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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Averill , William woods , 1832 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dahlgren , John Adolph , 1809 -1870 (search)
Dahlgren, John Adolph, 1809-1870
Naval officer; born in Philadelphia, Nov. 13, 1809; entered the navy in 1826, and was made rearadmiral in 1863.
He was the inventor of
John Adolph Dahlgren. the Dahlgren gun, which he perfected at the navy-yard at Washington, and in 1862 he was made chief of the bureau of ordnance.
In July, 1863, he took command of the South Atlantic squadron, and, with the land forces of General Gillmore, captured Morris Island and Fort Wagner, and reduced Fort Sumter to a heap of ruins.
He conducted a successful expedition up the St. John's River, in Florida, in 1864, and co-operated with General Sherman in the capture of Savannah.
After the evacuation of Charleston he moved his vessels up to that city.
Admiral Dahlgren, besides being the inventor of a cannon, introduced into the navy the highly esteemed light boathowitzer.
He was author of several works on ordnance, which became textbooks.
He died in Washington, D. C., July 12, 1870.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Foster , John Gray 1823 -1874 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Humphreys , Andrew Atkinson 1810 -1883 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McClernand , John Alexander 1812 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morgan , John Hunt 1826 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Prentiss , Benjamin Mayberry 1819 - (search)
Prentiss, Benjamin Mayberry 1819-
Military officer; born in Belleville, Va., Nov. 23, 1819; served as captain in the Mexican War, and in April, 1861, became colonel of the 7th Illinois Volunteers, in which State he resided since 1841.
He was promoted brigadier-general of three-months' troops, and was placed in command at Cairo, then a position of great importance.
In May, 1861, he was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers, and served in Missouri until April, 1862, when he joined General Grant, and fought in the battle of Shiloh, where he was taken prisoner.
In November he was promoted major-general, and early in July, 1863, he defeated a Confederate force under Generals Holmes and Price, at Helena, Ark.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sherman , William Tecumseh 1820 -1829 (search)