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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Conrad , Charles M. 1804 -1878 (search)
Conrad, Charles M. 1804-1878
Legislator; born in Winchester, Va., about 1804; admitted to the bar in 1828; and began practice in New Orleans.
In 1842-43 he served out the unexpired term of Alexander Monton in the United States Senate; in 1848-50 was a representative in Congress; and in 1850-53 was Secretary of War.
He was a leader in the Secession movement in 1860; a deputy from Louisiana in the Montgomery Provisional Congress in 1861; and a member of the Confederate Congress, and also a brigadier-general in the Confederate army in 1862-64.
He died in New Orleans, La., Feb. 11, 1878.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cooke , Philip St. George 1895 (search)
Cooke, Philip St. George -1895
Military officer; born near Leesburg, Va., June 13, 1809; graduated at West Point in 1827.
He served in the war against Mexico, and late in 1861 was made brigadiergeneral of volunteers.
He had seen much service in wars with the Indians, commanded in Kansas during the troubles there, and took part in the Utah expedition in 1858.
He commanded all the regular cavalry of the Army of the Potomac, and was distinguished in the campaign on the Peninsula in 1862.
He was retired with the rank of brevet major-general, in 1873, and died in Detroit, Mich., March 20, 1895.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Corbin , Henry Clark 1842 - (search)
Corbin, Henry Clark 1842-
Military officer; born in Clermont county, O., Sept. 15, 1842; received an academic education, and studied law. In 1862 he joined the National army as a second lieutenant in the 79th Ohio Volunteers; served through the remainder of the war; and was then appointed to the regular army.
He was with President Garfield when the latter was shot, and also present at his bedside when he died.
In 1880 he was promoted major and assistant adjutant-general; in 1898, adjutant-general; and in June, 1900, major-general, being the first adjutantgeneral of the regular army to reach that rank.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Corcoran , Michael 1827 - (search)
Corcoran, Michael 1827-
Military officer; born in Carrowkeel, Sligo, Ireland, Sept. 21, 1827; came to the United States in 1849, and first came into notice as colonel of the 69th New York Regiment, when the President called for troops, in 1861.
He hastened with his regiment to Washington, and was distinguished for gallantry in the battle of Bull Run, where he was wounded and made prisoner, suffering confinement in Richmond, Charleston, Columbia, and Salisbury, while kept for execution, in case the national government put to death the crews of Confederate privateers as pirates.
He was exchanged in 1862, and made a brigadier-general.
He raised an Irish Legion, served in lower Virginia and upper North Carolina, and checked the advance of the Confederates on Norfolk.
He died of injuries received from a fall from his horse, near Fairfax Court-house, Dec. 22, 1863.
Crosby, Peirce
Naval officer; born near Chester, Pa., Jan. 16, 1823; entered the navy as midshipman in 1844; was engaged in the war with Mexico; and was very active as commander on the coast of North Carolina during portions of the Civil War. He was specially brave and skilful in the capture of the forts at Cape Hatteras, at the passage of the forts on the lower Mississippi in the spring of 1862, and at Vicksburg in June and July the same year.
He was in command of the Metacomet during the operations which led to the capture of Mobile in 1865.
In 1882 he was promoted to rearadmiral, and in the following year was retired.
He died near Washington, D. C., June 15, 1899.
Cross Keys, action at
When Banks was expelled from the Shenandoah Valley, in 1862, the city of Washington could only be relieved from peril by the defeat of the Confederates.
For this purpose McDowell sent a force over the Blue Ridge, to intercept them if they should retreat, and Fremont pressed on from the west towards Strasburg with the same object in view.
Perceiving the threatened danger, Jackson fled up the valley with his whole force, hotly pursued by the Nationals, and at Cross Keys, beyond Harrisonburg, Fremont overtook Ewell, when a sharp but indecisive battle occurred.
Ewell had about 5,000 men, strongly posted.
There he was attacked, on Sunday morning, June 7, by Fremont with the force with which he had moved out of Harrisonburg.
General Schenck led the right, General Milroy the centre, and General Stahl the left.
Between the extreme was a force under Colonel Cluseret.
At eleven o'clock the conflict was general and severe, and continued several hours, Milroy and
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cullum , George Washington 1809 -1892 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Curtis , George Ticknor 1812 -1894 (search)
Curtis, George Ticknor 1812-1894
Lawyer; born in Watertown, Mass., Nov. 28, 1812; graduated at Harvard in 1832; admitted to the bar in 1836; removed to New York City in 1862.
Among his publications are History of the origin, formation, and adoption of the Constitution of the United States; Life of Daniel Webster; Life of James Buchanan, etc. He died in New York, March 28, 1894.
Curtis, George William
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Curtis , William Baker 1821 -1891 (search)
Curtis, William Baker 1821-1891
Military officer; born in Sharpsburg, Md., April 18, 1821; was a member of the Wheeling convention to organize a State government for West Virginia in 1861; entered the Union army as captain in the 12th West Virginia Infantry in 1862; and was promoted colonel and given command of a brigade in 1864.
Subsequently he was appointed commander of the 2d Brigade, 24th Army Corps, in the Army of the James, with which he took part in the siege of Richmond and captured Fort Gregg, near Petersburg, on April 2, 1865; for which he was promoted brigadier-general.
He died in West Liberty, W. Va., Aug. 25, 1891.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dahlgren , John Adolph ,1809 -1870 (search)
Dahlgren, John Adolph, 1809-1870
Naval officer; born in Philadelphia, Nov. 13, 1809; entered the navy in 1826, and was made rearadmiral in 1863.
He was the inventor of
John Adolph Dahlgren. the Dahlgren gun, which he perfected at the navy-yard at Washington, and in 1862 he was made chief of the bureau of ordnance.
In July, 1863, he took command of the South Atlantic squadron, and, with the land forces of General Gillmore, captured Morris Island and Fort Wagner, and reduced Fort Sumter to a heap of ruins.
He conducted a successful expedition up the St. John's River, in Florida, in 1864, and co-operated with General Sherman in the capture of Savannah.
After the evacuation of Charleston he moved his vessels up to that city.
Admiral Dahlgren, besides being the inventor of a cannon, introduced into the navy the highly esteemed light boathowitzer.
He was author of several works on ordnance, which became textbooks.
He died in Washington, D. C., July 12, 1870.