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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 280 280 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 72 72 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 42 42 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2 28 28 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 26 26 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 21 21 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3 21 21 Browse Search
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. 19 19 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 18 18 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 18 18 Browse Search
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Browsing named entities in The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller). You can also browse the collection for 1841 AD or search for 1841 AD in all documents.

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Churubusco, and Chapultepec, he received promotion, and for his services in the last he was breveted colonel. A born soldier, the son of a soldier, this handsome young man is not as handsome by far as the superb general who later lent grace and dignity to the Confederate gray. He little realized the startling future when this photograph was taken. out; he was made captain in 1838, and, meanwhile, leading a somewhat uneventful life, he slowly acquired a reputation as a reliable officer. In 1841, he was put in charge of the defenses of New York, and in this position he remained until the outbreak of the Mexican War. The part he played at this crisis throws much light upon his character and his after career. He distinguished himself in Mexico more brilliantly, perhaps, than any other officer of his years, and thus he gave proof of his native military bent and of the thoroughness with which he had studied the art of war. He was not in sympathy with the political Jingoes of the time
the war he was raised to the rank of major-general, and in 1841 succeeded General Macomb as commander of the United States h Corps. Major-General Don Carlos Buell (U. S. M. A. 1841) was born March 23, 1818, near Marietta, Ohio, and served i895. Miajor-General John Fulton Reynolds (U. S. M.A. 1841) was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, September 20, 1820, a Major-General Horatio Gouverneur wright (U. S.M. A. 1841) was born in Clinton, Connecticut, March 6, 1820. At the bd entered the War of 1812. He remained in the army, and in 1841 was raised to the rank of brigadier-general. He selected t Brevet major-general John Milton Brannan (U. S.M. A. 1841) was born in the District of Columbia in 1819, and served iajor-General William Thomas Harbaugh Brooks (U. S.M. A. 1841) was born in New Lisbon, Ohio, January 28, 1821, and served. He did not graduate from West Point, which he entered in 1841, but took up the practice of law in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Bu
sed into the Army of Northern Virginia. Brigadier-General Robert Selden Garnett (U. S.M. A. 1841) was born in Essex County, Virginia, December 16, 1819, and served in the Mexican War as aide to . He was mortally wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862. Major-General Samuel Jones (U. S.M. A. 1841) was born in Virginia, in 1820, and resigned his commission of captain in April, 1861, to enter td General P. G. T. Beauregard second. Lieutenant-General Simon Bolivar Buckner (U. S.M. A. 1841) was born in Kentucky, April 1, 1823. He served in the Mexican War and taught at West Point. Hearmy for the church, and eventually became the first Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Louisiana, in 1841. In 1861, he entered the Confederate army and was made major-general in June. He was assigned te a printer and editor, interrupting the pursuit of this calling to serve in the Seminole War. In 1841, he was made associate editor of the Nashville Banner, was State comptroller from 1844 to 1849, a