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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
voters in the Territory in framing a State constitution as rebellion. All through the ensuing spring violence and bloodshed prevailed in the unhappy Territory. Seeing the determination of the actual settlers to maintain their rights, armed men flocked into the Territory from the slave-labor States and attempted to coerce the inhabitants into submission to the laws of the illegally chosen legislature. Finally Congress sent thither a committee of investigation. The majority reported, July 1, 1856, that every election had been controlled by citizens from Missouri; that the action of the legal voters of Kansas was valid, and that the State constitution was the choice of the majority of the people. The canvass for a new President was now in operation, and so absorbed public attention that Kansas had rest for a while. James Buchanan was elected by the Democratic party. At the beginning of his administration the Dred Scott case greatly intensified the strife between the pro-slavery
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
inated for President, 329 votes to 37 for McLean, of Ohio, and one for W. H. Seward; William L. Dayton, of New Jersey, was nominated for Vice-President.] John W. Geary, of Pennsylvania, appointed governor of Kansas, in place of Shannon......July 1, 1856 Committee appointed by the House, March 19, 1856, consisting of John Sherman, of Ohio; William A. Howard, of Michigan, and M. Oliver, of Missouri, to inquire into the Kansas troubles, reports: First, that the election held by the free-Statebe held without a new census, a stringent election law, impartial judges of election, and United States troops at every polling place; seventh, that the constitution framed by the convention embodies the will of the majority of the people......July 1, 1856 [Mr. Oliver, of Missouri, made a minority report.] Grand jury at Washington indicts Preston S. Brooks for assault and battery upon Charles Sumner, June 22; on trial Brooks admits the facts, and is fined $300......July 8, 1856 Preston
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Connecticut, (search)
852 Samuel D. Hubbard appointed postmaster-general......Aug. 31, 1852 Legislature establishes the Supreme Court of Errors and the Superior Court, and abolishes the county courts......May, 1855 Amendment to State constitution ratified, making ability to read the constitution a qualification for electors......October, 1855 Act abolishing school societies and putting the support of schools upon towns, who are to elect a board of school visitors of three, six, or nine members......July 1, 1856 Charter Oak at Hartford blown down......Aug. 21, 1856 State constitution amended by vote of 7,290 to 6,062, so that judges of the Supreme Court of Errors and Superior Court shall sit eight years, but may be removed by impeachment......October, 1856 Isaac Toucey appointed Secretary of the Navy......March 6, 1857 Governor Buckingham issues a proclamation ordering the purchase of equipments for an army of 5,000 men, and urging militia companies to fill their ranks......Jan. 17, 1
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
scour the country between that post and the crossing opposite Topeka, for the purpose of repelling a threatened invasion of the Territory (refers to the expected entrance of General Lane's emigrants by way of Nebraska, known as Lane's army of the North ......June 29, 1856 Report of the special committee appointed to investigate the troubles in Kansas is published by the government. It contains the affidavits of prominent men in both political parties in regard to leading events......July 1, 1856 House passes Grow's bill for the admission of Kansas under the Topeka constitution, by a bare majority, while the Senate adopts Mr. Douglas's report providing for a constitutional convention to be held in December......July 3, 1856 Acting Governor Woodson issues a proclamation forbidding the meeting of the Topeka legislature, which convenes, but is dispersed by Colonel Sumner under orders from Woodson, whom Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, had instructed him to obey. The movement
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), F. (search)
17, 1872. 3. Sliding Transversely through Mortise. (a.) Moving Vertically. *1,084Bailey, Ripley, and SmithFeb. 20, 1839. *5,146E. WessonJune 5, 1847. 5,763C. SharpSept. 12, 1848. *5,814M. M. CassSept. 26, 1848. *6,136G. W. BuchelFeb. 20, 1849. *6,663W. HuntAug. 21, 1849. *11,283E. BaldwinJuly 11, 1854. 12,529R. WhiteMar. 13, 1855. *12,655G. H. SouleApr. 3, 1855. *13,474J. SwynyAug. 21, 1855. 14,554C. ConantApr. 1, 1856. *14,774F. NewburyApr. 29, 1856. 15,240B. F. JoslynJuly 1, 1856. 15,347G. H. SouleJuly 15, 1856. *20,041C. CoxApr. 27, 1858. 22,940F. CurtisFeb. 15, 1859. 24,414W. M. StormJune 14, 1859. 24,437T. BaileyJune 14, 1859. 26,504R. S. LawrenceDec. 20, 1859. *26,734T. P. GouldJan. 3, 1860. *28,646N. W. BrewerJune 12, 1860. 30,033E. AllenSept 18, 1860. *30,760J. S. ReederNov. 27, 1861. 33,607C. SharpsOct. 29, 1861. 33,769A. HamiltonNov. 19, 1861. 34,325G. W. WhiteFeb. 4, 1862. *34,504E. M. JuddFeb. 25, 1862. 35,686F. DewzlerApr. 29, 1862. 37,3
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)
