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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 2 Browse Search
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cobb, Howell 1815-1868 (search)
Cobb, Howell 1815-1868 Statesman; born in Cherry Hill, Jefferson co., Ga., Sept. 7, 1815; was a lawyer by profession, and was solicitor-general of the Western circuit of Georgia from 1837 to 1841; a member of Congress from 1843 to 1851; speaker of the 31st Congress; and governor of Georgia from 1851 to 1853. He was again elected to Congress in 1855, Howell Cobb. and was Secretary of the Treasury under President Buchanan from 1857 to 1860. He was a zealous promoter of the Confederate cause in 1860-61, and was chosen president of the convention at Montgomery, Ala., that organized the Confederate government Feb. 4, 1861. He became a brigadier-general in the Confederate army; and at the close of the war he opposed the reconstruction measures of the national government. He died in New York City, Oct. 9, 1868.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pennsylvania, (search)
Snyder calls for 14,000 troops......May 12, 1812 Another unsuccessful attempt to use anthracite coal as fuel......1812 British blockade the Delaware, which seriously interferes with the commerce of Philadelphia......March, 1813 Commodore Perry builds his fleet at Erie during the spring and early summer of......1813 First rolling-mill erected at Pittsburg......1813 Banks in Philadelphia suspend specie payment......1814 Fairmount water-works, Philadelphia, completed......Sept. 7, 1815 Schuylkill Navigation Company build a canal from Philadelphia to Mauch Chunk, 108 miles; cost $3,000,000; completed......1815 Second United States Bank established in Philadelphia, chartered by Congress; capital stock, $3,500,000, of which the United States takes one-fifth......April 10, 1816 Anthracite coal begins to come into use; 365 tons shipped to Philadelphia are disposed of with difficulty......1820 Number of tons of anthracite coal received in Philadelphia, 1,073 in 1
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical (search)
irginia in the spring of 1864, Bryan led his brigade through the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, and in the operations before Richmond and Petersburg until September 20, 1864, when he resigned on account of failing health. After the war he returned to Georgia and engaged in various honorable occupations until his death at Augusta. Major-General Howell Cobb Major-General Howell Cobb, a distinguished son of Georgia, was born at Cherry Hill, Jefferson county, September 7, 1815. His father, Col. John A. Cobb, was from Greenville, N. C., and his mother was Sarah Rootes, of Fredericksburg, Va. Howell Cobb was graduated at the university of Georgia in 1834, and in 1836 was admitted to the bar. He began at the same time a career of great distinction in politics, as an elector on the Van Buren presidential ticket. He was elected solicitor-general in 1837, and served in Congress four consecutive terms from 1842, being chosen speaker of the House in 1849. In Con