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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Habeas corpus, (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Meigs , Montgomery Cunningham 1816 -1892 (search)
Monocacy, battle of
On July 5, 1864, Gen. Lewis Wallace (q. v.), in command of the Middle Department, with his headquarters at Baltimore, received information that Gen. Jubal A. Early (q. v.), with 15,000 or 20,000 Confederates, who had invaded Maryland, was marching on Baltimore.
Already General Grant had been informed of the invasion, and had sent General Wright, with the 6th Corps, to protect the capital.
Gen. E. B. Tyler was at Frederick with about 1,000 troops, and Wallace gathered there, on the 6th, all the available troops in his department that could be spared from the duties of watching the railways leading into Baltimore from the North.
He sent Colonel Clendennin to search for positive information with 400 men and a section of artillery, and at Middletown he encountered 1,000 Confederates under Bradley Johnson, a Marylander, who pushed him steadily back towards Frederick.
There was a sharp fight near Frederick that day (July 7, 1864), and, at 6 P. M. Gilpin's regime
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Reeder , Andrew Horatio 1807 -1864 (search)
Reeder, Andrew Horatio 1807-1864
Lawyer; born in Easton, Pa., Aug. 6, 1807; was a practitioner in Easton, where he spent the most of his life.
In 1854 he accepted the office of (first) governor of Kansas from President Pierce, where he endeavored in vain to prevent the election frauds in that territory in 1855.
He would not countenance the illegal proceedings of Missourians there, and (July, 1855) the President removed him from office.
The antislavery people immediately elected him a delegate to Congress for Kansas; and afterwards, under the legal constitution, he was chosen United States Senator.
Congress did not ratify that constitution, and he never took his seat.
His patriotic course won for him the respect of all law-abiding citizens.
He was one of the first to be appointed a brigadier-general of volunteers at the outbreak of the Civil War, but declined the honor.
Three of his sons served in the army.
He died in Easton, Pa., July 5, 1864.
See Kansas.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Whiting , William Henry 1843 - (search)
Whiting, William Henry 1843-
Naval officer; born in New York City, July 8, 1843; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1863; was with the West Gulf Squadron on the flag-ship Hartford in 1863-65; won distinction by burning the blockade-runner Ivanhoe, though defended by the guns of Fort Morgan, July 5, 1864; raised the American flag at the fall of Fort Gaines; was present during the action of Mobile Bay and at the capitulation of Fort Morgan; he was promoted captain, June 19, 1897; went to the Philippines in command of the Monadnock in 1898; was in command of the cruiser Charleston when the insurrection began in the islands; participated in the battles around Manila, and was present in the action at Caloocan.
In May, 1899, he was placed in command of the Boston, which he took to San Francisco; and in March, 1900, took command of the receiving-ship Independence.