ioner of Supplies in Richmond; returned to the field, Apr. 2, 1865; commanded advance brigade of 5th Corps in pursuit of Lee, until his surrender at Appomattox Court House; commanded brigade in Provisional Corps after disbandment of the Army of the Potomac. Declined commission in the regular army. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 24, 1865. Henry, Guy Vernor. Born at Fort Smith, Indian Territory, Mar. 9, 1839. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1856, to May 6, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 1st U. S. Artillery, May 6, 1861. First Lieutenant, May 14, 1861. Drilling volunteers at Washington, D. C., May to July, 1861. In the Manassas campaign, July, 1861. On the staff of Brig. General McDowell; engaged at the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861. In the defences of Washington, July to Dec., 1861. In command of company at Key West, Fla., Dec., 1861, to May, 1862. In command of battery at Hilton Head and Beaufort, S. C., May, 1862, to June,
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 7 (search)
or and Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Army, Aug. 19, 1864. Killed at the battle of Weldon Railroad, Va., Aug. 19, 1864. Crosman, George Hampton. See General Officers. Cross, Charles E. Born in Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1856, to May 6, 1861. Brevet Second Lieutenant and Second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, May 6, 1861. Brevet Major, July 1, 1862. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, Sept. 17, 1862. Captain, Corps of Engineers, Mar. 3, 1863. Brevet Colonel, June 5, 1863. KilSee General Officers. Draper, Alonzo Granville. See General Officers. Draper, William Franklin. See General Officers. Dresser, George Warren. Born in Connecticut. Appointed from Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1856, to May 6, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Artillery, May 6, 1861. First Lieutenant, May 14, 1861. Regimental Quartermaster, Aug. 1, 1862, to Oct. 1, 1863. Brevet Captain, Aug. 18, 1864. Brevet Major, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, Oct. 13, 1865
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical (search)
Lomax, of Virginia, a major of ordnance in the United States army. His mother, Elizabeth Lindsay, was a descendant of Captain Lindsay, who commanded a company in the light horse cavalry of Harry Lee during the Revolution, and lost an arm in the war for independence. His father, also, was of an old Virginia family. Young Lomax was educated in the schools of Richmond and Norfolk, and was appointed cadetat-large, July 1, 1852, to the military academy at West Point, where he was graduated July 1, 1856, and promoted to a brevet lieutenancy in the Second cavalry. He served on frontier duty in Kansas, Nebraska and that region, with promotion to second lieutenant of the First cavalry, September 30, 1856, and first lieutenant, March 21, 1861, until the secession of his State from the United States. Resigning April 25, 1861, he offered his services to Virginia, and was appointed captain in the State forces April 28th. He was at once assigned to the staff of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, as ass
The Daily Dispatch: March 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], The intended evacuation of Fort Sumter. (search)
rn in Virginia. Theo. Talbot, First Lieutenant First Artillery, entered service May 22, 1847, and born in District of Columbia. Jeff. C. Davis, First Lieutenant First Artillery, entered service June 17, 1848, born in Indiana. J. N. Hall, Second Lieutenant First Artillery, entered service July 1, 1859, born in New York. J. G. Foster, Captain Engineers, entered service July 1, 1846, and born in New Hampshire. G. W. Snyder, First Lieutenant Engineers, entered service July 1st, 1856, and born in N. York. R. Kidder Meade, Second Lieutenant Engineers, entered service July 1, 1857, and born in Petersburg, Va. Officers9 Band15 Artillerists52 Total76 Besides Paixans, Columbiads, and thirty-two pounder barbette guns, there are muskets without number, seven hundred barrels of gunpowder, and any quantity of shot and shell. These will pass quietly into the possession of the Southern Confederacy. An idea may be obtained of the difficulty the Gover
The Daily Dispatch: April 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], Evening session. (search)
.RankRegiment or CorpsOriginal Entry into Service.Where Born R. AndersonMajor1st ArtilleryJuly 1,1825Kentucky S. W. CrawfordA'st. SurgeonMedical StaffMarch 10, 1851Pennsylv'a Abna DoubledayCaptain1st ArtilleryJuly 1,1842New York Truman SeymourCaptain1st ArtilleryJuly 1,1846Vermont Jeff. C. Davis1st Lieutenant1st ArtilleryJune 17, 1848Indiana J. N. Hall2d Lieutenant1st ArtilleryJuly 1, 1859New York J. G. FosterCaptainEngineersJuly 1, 1846New Hamp G. W. Snyder1st LieutenantEngineersJuly 1, 1856New York R. K. Mesde2d LieutenantEngineersJuly 1, 1857Virginia Officers9 Band15 Artillerists55 Total79 Under the most favorable circumstances, this force would only be sufficient to operate nine guns. The coming fleet. The New York papers are speculating on the ability of the fleet which is now approaching Charleston to enter the harbor and execute its mission. The New York News thus sketches the Fort Sumter programme of the Government: "The troops are all intende