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Admiral,
Several times the title of the highest rank in the United States naval service.
Prior to the Civil War the highest rank was that of commodore.
In 1862 Congress established the rank of rear-admiral: in 1864 that of vice-admiral; and in 1866 that of admiral, in each case the office being bestowed on David G. Farragut.
On the death of David D. Porter (1891), who by law had succeeded to the titles of vice-admiral and admiral, both these grades were abolished, and the grade of rear-admiral remained the highest till 1899, when that of admiral was again ereated by Congress and conferred on George Dewey.
Further legislation by Congress in that year increased the number of rear-admirals from six, to which it bad been reduced in 1882, to eighteen, and divided these officers into two classes of nine each, the first nine corresponding in rank to major-generals in the army, and the second to brigadier-generals.
The same act made the increase in the number of rear-admirals possibl
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alexander , Edward Porter 1835 - (search)
Alexander, Edward Porter, 1835-
Engineer; born in Washington, Ga., May 26, 1835; was graduated at the United States Military Academy, and commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Engineer Corps in 1857, resigned and entered the Confederate army in 1861; served with the Army of Northern Virginia from the beginning to the close of the war, attaining the rank of brigadier-general and chief of ordnance.
In 1866-70 he was Professor of Mathematies and Engineering in the University of South Carolina; in 1871-92 engaged in railroad business; and in 1892-94 was a member of the Boards on Navigation of the Columbia River, Ore., and on the ship-canal between Chesapeake and Delaware bays.
Subsequently he was engineer-arbitrator of the boundary survey between Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alger , Horatio 1834 -1899 (search)
Alger, Horatio, 1834-1899
Author; born in Revere, Mass., Jan. 13, 1834; graduated at Harvard in 1852.
After spending several years in teaching and journalism he was ordained as a Unitarian minister in 1864.
He removed to New York City in 1866.
He published Bertha's Christmas vision; Nothing to do, a poem; Frank's campaign, or, what a boy can do; Helen Ford, a novel; a volume of poems; Ragged Dick; Luck and pluck; Tattered Tom; Frank and fearless; His young Bank messenger, etc. He died in Natick, Mass., July, 18, 1899.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Allen , Robert 1815 -1886 (search)
Allen, Robert, 1815-1886
Military officer; born in Ohio, about 1815; was graduated at West Point in 1836, and served with distinction in the war with Mexico.
He was a very useful officer in the Civil War, and attained the rank of brigadier-general, and brevet major-general of volunteers.
He was stationed at St. Louis, where his services were of great value during the war. At its close he was made assistant quartermaster-general (1866), and afterwards chief-quartermaster of the division of the Pacific.
He died in Switzerland, Aug. 6, 1886.
Anderson, Larz, 1866-
Diplomatist; born in Paris, France, Aug. 15, 1866; was graduated at Harvard College in 1888; spent two years in foreign travel: was second secretary of the United States legation and embassy in London in 1891-93, and first secretary of the embassy in Rome in 1893-97.
During the war with Spain he served as a captain and adjutant-general of United States volunteers.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Anderson , Rasmus Bjorn 1846 - (search)
Anderson, Rasmus Bjorn, 1846-
Author and diplomatist; born in Albion, Wis., of Norwegian parentage, Jan. 12, 1846; was graduated at the Norwegian Lutheran College in Decorah, Ia., in 1866: was Professor of Scandinavian Languages and Literature at the University of Wisconsin in 1875-84, and United States minister to Denmark in 1885-89.
He is author of Norse mythology; Viking tales of the North: America not discovered by Columbus; The younger Edda; First chapter of Norwegian immigration; several works in Norwegian: and also many translations of Norse writings.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Angell , James Burrill 1829 - (search)
Angell, James Burrill, 1829-
Educator and diplomatist; born in Scituate, R. I., Jan. 7, 1829; was graduated at Brown University; in 1849; Professor of Modern Languages and Literature at Brown University in 1853-60; president of the University of Vermont in 1866-71; and since 1871 president of the University of Michigan.
In 1880-81 he was United States minister to China; in 1887 a member of the Anglo-American Commission on Canadian Fisheries: in 1896 chairman of the Canadian-American Commission on Deep Waterways from the Great Lakes to the Sea: and in 1897-98 United States minister to Turkey.
He is author of numerous addresses, and magazine articles.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Arnold , Richard 1828 - (search)
Arnold, Richard, 1828-
Military officer; born in Providence, R. I., April 12, 1828; was graduated at West Point in 1850.
He served in Florida, California, at the battle of Bull Run, on the Peninsula, and was made chief of artillery of Banks's expedition in November, 1862.
At Port Hudson and in the Red River campaign he rendered important service; also in the capture of Fort Fisher, and of Fort Morgan, near Mobile.
He was brevetted major-general United States army in 1866.
He died on Governor's Island, New York, Nov. 8, 1882.
Artesian Wells,
Wells formed by boring through upper soil to strata containing water which has percolated from a higher level.
and which rises to that level through the boring-tube.
The following are some of the deepest wells in the United States:
Location.Depth.Bored.Remarks.
St. Louis, Mo2,197 ft.1849-52108,000 gallons daily.
Salty.
St. Louis, Mo3,843 ft.1866-70Does not rise to the surface.
Salty.
Louisville, Ky,2,086 ft.1856-57330,000 gallons daily.
Mineral.
Columbus, O.2,775 1/2 ft. Water saline, 91° Fahr.: no force
Charleston, S. C.1,250 ft.184828,800 gallons daily.
Saline.
South Dakota, sometimes called the Artesian State, has many powerful artesian wells in the valley of the James River, from 800 to 1,600 feet deep, affording a bountiful supply of pure water.
The water from great depths is always warmer than at the surface.
One of the most remarkable attempts to sink an artesian well in the United Slates was made in Galveston, Tex. A depth of 3,070 fee
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Averill , William woods 1832 - (search)