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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De Haven , Edwin J. ,1819 -1865 (search)
De Haven, Edwin J., 1819-1865
Explorer; born in Philadelphia in 1819; entered the navy as midshipman, rose to lieutenant in 1841, and resigned in 1857.
He was with Wilkes in his great exploring expedition in 1838-42, and commanded the first exploring expedition fitted out at New York to search for Sir John Franklin in the Arctic seas.
The expedition consisted of the Advance, 140 tons, and the Rescue, 90 tons.
Dr. Kane, who accompanied the expedition, published a full account of it. After his return Lieutenant De Haven was employed on coast survey duty and in the Naval Observatory.
He died in Philadelphia Oct. 2, 1865.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Delafield , Richard ,1798 -1873 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De Smet , Peter John ,1801 -1872 (search)
De Smet, Peter John, 1801-1872
Missionary; born in Termonde, Belgium, Dec. 31, 1801 studied in the Episcopal seminary of Mechlin.
With five other students he sailed from Amsterdam in 1821 for the United States, and entered the Jesuit school at Whitemarsh, Md. In 1828 he went to St. Louis and aided in founding the University of St. Louis, where he later became a professor.
In 1838 lie founded a mission among the Pottawattomie Indians on Sugar Creek.
In July, 1840, he went to the Peter Valley in the Rocky Mountains, where he met about 1,600 Flathead Indians, whom he found easy to convert, as they had retained much of the influence of the teaching given them two centuries before by the French missionaries.
By the help of an interpreter he translated the Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, and the Creed into their language, and these within two weeks time the Flatheads learned.
During his journey back to St. Louis he was several times surrounded by the Blackfeet Indians, who, when t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Devens , Charles ,1820 - (search)
Devens, Charles, 1820-
Jurist; born in Charlestown, Mass., April 4, 1820; graduated at Harvard University in 1838; studied at the Cambridge Law School, and practised the profession of law several years.
In 1848 he was a State Senator, and from 1849 to 1853 was United States, marshal for Massachusetts.
He was engaged in his profession at Worcester, Mass., when the Civil War began, and was one of the earliest Union volunteers, becoming major of a rifle battalion April 16, 1861, and colonel of the 15th Massachusetts Regiment in July following.
Before the arrival of Colonel Baker, he commanded at Ball's Bluff (q. v.)and again after that officer's death.
In April, 1862, he was made brigadier-general; served on the Peninsula; was wounded at Fair Oaks; was in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam; and commanded a division in the 11th Army Corps at. Chancellorsville.
In the Richmond campaign of 1864-65 he was continually engaged, and in December, 1864, he was in temporary comman
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De Zeng , Frederick Augustus , Baron ,1756 -1838 (search)
De Zeng, Frederick Augustus, Baron, 1756-1838
military officer; born in Dresden, Saxony, in 1756; came to America in 1780 as captain in one of the Hessian regiments; and at the end of the Revolutionary War married an American lady and settled in Red Hook, N. Y. He was naturalized in 1789, and became intimate with Chancellor Livingston, Governor Clinton, General Schuyler, and others, and was greatly interested in the opening of canals and in the navigation of the interior waters and lakes.
He died in Clyde, N. Y., April 26, 1838.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Doniphan , Alexander William ,1808 -1887 (search)
Doniphan, Alexander William, 1808-1887
Military officer; born in Kentucky, July 9, 1808; graduated at Augusta College in 1826; admitted to the bar in 1830.
In addition to his legal studies he was interested in military matters and became brigadier-general in the Missouri State militia.
In 1838 he compelled the Mormons (q. v.)under Joseph Smith, to give up their leaders for trial, lay down their arms, and leave the State.
In 1846 he entered the United States service as colonel of the 1st Missouri Regiment; in December of that year he defeated a superior force of Mexicans at Brazito River (q. v.); two days later he occupied El Paso.
In February, 1847, with less than 1,000 men, after a march of over 200 miles through a sterile country, he met a force of 4,000 Mexicans at the pass of Sacramento.
He attacked with such vigor that the Mexicans were soon overpowered, having lost over 800 in killed and wounded, Doniphan's own loss being one man killed, eleven wounded. He subsequently
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Drayton , Percival ,1812 -1865 (search)
Drayton, Percival, 1812-1865
Naval officer; born in South Carolina, Aug. 25, 1812; entered the navy as a midshipman in 1827; was promoted lieutenant in 1838; took part in the Paraguay expedition in 1858; commanded the monitor Passaic in the bombardment of Fort McAllister, and Farragut's flag-ship, the Hartford, in the battle of Mobile Bay, Aug. 5, 1864; and afterwards became chief of the bureau of navigation.
He died in Washington, D. C., Aug. 4, 1865.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Du Chaillu , Paul Belloni ,1838 - (search)
Du Chaillu, Paul Belloni, 1838-
Explorer; born in New Orleans, La., July 31, 1838.
He is best known by the results of two exploring trips to west Africa, during which he discovered and examined considerable territory almost unknown previously, and added sixty species of birds and twenty of mammals to the zoology of Africa.
His accounts of the gorillas and pygmies excited a large interest among scientists, and for a time many of his assertions were sharply contradicted as being impossible; but subsequent explorations by others confirmed all that he had claimed.
His publications include Explorations and adventures in equatorial Africa; A journey to Ashango land; Stories of the Gorilla country;
Paul Belloni du Chaillu. Wild life under the equator; My Apingi kingdom; The country of the dwarfs; The land of the midnight sun; The Viking age; Ivar, the Viking; The people of the Great African forest; The land of the long night, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Duponceau , Peter Stephen ,1760 -1844 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Early , Jubal Anderson ,1816 -1894 (search)
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894
Military officer; born in Franklin county, Va., Nov. 3, 1816; graduated from West Point in 1837, and served in the Florida war the same year.
In 1838 he resigned his commission and studied law. In 1847 he served as a major-general of volunteers during the war with Mexico.
He was appointed colonel in the Confederate service at the outbreak of the Civil War. He lost but two battles—one at Gettysburg,
Jubal A. Early. when he commanded a division of Lee's army, and the second at Cedar Creek, where Sheridan arrived in time to rally his men after his famous ride.
In 1888 he published a book giving the history of the last year of the Civil War, during which time he was in command of the Army of the Shenandoah.
He died in Lynchburg, Va.., March 2, 189