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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hamilton, Schuyler 1822- (search)
Hamilton, Schuyler 1822- Military officer; born in New York City, July 25, 1822; graduated at West Point in 1841; served in the war with Mexico; and was acting aide to General Scott. He was severely wounded in a hand-to-hand engagement with Mexicans. He was bre vetted captain, and remained on Scott's staff until 1854. He left the army in 1855, but on the fall of Sumter (1861) he joined the 7th New York Regiment as a private. He became aide to General Butler at Annapolis, and soon entered the military family of General Scott at Washington. He was made brigadier-general in November, 1861, and accompanied General Halleck to Missouri, where he commanded the district of St. Louis. In February, 1862, he commanded a division of Pope's army; and by the planning and construction of a canal, greatly assisted in the capture of New Madrid and Island number ten (q. v.). In September, 1862, he was made major-general of volunteers. He resigned in February, 1863; and was hydrographic engi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harris, William Thaddeus 1826-1854 (search)
Harris, William Thaddeus 1826-1854 Author; born in Milton, Mass., Jan. 25, 1826; graduated at Harvard College in 1846. He was the author of Epitaphs from the old burying-ground at Cambridge, and editor of History of New England and of the third volume of the Historical and Genealogical register. He died in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 19, 1854.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harrison, Benjamin 1740-1791 (search)
ed in Berkeley, in April, 1791. Harrison, Benjamin Twenty-third President of the United States, from 1889 to 1893; Republican; born in North Bend, O., Aug. 20, 1833; grandson of William Henry Harrison, the ninth President of the United States, and great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and for three successive terms governor of Virginia. He graduated at Miami University, O., in 1852, and soon after began the study of law in Cincinnati. In 1854 he settled in Indianapolis and entered upon practice. On Jan. 23, 1865, he was brevetted a brigadier-general of volunteers, in the Union army; and when, soon afterwards, the war was brought to a termination, he returned to Indianapolis. In 1880 he was chosen United States Senator from Indiana, and took his seat in that body on March 4. At the Republican National Convention in 1888, he received the nomination for the Presidency on the eighth ballot. At the election in November he was chose
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hart, Albert Bushnell 1854- (search)
Hart, Albert Bushnell 1854- Historian; born in Clarksville, Pa., July 1, 1854; graduated at Harvard College in 1880; appointed Professor of History there. His publications include Formation of the Union; Epoch maps; Introduction to the study of federal government; Life of Salmon P. Chase; Practical essays on American government; American history, told by contemporaries, etc. The future of the Mississippi Valley. —The great size of the Mississippi Valley, its wonderful fertility, its natural resources, its phenomenal growth in manufactures and commerce, its rapidly increasing population, and its promise for the future, suggest the part which the States included in the Mississippi Valley may play in this country's history. Professor Hart has written the following essay on the history and the outlook of this section: There can be no doubt that the French settlers in the Mississippi Valley will (without timely precaution) greatly effect both the trade and safety of these
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hawkins, Dexter Arnold 1825-1886 (search)
Hawkins, Dexter Arnold 1825-1886 Lawyer; born in Camden, Me., June 23, 1825; graduated at Bowdoin College in 1848; began law practice in New York City in 1854. He took a keen interest in public education and other important questions, and did much to bring about legislation favorable to them. Among his publications are reports on Sectarian appropriations of public moneys and property; Duty of the State to protect the free common schools by organic law; Extravagance of the Tammany ring. His other works include Donations of public property to private corporations, and the illegal exemption of the same from taxation (which led to an amendment of the New York constitution prohibiting such appropriations); The Roman Catholic Church in New York City and the public land and public money; Free trade and protection; The redemption of the trade dollar; The silver problem, etc. He died in New York City, July 24, 1886.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hazen, Henry Allen 1832- (search)
Hazen, Henry Allen 1832- Historian; born in Hartford, Vt., Dec. 27, 1832; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1854, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1857; held various Congregational pastorates in the New England States; became editor of the Congregational year-book in 1883. His publications include The ministry and churches of New Hampshire; History of Billerica, Mass.; New Hampshire and Vermont (historical address). He died in Norwich, Vt., Aug. 4, 1900.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Homes, Henry Augustus 1812-1887 (search)
Homes, Henry Augustus 1812-1887 Author; born in Boston, Mass., March 10, 1812; graduated at Amherst in 1830; and studied in Paris, France, where he was ordained a missionary of the Reformed Church to Turkey in 1835; joined the American board in Constantinople in the following year, and served as a missionary till 1850; was in the diplomatic service of the United States at Constantinople in 1851-53; returned to the United States in the latter year; became assistant librarian of the New York State Library in 1854, and librarian in 1862. He was Joseph Holt. author of Our knowledge of California and the Northwest; The future development of the New York State Library; and The correct arms of the State of New the correct arms of the State of New York. He died in Albany, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1887.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hosmer, Henry Cuyler 1814-1877 (search)
Hosmer, Henry Cuyler 1814-1877 Author; born in Avon, N. Y., May 25, 1814; graduated at the University of Vermont in 1841; practised law in Avon till 1854, when he was appointed clerk in the New York custom-house. His works include The fall of Tecumseh, a drama, and The pioneers of Western New York. He died in Avon, N. Y., May 23, 1877.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hough, Franklin Benjamin 1820-1885 (search)
Hough, Franklin Benjamin 1820-1885 Author; born in Martinsburg, N. Y., July 20, 1820; graduated at Union College in 1843, and at the Cleveland Medical College in 1848; taught school for several years; and practised medicine in Somerville, N. Y., in 1848-52 and in Albany in 1854-60. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted in the volunteer service as regimental surgeon. His publications include History of St. Lawrence and Franklin counties, N. Y.; History of Duryea's campaign; Washingtoniana, or memorials of the death of George Washington; The siege of Charleston, May 12, 1780; besides many reviews, essays, and pamphlets. He died in Lowville, N. Y., June 6, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Howard, Oliver Otis 1830- (search)
Howard, Oliver Otis 1830- Military officer; born in Leeds, Me., Nov. 8, 1830; graduated at Bowdoin College in 1850, and at West Point in 1854; entered the ordnance corps, and became instructor in mathematics at West Point in 1857. He took command of the 3d Maine Regiment in June, 1861, and commanded a brigade at the battle of Bull Run. In September he was made a brigadier-general. At the battle of fair Oaks, or seven Pines (q. v.), he lost his right arm. After the battle of Antietam (q. v.) he commanded Sumner's corps; and while Hooker led the Army of the Potomac, in 1863, he was in command of the 11th Corps. He was conspicuous at Gettysburg (q. v.), Lookout Valley, and Missionary Ridge; also in the relief of Knoxville, late in the year. In 1864 he was in command of the Army of the Tennessee, and was in all of the battles in the Atlanta campaign. The right of Sherman's army, on its march to the sea, was commanded by him, as well as in the march through the Carolinas afterwa
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