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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Abercrombie, John Joseph, 1802-1877 (search)
Abercrombie, John Joseph, 1802-1877 Military officer; born in Tennessee in 1802; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1822. Entering the 1st Infantry, he was its adjutant from 1825 to 1833. Serving in Florida and Mexico, he was promoted to brevet lieutenant-colonel for gallantry in the battle of Monterey, where he was severely wounded. He was commissioned lieutenant-colonel in May, 1852, and colonel in February, 1861, and was brevetted brigadier-general, U. S. A., March 13, 1865. In June following he retired. He was a brigadier-general of volunteers in the Civil War, and commanded a brigade in Patterson's division on the Upper Potomac in 1861. He was transferred to Bank's division in July. Early in 1862 he joined the Army of the Potomac, and was slightly wounded in the battle of fair Oaks (q. v.). He died in Roslyn, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1877.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Jersey, (search)
ure, March 27, 1874, the Stevens Battery, in construction since 1843, which had cost over $2,500,000, still unfinished, is sold to United States government for $145,000......Nov. 2, 1874 People ratify twenty-eight amendments to the constitution, proposed by the legislatures of 1847 and 1875......Sept. 7, 1875 Act passed creating a State board of health......1877 Centennial anniversary of the capture of Princeton celebrated by a mock fight of Newark and Pennsylvania militia......Jan. 3, 1877 Convention of colored men held at Princeton to consider the condition of their race, politically and socially......Aug. 22, 1877 Bureau of labor statistics created by act of legislature......1878 Liberal League of New Jersey, the outgrowth of the Citizens' Protective Association of Newark, in State convention at Newark, demand remodelling of the Sunday laws......September, 1879 Thomas Alva Edison establishes a laboratory at Menlo Park, 1876; exhibits his newly invented system