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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Battles. (search)
20, 1861 Santa Rosa IslandOct. 9, 1861 Ball's Bluff (Va.)Oct. 21, 1861 Port Royal Expedition (S. C.）Oct. to Nov., 1861 Belmont (Mo.)Nov. 7, 1861 Middle Creek (Ky.)Jan. 10, 1862 Fort Henry (Tenn.)Feb. 6, 1862 Roanoke Island (N. C.)Feb. 7 and 8, Fort DonelsonFeb. 16, 1862 Valvend (New Mexico)Feb. 21, 1862 Pea Ridge (Ark.)Mar. 7 and 8, Hampton Roads (Monitor and Merrimac）Mar. 9, 1862 Shiloh (Tenn.)April 6 and 7, Island Number10 (Surrendered)April 7, 1862 Forts Jackson and St. Phil20, 1861 Santa Rosa IslandOct. 9, 1861 Ball's Bluff (Va.)Oct. 21, 1861 Port Royal Expedition (S. C.）Oct. to Nov., 1861 Belmont (Mo.)Nov. 7, 1861 Middle Creek (Ky.)Jan. 10, 1862 Fort Henry (Tenn.)Feb. 6, 1862 Roanoke Island (N. C.)Feb. 7 and 8, Fort DonelsonFeb. 16, 1862 Valvend (New Mexico)Feb. 21, 1862 There has been, from colonial times, desultory warfare quite frequently between the English-American colonists and the Indian tribes. The most formidable of these encounters wer<
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Confederate States of America (search)
avy and for extensive financial operations were adopted. It was reported that the Confederates then had 200,000 soldiers in the field, and President Davis was authorized to increase this force by an addition of 400,000 volunteers, to serve for not less than one year nor more than three years. He was also authorized to send additional commissioners to Europe; also, to inflict retaliation upon the persons of prisoners of war. The provisional government of the Confederate States ended on Feb. 8, 1862, when the permanent government was organized. Jefferson Davis had been unanimously chosen President for a term of six years. He chose for his cabinet Judah P. Benjamin, of Louisiana, Secretary of State; George W. Randolph, of Virginia, Secretary of War; S. R. Mallory, of Florida, Secretary of the Navy; C. G. Memminger, of South Carolina, Secretary of the Treasury; J. H. Reagan, of Texas, Postmaster-General, and T. H. Watts, of Alabama, Attorney-General. Randolph resigned in the autumn,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Potter, Robert B. 1829-1887 (search)
Potter, Robert B. 1829-1887 Military officer; born in Schenectady, N. Y., July 16, 1829; son of Bishop Alonzo Potter; was a successful lawyer in New York City when the Civil War broke out. He entered the military service as major of the Shepard Rifles, and led the attack with Reno's Zouaves and the 9th New Jersey Regiment on Roanoke Island, Feb. 8, 1862. He was wounded at Newbern; behaved gallantly at the head of his regiment in battles in Virginia, and at Antietam carried the stone bridge on the National left, when he was again wounded. He was in the battle at Fredericksburg, and was made brigadier-general of volunteers in March, 1863. He commanded a division in the siege of Vicksburg, was active in the defence of Knoxville, and commanded a corps against Longstreet in Tennessee. In command of a division in the Army of the Potomac, he was distinguished throughout the Richmond campaign in 1864-65, and was shot through the body at Petersburg (April 2, 1865), but recovered. He w
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
. A. E. Burnside commander......Jan. 7, 1862 Burnside's expedition arrives at Hatteras Inlet, N. C....... Jan. 13, 1862 Engagement at Logan's Cross Roads, or Mill Spring, Ky.......Jan. 19, 1862 Jesse D. Bright, of Indiana, expelled from the Senate on a charge of disloyalty, by 32 to 14......Jan. 20, 1862 Capture of Fort Henry, Tenn., by forces under General Grant and Commodore Foote......Feb. 6, 1862 Battle of Roanoke Island, by troops under command of General Burnside......Feb. 8, 1862 General Grant assigned to command of District of West Tennessee......Feb. 14, 1862 Surrender of Fort Donelson, Tenn., to federal forces under General Grant......Feb. 16, 1862 Nashville, Tenn., occupied by federal forces......Feb. 25, 1862 Congress authorizes $150,000,000 United States notes, the legal-tender bill......Feb. 25, 1862 Battle of Pea Ridge, Ark.......March 6-8, 1862 Naval engagement at Hampton Roads, Va., and destruction of the United States frigate Congress