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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Marcy, Randolph Barnes 1812-1887 (search)
Marcy, Randolph Barnes 1812-1887 Military officer; born in Greenwich, Mass., April 9, 1812; graduated at the United States Military Academy and commissioned brevet second lieutenant in the 5th Infantry in July, 1832; promoted to first lieutenant in 1837; captain in 1846; major and paymaster in 1859; colonel and inspector-general in 1861; brigadier-general and inspector-general in 1878; and was retired Jan. 2, 1881. At the beginning of the Civil War he was appointed a brigadier-general of volunteers; was chief of staff to General McClellan (his son-inlaw) till 1863; and served principally on inspection duty through the war. He died in Orange, N. J., Nov. 22, 1887. General Marcy was author of Explorations of the Red River in 1852; The Prairie traveller; and Thirty. Years of army life on the border.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Millet, Francis Davis 1846- (search)
Millet, Francis Davis 1846- Artist; born in Mattapoisett, Mass., Nov. 3, 1846; graduated at Harvard College in 1869; studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp in 1871-72, was secretary of the Massachusetts Commission to the Vienna Exposition in 1873, and art correspondent for the London Daily news, the London Graphic, and the New York Herald during the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-78. In 1892-93 he was director of decorations and of functions at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and in 1898 was art correspondent for the London Times and Harper's weekly at Manila, Philippine Islands. He designed the costumes for the representation of the Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles by Harvard students in 1880; has executed a large amount of decorative work; and received numerous foreign war medals.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morgan, Anne Eugenia Felicia 1845- (search)
Morgan, Anne Eugenia Felicia 1845- Educator; born in Oberlin, O., Oct. 3, 1845; was graduated at Oberlin College in 1866; studied philosophy in Germany in 1872-74; and, returning to the United States, was instructor of languages at Oberlin College in 1875-76, and instructor of Greek and Latin in Vassar in 1877-78. In the latter year she became Professor of Philosophy in Wellesley College. In 1897 she invented a game called Bellecycle, which in order to play requires a practical application of experimental psychology. Her publications include Scripture studies on the origin and destiny of man; and The White Lady, a plan for the study of comparative literature.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morton, Henry 1837- (search)
ranklin Institute in 1864; was a founder of the Philadelphia Dental College, and its first Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Physics and Chemistry in the University of Pennsylvania in 1867-68, and of Chemistry alone in 1869-70; and was chosen president of Stevens Institute of Technology, in Hoboken, N. J., in 1870. In 1868 he organized and conducted the expedition to observe and photograph the total solar eclipse in Iowa; in 1873 was elected a member of the National Academy of Science; in 1878-86 was a member of the United States light-house board, succeeding Prof. Joseph Henry. Dr. Morton is widely known as an expert in questions relating to chemistry, electricity, and other branches of physics. He edited the Journal of the Franklin Institute in 1867-70, and, besides many researches in chemistry and physics, has published a translation of the trilingual hieroglyphic inscription of the Rosetta stone, and with Prof. A. R. Leeds, The student's practical Chemistry. He has given over
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mosby, John Singleton 1833- (search)
Mosby, John Singleton 1833- Lawyer; born in Powhatan county, Va., Dec. 6, 1833; graduated at the University of Virginia in 1852, and admitted to the bar in 1855. He practised at Bristol, Va., in 1855-61. In the latter year he entered the Confederate army as a private, but a little later became adjutant of the 1st Virginia Cavalry. He was colonel in 1862-65 of Mosby's Partisan Rangers, an independent cavalry command, which caused the Union army much trouble by destroying supply trains, cutting communications, capturing outposts, etc. After the war he resumed the practice of law in Virginia. In 1878-85 he was United States consul at Hong-Kong, and in the latter year he settled in San Francisco. He is author of War Reminiscences.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Navigation acts. (search)
Did the authors of that theory ever see an establishment entirely devoted to the repair of ships that was equipped to build so much as a tug? The Erie Basin Dry-docks in New York are exclusively repair works. Was ever a ship built there? Could one be built there? Certainly not. As for the resources of the coastwise trade, the state of ship-building in this country in 1884, and before the government came into the market with the new navy, indicates the limit of its possibilities. From 1878 to 1888 there was con siderable activity in ship-building for the coastwise trade, resulting in the production of a large amount of tonnage which newly equipped that traffic for a term of years. After 1888 this demand fell off in consequence of having been fully supplied. The total tonnage of new or comparatively new iron steam tonnage employed in the coastwise trade, including colliers and ocean tugs employed in barge-towing, is about 340,000, and this, in the opinion of men qualified to j
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nichols, Edward Tatnall 1823-1886 (search)
Nichols, Edward Tatnall 1823-1886 Naval officer; born in Augusta, Ga., March 1, 1823; graduated at the United States Naval Academy, and was commissioned a commander in 1862. When the Civil War broke out he was given command of the Winona of the Western Gulf blockading squadron. On April 28, 1862, Fort St. Philip, after having been bombarded, surrendered to him. Later he was placed in command of the steamer Mendote, with which he attacked the battery at Four Mile Creek on the James River, Va. He was promoted rear-admiral in 1878; retired in 1885. He died in Pomfret, Conn., Oct. 12, 1886.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Oglesby, Richard James 1824-1899 (search)
Oglesby, Richard James 1824-1899 Military officer; born in Oldham county, Ky., July 25, 1824; settled in Decatur, Ill., in 1836. When the Mexican War broke out he entered the army as lieutenant in the 8th Illinois Infantry and participated in the siege of Vera Cruz and in the action at Cerro Gordo. Resigning in 1847 he studied law, and began practice in 1851. He was elected to the State Senate in 1860, but when the Civil War began resigned his seat and became colonel of the 8th Illinois Volunteers; won distinction in the battles of Pittsburg Landing and Corinth; and was promoted major-general in 1862. He was elected governor of Illinois in 1864 and 1872, but in his second term served a few days only when he was elected United States Senator. In 1878 he was again elected governor. He died in Elkhart, Ill., April 24, 1899.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), O'Neill, John 1834-1878 (search)
O'Neill, John 1834-1878 Military officer; born in Ireland in 1834; served in the National army during the Civil War; commanded a force of 1,200 Fenians who invaded Canada in 1866, most of whom were arrested by the United States authorities. He again invaded Canada in 1870, was captured and imprisoned. He died in Omaha, Neb., Jan. 7, 1878.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Palma, Tomas Estrada 1867- (search)
Palma, Tomas Estrada 1867- Patriot; born in Bayamo, Cuba; studied at the University of Seville, Spain. He was active in the Cuban insurrection of 1867-78, during the latter part of which he was President of the Cuban Republic. He represented the Cuban Republic during the last revolution as plenipotentiary. During the summer of 1901 there was a wide-spread expression in favor of his election as the first President of the new Cuban republic.
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