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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hampton, Wade 1754-1835 (search)
northern Virginia. One of his most exciting raids was that upon General Grant's commissariat, when he captured about 2,500 head of cattle. Shortly before General Lee's surrender he was promoted to lieutenantgeneral. After the war he became conspicuous as an advocate of the policy of conciliation between the North and South. In 1876 and 1878 he was elected governor of South Carolina, and in 1878 and 1884 United States Senator, and in 1893 was appointed United States commissioner of railroads.northern Virginia. One of his most exciting raids was that upon General Grant's commissariat, when he captured about 2,500 head of cattle. Shortly before General Lee's surrender he was promoted to lieutenantgeneral. After the war he became conspicuous as an advocate of the policy of conciliation between the North and South. In 1876 and 1878 he was elected governor of South Carolina, and in 1878 and 1884 United States Senator, and in 1893 was appointed United States commissioner of railroads.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harte, Francis Bret 1839- (search)
Harte, Francis Bret 1839- Author; born in Albany, N. Y., Aug. 25, 1839; went to California early in life and took up mining, but later engaged in newspaper work. In 1864-67 he was secretary of the United States branch mint at San Francisco, and afterwards editor of the Overland monthly. In 1878 he was appointed United States consul at Crefeld, Germany, where he served two years, and held the similar office at Glasgow, Scotland, till 1885. He is the author of many works, among them The luck of roaring camp; The outcasts of Poker flat; The heathen Chinee; Echoes of the foot-hills; Drift from two shores; A Waif of the Plains; In a hollow of the Hills; Narker's luck; Trinity College, Hartford. Tales of trail and town; Mr. Jack Hanland's Meditations, and other stories, etc. A new edition of his complete poetical works was published in 1899.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Heistand, Henry Olcot Sheldon (search)
Heistand, Henry Olcot Sheldon Military officer; born near Richmond, O., April 30, 1856; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1878; became assistant adjutant-general in 1897. He is the author of Alaska, its history and description, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hilliard, Francis 1808-1878 (search)
Hilliard, Francis 1808-1878 Jurist; born in Cambridge, Mass., about 1808; graduated at Harvard College in 1823. His publications include Digest of Pickering's reports; American law of real property; American Jurisprudence; Law of New trials and other Rehearings, etc. He died in Worcester, Mass., Oct. 9, 1878.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hodge, Charles 1797-1878 (search)
Hodge, Charles 1797-1878 Theologian; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 28, 1797; graduated at Princeton College in 1815, and at the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1819; became an instructor there in 1820, and Professor of Oriental and Biblical Literature in 1822. He studied in Europe in the universities of Paris, Halle, and Berlin in 1826-28, and on his return resumed his professorship. He was given the chair of Didactic and Exegetical Theology in 1840, to which Polemical Theology was added in 1852. He founded the Biblical Repertory in 1825; changed its name in 1829 to Biblical Repertory and Princeton review; and was its editor till 1871, when it was changed to Presbyterian quarterly and Princeton review. His writings include a large number of essays and reviews, and Constitutional history of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. He died in Princeton, N. J., June 19, 1878.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hoffman, Murray 1791-1878 (search)
Hoffman, Murray 1791-1878 Jurist; born in New York City, Sept. 29, 1791; graduated at Columbia College in 1809; was assistant vice-chancellor in 1839-43; and judge of the Superior Court of New York in 1853-61. His publications include Office and duties of masters in Chancery; Treatise on the practice of the Court of Chancery; Treatise on the corporation of New York as owners of property, and compilation of the laws relating to the City of New York; And treatise on the law of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. He died in Flushing, L. I., May 7, 1878.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hollins, George Nichols 1799-1878 (search)
Hollins, George Nichols 1799-1878 Naval officer; born in Baltimore, Md., Sept. 20, 1799; entered the United States navy in 1814; and assisted in the defence of the capital in August of that year. He was made a prisoner on board the President, and kept so until the end of the war. In 1815 he accompanied Decatur to the Mediterranean. He became notorious by the bombardment of a town on the Pacific coast (see Greytown). In 1861 he left the navy and joined the Confederates, and in the Confederate service operated on the Mississippi with rams and gunboats, becoming a commodore and flagcaptain. He died in Baltimore Jan. 18, 1878.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Howard, Oliver Otis 1830- (search)
at Gettysburg (q. v.), Lookout Valley, and Missionary Ridge; also in the relief of Knoxville, late in the year. In 1864 he was in command of the Army of the Tennessee, and was in all of the battles in the Atlanta campaign. The right of Sherman's army, on its march to the sea, was commanded by him, as well as in the march through the Carolinas afterwards. In December, 1864, he was made a brigadier-general in the regular army, and was afterwards brevetted major-general. At the conclusion of the war General Howard was made commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau, and held the office until the bureau was closed, in June, 1872. Trustee and president of Howard University, he resigned in April, 1873. In 1877 he commanded the expedition against the Oliver Otis Howard, during the Civil War. Nez Perces Indians; in 1878 the campaigns against the Bannocks and Piutes; in 1880-82 was superintendent of the Military Academy; in 1886 was promoted to major-general; and, Nov. 8, 1894, was retired.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Howard Association, (search)
Howard Association, A voluntary organization which distinguished itself for courage in caring for the sick of Southern cities during yellow-fever epidemics, 1878— 79. The members nursed 24,000 patients in New Orleans alone between Aug. 17 and Oct. 26, 1868, and expended in relief $380,185.83. The association made no distinction among sufferers of race or religion, and judiciously dispensed funds contributed by the charitable throughout the countr
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hoyt, Henry Martyn 1830-1892 (search)
Hoyt, Henry Martyn 1830-1892 Governor; born in Kingston, Pa., June 8, 1830; graduated at Williams College in 1849; became a lawyer in 1853; served in the Civil War; promoted lieutenant-colonel; was taken prisoner in January, 1863, while making a night assault on Fort Johnson, and was imprisoned at Macon, Ga. At the close of the war he was brevetted brigadier-general; was governor of Pennsylvania in 1878-83. He was the author of Controversy between Connecticut and Pennsylvania; and Protection vs. Free trade. He died in Wilkesbarre, Pa., Dec. 1, 1892.
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