeau , Adam 1831 -1895 (search)
Badeau, Adam, 1831-1895
Military officer; born in New York, Dec. 29, 1831; served on the staff of General Sherman early in the Civil War; was severely wounded at Port Hudson; joined General Grant, and became his military secretary, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, in January, 1864; and was made aide-de-camp to the general of the army, with the title of colonel, in March, 1865; and retired in 1869, holding the rank of captain, U. S. C., and brevet brigadier-general, U. S. V. He was consul-general in London in 1870-81; accompanied General Grant on his journey around the world in 1877-78; and was consul-general in Havana in 1882-84.
After General Grant's death Badeau lost a suit against the heirs for compensation for alleged services in the preparation of General Grant's Memoirs.
He published Military history of Ulysscs S. Grant; Grant in peace, and several romances.
He died in Ridgewood, N. J., March 19, 1895.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barker , Albert Smith 1859 - (search)
Barker, Albert Smith, 1859-
Naval officer; born in Massachusetts; entered the navy in 1859; served under Farragut in the bombardment and passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip; and in an attempted passage of Port Hudson his vessel was blown up, after which he took part in the siege of that post on the Monongahela.
He was actively employed throughout the Civil War; was promoted to captain in 1892; commanded the cruiser Newark in the American-Spanish War (1898); succeeded Capt.
Charles Edgar Clark (q. v.) as commander of the famous battle-ship Oregon after the close of the war; and became a rear-admiral in 1899.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bartlett , William Francis 1840 -1876 (search)
Bartlett, William Francis, 1840-1876
Military officer; born in Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 6, 1840; was graduated at Harvard in 1862.
He entered the volunteer army as captain in the summer of 1861; was engaged in the battle of Ball's Bluff (q. v.), and lost a leg in the siege of Yorktown in 1862.
He was made colonel of a Massachusetts regiment in November, 1862, and took part in the capture of Port Hudson in 1863.
In the siege of Petersburg (1864) he commanded a division of the 9th Corps, and at the explosion of the mine there he was made prisoner, but exchanged in September.
In 1865 he was brevetted major-general of volunteers.
He died in Pittsfield, Mass., Dec. 17, 1876.