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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nevada, (search)
y 7. Battle at Pyramid Lake fought May 12, and at Fort Storey, June 3, after which the Indians disperse......1860 Territory of Nevada organized by Congress......March 2, 1861 Jesse L. Bennett, a Methodist preacher in Carson Valley during 1859, delivers the first sermon ever preached in Virginia City, then the capital......1861 Governor Nye proclaims the Territory organized......July 11, 1861 Carson City declared the permanent seat of government by act of the legislature......Nov. 25, 1861 Butler Ives, commissioner on the part of Nevada, and John F. Kidder, of California, meet in Lake Valley to establish the boundary-line between California and Nevada......May 22, 1863 Discovery of a salt basin five miles square, near the sink of the Carson River, containing pure rock-salt to a depth of 14 feet......1864 Under act of March 21, 1864, a convention to form a State constitution meets at Carson City, July 4; Nevada was admitted by proclamation......Oct. 31, 1864 Fre
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wallen, Henry Davies 1819-1886 (search)
Wallen, Henry Davies 1819-1886 Military officer; born in Savannah, Ga., April 19, 1819; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1840; served in the Seminole War in Florida in 1840-42; was wounded at the battle of Palo Alto in the Mexican War; promoted major, Nov. 25, 1861; served through the Civil War; was inspector-general of the Department of New Mexico in 1862-64; commanded a regiment at Fort Schuyler, N. Y., till May, 1865; brevetted brigadier-general and promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1865; promoted colonel in 1873; and was retired in the following year. He died in New York City, Dec. 2, 1886.