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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McHenry, James 1753-1816 (search)
McHenry, James 1753-1816 Statesman: born in Ireland, Nov. 16, 1753; emigrated to the United States in 1771; served during the Revolutionary War as surgeon. On May 15, 1778, he was made Washington's private secretary, which office he held for two years, when he was transferred to the staff of Lafayette. He was a member of the Maryland Senate in 1781-86, and of Congress in 1783-86. Washington appointed him Secretary of War in January, 1796, and he served until 1801. He died in Baltimore, Md., May 3, 1816.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Meigs, Montgomery Cunningham 1816-1892 (search)
Meigs, Montgomery Cunningham 1816-1892 Military officer; born in Augusta, Ga., May 3, 1816; graduated at the United States Military Academy, and commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st Artillery and a brevet second lieutenant of engineers, all on July 1, 1836; resigned July 31, 1837; reappointed brevet second lieutenant of engineers on the following day; promoted first lieutenant in 1838; captain in 1853; colonel of the 11th Infantry and brigadier-general and quartermaster-general, in May, 1861; brevetted major-general, U. S. A., July 5, 1864; and was retired, Feb. 6, 1882. He was considered the foremost scientific officer in the regular army, and distinguished himself as its quartermaster-general during the Civil War, and also as an engineer. While in the latter service he was employed in the construction of a number of forts, and superintended the building of the Potomac aqueduct, of the wings and dome of the extension of the national Capitol, and of the extension of the