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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 194 194 Browse Search
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) 11 11 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Name Index of Commands 10 10 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 9 9 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 7 7 Browse Search
Rev. James K. Ewer , Company 3, Third Mass. Cav., Roster of the Third Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment in the war for the Union 7 7 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 6 6 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 4 4 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 7: Prisons and Hospitals. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 3 3 Browse Search
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2 3 3 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dana, Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh, 1822- (search)
Dana, Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh, 1822- military officer; born in Fort Sullivan, Eastport, Me., April 10, 1822; graduated at West Point in 1842; served in the war with Mexico; resigned in 1855; and in October, 1861, became colonel of the 1st Minnesota Volunteers. He was in the battle at Ball's Bluff (q. v.) ; was made brigadier-general early in 1862; was active throughout the whole campaign on the Peninsula, participating in all the battles; and at Antietam commanded a brigade, and was wounded. A few weeks later he was promoted to major-general of volunteers; was with the Army of the Gulf in 1863; commanded the 13th Army Corps a while; and had charge of the district of Vicksburg and west Tennessee in 1864. From December, 1864, to May, 1865, he was in command of the Department of the Mississippi. He resigned in 1865, and was reappointed to the army with the rank of captain, and retired in 1894.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davis, George Whitefield, 1839- (search)
Davis, George Whitefield, 1839- Military officer; born in Thompson, Conn., July 26, 1839; entered the Union army as quartermaster's sergeant in the 11th Connecticut Infantry, Nov. 27, 1861; became first lieutenant in the same regiment April 5, 1862; captain and assistant quartermaster and major and quartermaster in May, 1865; and was mustered out of the service, April 20, 1866. On Jan. 22, 1867, he was appointed captain in the 14th United States Infantry; in 1894 was promoted to major of the 11th Infantry; in 1897 transferred to the 9th Infantry; and in 1898 promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the 14th Infantry. At the beginning of the war with Spain he was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers; was honorably discharged under that commission and reappointed to the same rank, April 14, 1899. On Oct. 19, 1899, he was Brig.-Gen. George Whitefield Davis. promoted to colonel of the 23d United States Infantry; and on the reorganization of the regular army, in February, 1901
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
in the Confederate government organized at Montgomery. Ala.. were conspicuous. Alexander H. Stephens (q. v.) being made Vice-President of the Confederacy. The governor of Georgia ordered the seizure of the public property of the United States within the limits of his State, and war made havoc on its coasts and in the interior. Sherman swept through the State with a large army late in 1864, living off the country, and within its borders the President of the Confederacy was captured in May, 1865 (see Davis, Jefferson). Within its borders was the famous Andersonville prison-pen (see Confederate prisons). In June, 1865, Seal of Georgia. a provisional governor was appointed for the State. A convention held at Milledgeville late in October repealed the ordinance of secession, declared the war debt void. amended the constitution so as to abolish slavery, and in November elected a governor, legislature, and members of Congress. Congress did not approve these measures, and the Senat
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grierson, Benjamin Henry 1826- (search)
captured and paroled full 500, destroyed 3,000 stand of arms, and inflicted a loss on their foes of property valued at $6,000,000. Grierson's loss was twenty-seven men and a number of horses. During the twenty-eight hours preceding the arrival of the raiders at Baton Rouge they had travelled 76 miles, engaged in four skirmishes, and forded the Comite River. Grierson declared that he found the Confederacy to be only a shell. This was in 1863. He was made major-general of volunteers in May, 1865, and for his services in the war was brevetted majorgeneral, United States army, in March, 1867. He had been commissioned lieutenant-colonel of United States cavalry in July, 1866. From 1868 till 1873 he was in command of the Indian Territory district, and was actively employed in campaigns against hostile Indians; and in 1873-81 was similarly engaged in western Texas and New Mexico. In 1886 he became commander of the District of New Mexico, and in 1890 he was retired with the rank of b
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), MacARTHURrthur, Arthur 1845- (search)
MacARTHURrthur, Arthur 1845- Military officer; born in Massachusetts, June 1, 1845; son of Judge Arthur MacArthur; of Scotch descent. He entered the Union army as. first lieutenant and adjutant of the 24th Wisconsin Infantry, Aug. 4, 1862; was promoted major, Jan. 25, 1864, and lieutenant-colonel and brevet colonel in May, 1865. On Feb. 23, 1866, he was commissioned successively second lieutenant and first lieutenant in the 17th United States Infantry; was promoted captain in the 36th Infantry, July 28, 1866, and transferred to the 26th Infantry, Sept. 21 of the same year; was promoted major and assistant adjutant-general, July 1, 1889; lieutenant-colonel, May 26, 1896. During the Civil War he made an exceptionally brilliant record, and was several times mentioned in orders for conspicuous gallantry and daring. On one occasion he recaptured some Union batteries at the very moment the Confederates were about to turn them on the Union forces, and took ten battle flags and 400 p
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stephens, Alexander Hamilton -1883 (search)
those States was true; and, second, if my nomination would be acceptable to the entire body. Very soon he returned and announced that both the conditions were fulfilled. I afterwards learned that the action of the States alluded to was based upon intelligence received by them the night before, that Mr. Cobb would be presented by the Georgia delegation, and that Mr. Davis was not their choice. Toombs was the choice of the Florida, the Louisiana, and the South Carolina delegations. In May, 1865, Mr. Stephens was arrested by federal troops at his home in Georgia, and taken to Fort Warren, in Boston Harbor. After his release he wrote a history of the war, and for a time edited a newspaper in Atlanta. He opposed the new departure in the South which favored the election of Horace Greeley to the Presidency, and from the first predicted Grant's triumph. His action in this direction was bitterly denounced by Democrats, North and South; but the result proving the wisdom of his views,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Idaho (search)
4 Democratic National Convention meets at Chicago......Aug. 29, 1864 Plot to liberate Confederate prisoners at Camp Douglas, Chicago, is exposed, and leaders, arrested November, 1864, are tried by court-martial and convicted at Cincinnati......January, 1865 Legislature ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution and repeals the black laws ......1865 Burial of President Lincoln at Springfield......May 4, 1865 Sanitary commission fair at Chicago, $250,000 raised......May, 1865 First post of the Grand Army of the Republic mustered in at Decatur......April 6, 1866 Orville H. Browning appointed Secretary of the Interior......Sept. 1, 1866 Tunnel under Lake Michigan to supply Chicago with water completed; length 2 miles......December, 1866 Law passed abolishing capital punishment......1867 Horace Capron, United States Commissioner of Agriculture......Dec. 4, 1867 University of Illinois at Urbana, chartered 1867, opened......March, 1868 U. S. Gra
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
g. 21, 1863 Massacre at Baxter Springs, Kan., of eighty men, the cavalry escort of General Blunt, by Quantrill and 600 guerillas......Oct. 6, 1863 A wagon-train loaded with Fort Scott coal arrives in Leavenworth......Jan. 30, 1864 Confederate Gen. Sterling Price advances with troops towards Kansas, Oct. 1, and enters Linn county......Oct. 24, 1864 Battles near Mound City, Little Osage, and Charlotte......Oct. 25, 1864 Census: White, 127,270; colored, 12,527; Indian, 382......May, 1865 Osage Indians sell to the United States a tract of land, 30 by 50 miles square, and cede to the government a strip 20 miles in width, off the north side of the remainder of their reservation......Sept. 29, 1865 Kansas furnishes for war a total of 23,000 men, a larger proportion of the population than any other State......1861-65 Colored men in convention at Topeka memorialize the legislature to strike the word white from the Constitution......January, 1866 Legislature authorize
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.