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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Peabody, Selim Hobart 1829- (search)
Peabody, Selim Hobart 1829- Scientist; born in Rockingham, Vt., Aug. 20, 1829; graduated at the University of Vermont in 1852; has been connected with a number of colleges as Professor of Physics, Mathematics, Civil Engineering, etc. He was the chief of the department of Liberal Arts in the World's Fair of 1893, and first editor-in-chief of the International Cyclopaedia. peace conference of Peace Commission. In addition to the Hampton Roads Conference (peace conference of 1864) there were in the year 1864 two semi-official attempts to bring about peace between the North and the South. General Grant, under date of July 8, wrote a letter to Gen. Robert E. Lee, requesting that Col. James S. Jacques, 78th Illinois Infantry, and James R. Gilmour be allowed to meet Col. Robert Ould, Confederate commissioner for the exchange of prisoners. The reply was satisfactory, and the two Northern commissioners, after meeting Colonel Ould, had an interview with President Davis. The plan
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Snelling, Josiah 1782-1829 (search)
Snelling, Josiah 1782-1829 Military officer; born in Boston, Mass., in 1782; served in the war against Tecumseh; promoted captain in June, 1809, and won distinction at Tippecanoe; was conspicuous for gallantry during the second war with England, taking part in the battles of Lundy's Lane, Chippewa, and Fort Erie. He refused to raise a flag of truce at the fall of Detroit, and while a prisoner declined to take his hat off to Nelson's monument, despite the efforts of the British soldiers to force him to remove it. Finally, he was freed from embarrassment by the command of Gen. Isaac Brock, who ordered the British soldiers to respect the scruples of a brave man. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1815 and colonel in 1819. He was the author of Remarks on Gen. William Hull's memoirs of the campaign of the Northwestern army, 1812. He died in Washington, D. C., Aug. 20, 1829.