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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maubila, battle of (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morgan , John Tyler 1824 - (search)
Morgan, John Tyler 1824-
Statesman; born in Athens, Tenn., June 20, 1824; removed to Alabama when nine years of age; received an academic education; was admitted to the bar in 1845; and practised till the beginning of the Civil War, when he entered the Confederate Army as a private.
Subsequently he raised the 5th Alabama Regiment, became its colonel, and was commissioned a brigadier-general in 1863.
After the war he resumed practice at Selma, Ala. In 1876 he was elected to the United States Senate, and in 1882, 1888, 1894, and 1900 was re-elected.
In 1892 President Harrison appointed him one of the American arbitrators in the Bering Sea Court of Arbitration, and in 1898, after the passage of the Hawaiian annexation bill, President McKinley appointed him one of the commissioners to prepare a system of government for the
John Tyler Morgan. islands.
For several years Senator Morgan has been especially conspicuous because of his forceful advocacy of the construction of an inte
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Porter , James Madison 1793 -1862 (search)
Porter, James Madison 1793-1862
Jurist; born in Selma, Pa., Jan. 6, 1793; served in the army during the War of 1812; afterwards studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1813.
He was appointed Secretary of War by President Tyler, but the nomination was rejected by the Senate.
He died in Easton, Pa., Nov. 11, 1862.
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), Upton , Emory 1839 -1881 (search)
Upton, Emory 1839-1881
Military officer; born in Batavia, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1839; graduated at West Point in 1861, and was assigned to the artillery.
He became aide to General Tyler, and was wounded in the battle of Bull Run.
In the Peninsular campaign he commanded a battery, and was active in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg.
In the campaign against Richmond (1864) he commanded a brigade until assigned to the army under Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, where he was wounded in the battle of Winchester.
Early in 1865 he commanded a division of cavalry in General Wilson's operations in Alabama and Georgia, and was distinguished in the capture of Selma.
In March, 1865, he was brevetted major-general, United States army, for meritorious services during the Rebellion.
He was the author of Infantry tactics for the United States army, adopted in 1867.
He died in San Francisco, Cal., March 14, 1881.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wilson , James Harrison (search)