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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hood , John Bell 1831 -1879 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hulsemann letter, the. (search)
Hulsemann letter, the.
During the Hungarian revolution President Taylor sent an agent to Hungary for the purpose of obtaining official information.
The agent's report was not received until after the revolution had been crushed, but the Austrian charge at Washington, D. C., Mr. Hulsemann, in a highly offensive letter, complained of the action of the United States government in sending this representative.
Daniel Webster, in his reply, Dec. 21, 1850, administered a very sharp rebuke, claiming the rights of the United States to recognize any de facto revolutionary government and to seek information in all proper ways in order to guide its action.
The intense enthusiasm with which Kossuth was greeted in the United States led Mr. Hulsemann to return to Austria.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Port Hudson , capture of (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Taylor , Richard 1826 -1879 (search)
Taylor, Richard 1826-1879
Military officer; born in New Orleans, La., Jan. 27, 1826; son of President Zachary Taylor; graduated at Yale College in 1845; and entered the Mexican War with his father.
In 1861 he became colonel of the 9th Louisiana Volunteers in the Confederate service, and was in the battle of Bull Run.
In October he was made a brigadier-general; served under Stonewall Jackson in Virginia; was promoted to major-general; and in 1863-64 served under E. Kirby Smith in the trans-Mississippi Department, opposing Banks in his Red River expedition.
When Banks left Alexandria, on the Red River, and marched to the siege of Port Hudson General Taylor, whom he had driven into the wilds of western Louisiana, returned, occupied that abandoned city and Opelousas, and garrisoned Fort De Russy.
Then he swept vigorously over the country in the direction of the Mississippi River and New Orleans.
With a part of his command he captured Brashear City (June 24, 1863), with an immens
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Thomas , George Henry 1816 -1870 (search)
Thomas, George Henry 1816-1870
Military officer; born in Southampton county, Va., July 31, 1816; graduated at West Point in 1840, and entered the artillery.
He served in the Seminole War; was with General Taylor in the war with Mexico; and again fought the Seminoles in Florida in 1849-50.
From 1851 to 1854 he was instructor of artillery at West Point, and was made major of cavalry in May, 1855.
From 1856 to 1860 he served in Texas, and in a fight with the Indians near Brazos River was wounded.
He was promoted colonel of the 5th Cavalry (Col. Robert E. Lee's old regiment) in May, 1861; and, having served awhile in the vicinity of the upper Potomac, was made brigadiergeneral of volunteers in August.
From November, 1861, till March, 1862, he commanded a division of the Army of the Ohio, defeating the Confederates in the battle of Mill spring (q. v.) in January.
At Corinth, Miss., he commanded the right wing of the Army of the Tennessee, and was second in command of the Army of
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)