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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 2 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1 1 1 Browse Search
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 7. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hazen, William Babcock 1830-1887 (search)
Hazen, William Babcock 1830-1887 Military officer; born in West Hartford, Vt., Sept. 27, 1830; graduated at West Point in 1855; served against the Indians in California and Oregon (1856-57); afterwards was in Texas, and had several severe encounters; in one of these, hand-tohand with Comanches, he was severely wounded. At the breaking out of the Civil War he was assistant Professor of Tactics at West Point, and was made captain in May, 1861. Taking command of the 41st Ohio Regiment, he joined Buell at Louisville in December; and in January had command of a brigade, with which he took a conspicuous part in the battle of Shiloh. After that he was very active in Kentucky, Tennessee, and northern Mississippi and Alabama, and did excellent service in the battle at Stone River or Murfreesboro, in protecting the left wing of the army from being turned by attacks in front and flank at the same time. He was commissioned brigadiergeneral of volunteers, Nov. 29, 1862. At Chickamauga an
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Indian Territory, (search)
e south and west. Area, 31,400 square miles. Population, 1890, about 75,000; 1900, 392,060. Its former area has been reduced by the loss of the Cherokee strip, added to Oklahoma. Cherokees get lands west of the Mississippi by treaty......May 6, 1828 Grant (5,000,000 acres in the north and northwest) further confirmed by treaty......Feb. 4, 1833 Their final removal effected by treaty......Dec. 29, 1835 Choctaws receive lands (6,668,000 acres in the southwest) by treaty......Sept. 27, 1830 Their removal was gradual, mostly in......1838 Creeks are granted land in the Territory by treaty......March 24, 1832 Grant defined, 3,215,495 acres in the eastern part by a further treaty......Feb. 14, 1833 Their removal was gradual, mostly in......1838 Seminoles are allotted lands here by treaty......March 28, 1833 It was not until after the Seminole War that they were removed to the Territory, the last leaving Florida......1858 [They have some 200,000 acres, centr