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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Long, Eli 1837- (search)
65, he was brevetted major-general of volunteers; and in August, 1867, was retired with the rank of major-general, United States army, because of wounds received in action. General Long's most brilliant exploit was the capture by cavalry of Selma, Ala., April 2, 1865. Selma was defended by earthworks intended to resist infantry. Thirty pieces of artillery in position, with a gar rison of about 3,000 of General Forrest's cavalry, and 2,000 militia. The works were taken within a half-hour a2, 1865. Selma was defended by earthworks intended to resist infantry. Thirty pieces of artillery in position, with a gar rison of about 3,000 of General Forrest's cavalry, and 2,000 militia. The works were taken within a half-hour after the advance was sounded. Three hundred and twenty officers and men out of 1,250 engaged were killed and wounded. Two thousand seven hundred prisoners, 200 pieces of artillery, and a vast amount of war materials were the result of the capture of this place.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maubila, battle of (search)
rd of many tribes, he was reverenced by his people and feared by all his neighbors, and his influence was felt from the Alabama to the Mississippi River. He received De Soto with haughty courtesy. When a pack-horse was brought, and Tuscaloosa was requested to mount and ride by the side of De Soto, it was evident to him that he was really a prisoner of the Spaniard, after the manner of other caciques who had been held as hostages. They crossed the Alabama River a little below the site of Selma, and moved on in the direction of the sea. De Soto discovered signs which made him uneasy. Tuscaloosa was in close and continual consultation with his principal followers, and was constantly sending runners ahead to his capital with messages, telling De Soto that he was preparing for their honorable reception there. De Soto did not believe him, and took measures against treachery. The Black Warrior and the Spanish leader rode side by side into the Mobilian capital, a large, highpalisad
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)
. Andrew Johnson, Tennessee, Vice-President. Special session of Senate adjourns......March 11, 1865 Battle of Averysboro, N. C.......March 15, 1865 Confederate Congress adjourns sine die......March 18, 1865 Battle of Bentonville, N. C.......March 19, 1865 Armies of Sherman, Terry, and Schofield join at Goldsboro, N. C.......March 23, 1865 Battle of Five Forks, Va.......March 31–April 1, 1865 Richmond evacuated by Confederates and partly burned......April 2, 1865 Selma, Ala., captured with large stores......April 2, 1865 Ewell's division, some 8,000 men, cut off, surrounded, and captured at Sailor's Creek, Va.......April 6, 1865 Correspondence between United States Minister Adams in London and Earl Russell, respecting the Alabama, begins......April 7, 1865 Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court-house, Va.......April 9, 1865 Montgomery, Ala., surrenders to Wilson......April 11, 1865 Mobile evacuated by Confederates......April 12, 1865 Se
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)
ate with the army in the capture of Mobile; also for the capture of Selma and other places. General Wilson was in command of this cavalry. aneously menaced Columbus, in Mississippi, and Tuscaloosa and Selma, in Alabama. General Forrest, with his cavalry, was then on the Mobilella chief could not reach him until he was far on his way towards Selma, on the Alabama River. Forrest pursued, but the movements of Wilsorest, partially intrenched. He was straining every nerve to defend Selma, as it was one of the most important places in the Confederacy, becn a fight that ensued the Confederates were routed and fled towards Selma, leaving behind them twenty-nine guns and 200 prisoners. Forrest waiven by his pursuers 24 miles, when the chase ended. 19 miles from Selma. The latter place had been strongly fortified. The race was hot, n destroyed the great foundries and other public property, and left Selma (April 10) a ghastly ruin. From Selma Wilson pushed to Montgomery,