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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 5 5 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4 4 4 Browse Search
Mrs. John A. Logan, Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife: An Autobiography 2 2 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Logan, John Alexander 1826-1886 (search)
battle of Bull Run (July, 1861); returned to Illinois and raised the 31st Illinois Infantry, of which he was commissioned colonel; was wounded at Fort Donelson; and the following month (March, 1862) was made a brigadier-general. In April of the same year he was promoted to major-general, and commanded a division in the Vicksburg and Atlanta campaigns (1863-64). He was one of the most successful volunteer generals. He was again elected to Congress in 1866 and remained in the House till March 4, 1871, when he entered the Senate, having been elected to succeed Richard Yates. At the expiration of this term in 1877 he was defeated for reelection; but in 1879 he was a successful candidate, and held this seat by re-election in 1885 till his death. In 1884 he was the Republican candidate for Vice-President of the United States on the unsuccessful ticket headed by James G. Blaine. He died in Washington, D. C., Dec. 26, 1886. General Logan was an aggressive and effective speaker, and
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Martinelli, Sebastian 1848- (search)
Martinelli, Sebastian 1848- Clergyman; born in Lucca, Tuscany, Aug. 20, 1848; was educated at the Seminary of Lucca, and at the College of St. Augustine, Rome; entered the Augustinian Order in 1863; was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood, March 4, 1871; elected priorgeneral of his order in 1889; and in 1896 was appointed papal delegate to the United States, to succeed Cardinal Satolli, and was consecrated a special archbishop. On April 15, 1901, he was raised to the cardinalate.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Senate, United States (search)
ve in their operation, that of Sept. 22, 1789, covering the time from the beginning of that Congress. The act of March 10, 1796, extended back six days. The act of March 19, 1816, covered the time from March 4, 1815. The act of Jan. 2, 1818, applied to fifty-three days of past time. The act of Aug. 16, 1856, applied to all the time from March 4, 1855. The act of July 28, 1866, reached back to March 4, 1865. The act of March 3, 1873, covered the whole term of that Congress, beginning March 4, 1871 —two years. There has not been any general law allowing mileage for attendance upon special or extraordinary sessions. Where it has been authorized it was by special act applicable to the particular session. There have been two rules regulating the compensation of Senators and Representatives, one before the war of the Rebellion, the other since. The earlier acts were all drawn on lines of actual service —so much a day for each day of attendance upon the sessions, excepting days
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
District of Columbia made a territorial government, by act......Feb. 21, 1871 Act for celebration of centennial of independence by an international exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876......March 3, 1871 Forty-first Congress adjourns......March 4, 1871 Forty-second Congress, first session, meets......March 4, 1871 Speaker of the House, James G. Blaine, of Maine. Charles Sumner, chairman of Senate committee on foreign relations, replaced by Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania......MarcMarch 4, 1871 Speaker of the House, James G. Blaine, of Maine. Charles Sumner, chairman of Senate committee on foreign relations, replaced by Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania......March 10, 1871 President's proclamation against unlawful combinations of armed men in South Carolina......March 24, 1871 Senator Sumner's speech on the resolutions regarding the employment of the navy on the coast of Santo Domingo during negotiations for the acquisition of part of that island......March27, 1871 First civil service commission, George William Curtis, Alexander G. Cattell, Joseph Medill, D. A. Walker, E. B. Ellicott, Joseph H. Blackfan, and David C. Cox, appointed by Presid