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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hamilton, Charles Smith 1822-1891 (search)
Hamilton, Charles Smith 1822-1891 Military officer, a grandson of Alexander Hamilton; born in New York, Nov. 16. 1822; graduated at West Point in 1843; served throughout the war with Mexico; resigned from the army in 1853; appointed colonel of the 3d Wisconsin Regiment May 11, 1861; participated in the siege of Yorktown, and subsequently in the battles of Corinth and Iuka; was transferred to the Army of the Tennessee; and resigned in April, 1863. He died in Milwaukee, Wis., April 17, 1891.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), California (search)
prison in open day, and 100 others following are fired upon and driven back......June 27, 1859 David C. Broderick wounded by David S. Terry in a duel Sept. 12; dies......Sept. 16, 1859 First pony express leaves Sacramento for St. Joseph, Mo.......April 4, 1860 A Japanese embassy of seventy-two men are the guests of San Francisco......March 29, 1860 California regiment, Col. E. D. Baker, organized......April 21, 1861 Citizens' meeting in San Francisco declares for Union......May 11, 1861 Daily overland mail established from the Missouri River to San Francisco over the central route to replace that through northern Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Southern California, established in 1858......July 1, 1861 Telegraph line from Denver, Col., to Sacramento, Cal., completed......September, 1861 Ex-Senator Gwin and Attorney-General Benham arrested by General Sumner, charged with complicity in Rebellion......Nov. 14, 1861 One hundred and fifty convicts escape from the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
the government became the aggressor......April 18, 1861 Capt. Joseph Desha, with a company of over 100 men, leaves Harrison county to join the Confederates, with several other companies from other counties......April, 1861 At an election of delegates to the Border State convention the vote was overwhelmingly in favor of the Union......May 4, 1861 Three Union men and three Breckinridge men as arbitrators agree that Kentucky should not take part, but maintain armed neutrality......May 11, 1861 House of Representatives resolves on State neutrality......May 16, 1861 Governor Magoffin proclaims armed neutrality of State......May 20, 1861 Border State convention at Frankfort, with representatives from Kentucky and Missouri and one from Tennessee, addresses Kentucky to remain neutral, and the United States to satisfy the slave States of the safety of slave property......May 27–June 3, 1861 S. B. Buckner, as commander of the State guards and adjutant-general, orders six c