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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
Colonel Charles E. Hooker, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.2, Mississippi (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
John Dimitry , A. M., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.1, Louisiana (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
Rev. James K. Ewer , Company 3, Third Mass. Cav., Roster of the Third Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment in the war for the Union 1 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments. 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gould, Jay 1836-1892 (search)
2, when the company was reorganized, and he was forced as a result of long litigation to restore $7,550,000, a portion of the amount which it was alleged he had wrongfully acquired. While president of the Erie company he invested heavily in stocks of various railroads and telegraph companies. After losing his office in the Erie company he applied himself to the Pacific railroads, in which he had become interested, the elevated railroads of New York, and the Western Union Telegraph Company. He built many branch roads, took a number of roads from receivers, and brought about combinations which effected what was known as the Gould system. He was actively connected with the Black Friday (q. v.) and other financial sensations. His financial standing having been assailed in 1882, he exhibited to a committee of financiers stocks and bonds to the face value of $53,000,000, and stated Jay Gould. that he could produce $20,000,000 more if desired. He died in New York City, Dec. 2, 1892.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grand army of the republic, the. (search)
rrisburg, Pa., 1874; Charles Devens, Jr., Massachusetts. 9. Chicago, III., 1875; John F. Hartranft, Pennsylvania. 10. Philadelphia, Pa., 1876; John F. Hartranft, Pennsylvania. 11. Providence, R. I., 1877; John C. Robinson, New York. 12. Springfield, Mass., 1878; John C. Robinson, New York. 13. Albany, N. Y., 1879; William Earnshaw, Ohio. 14. Dayton, O., 1880; Louis Wagner, Pennsylvania. 15. Indianapolis, Ind., 1881; George S. Merrill, Massachusetts. 16. Baltimore, Md., 1882; Paul Van Der Voort, Nebraska. 17. Denver, Col., 1883; Robert B. Beatte, Pennsylvania. 18. Minneapolis, Minn., 1884; John S. Kountz, Ohio. 19. Portland, Me., 1885; S. S. Burdett, Washington. 20. San Francisco, Cal., 1886; Lucius Fairchild, Wisconsin. 21. St. Louis, Mo., 1887; John P. Rea, Minnesota. 22. Columbus, O., 1888; William Warner, Missouri. 23. Milwaukee, Wis., 1889; Russell A. Alger, Michigan. 24. Boston, Mass., 1890; Wheelock G. Veasey, Vermont. 25. Detroi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gresham, Walter Quinton (search)
ice of law. He had served in the legislature when the Civil War broke out. As colonel of the 52d Indiana Volunteers he served creditably in the Western army. After the war he was defeated as Republican candidate for Congressman, and from 1869 to 1882 held the post of United States district judge in Indiana. In President Arthur's administration Gresham was Postmaster-General from 1882 to 1884, and Secretary of the Treasury from September to December, 1884. He then became United States circuit1882 to 1884, and Secretary of the Treasury from September to December, 1884. He then became United States circuit judge, and held that post until 1893. Meanwhile he was in 1888 a prominent candidate for the Republican nomination to the Presidency, and in 1892 he declined the Populist invitation to stand for the same office. His views on public questions had somewhat changed, so that his appointment by President Cleveland to Waltir Quinton Gresham. the office of Secretary of State was not entirely a surprise. He held this office at the time of his death, in Washington, May 28, 1895.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Griggs, John William 1849- (search)
Griggs, John William 1849- Lawyer; born in Newton, N. J., July 10, 1849; graduated at Lafayette College in 1868; admitted to the bar in 1871; and began practice in Paterson, N. J. In 1876-77 he was a member of the New Jersey House of Representatives, and in 1882-88 of the State Senate, of which he was president in 1886. He was elected governor of New Jersey in November, 1895, and served till January, 1898, when he was appointed Attorney-General of the United States. In March, 1901, he resigned this office to resume private practice. His services during President McKinley's first administration and especially during the Spanish War period, were laborious, exacting, and highly appreciated by the President and his official advisers.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Henderson, David Bremner 1840- (search)
Henderson, David Bremner 1840- Legislator; born in Old Deer, Scotland, March 14, 1840; was brought to the United States in 1846, his family settling first in Illinois, and three years later in Iowa, where he was educated and admitted to the bar in 1865. He entered the Union army in September, 1861, as a private in the 12th Iowa Infantry. In the battle of Corinth, Feb. 26, 1863, he lost a leg, and in May of the same year was appointed commissioner of enrollment for the 3d District of Iowa. In June, 1864, he reentered the army, as colonel of the 46th Iowa Infantry. In 1865-69 he was collector of internal revenue for the 3d David Bremner Henderson. District of Iowa; in 1869-71 was assistant United States district attorney for the Northern Division of the District of Iowa. He was elected to Congress in 1882 and in 1901 still retained his seat. In December, 1899, he was elected speaker.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hickcox, John Howard 1832- (search)
Hickcox, John Howard 1832- Librarian; born in Albany, N. Y., Aug. 10, 1832; received an academic education; worked in the Congressional Library at Washington, D. C., in 1874-82. His publications include An Historical account of American coinage; History of the bills of credit, or paper money, issued by New York from 1709 to 1789; Bibliography of the writings of Dr. Franklin B. Hough; and Catalogue of United States government publications.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hill, David Bennett 1844- (search)
Lawyer; born in Havana, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1844; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1864; was a member of the New York Assembly in 1869-71. He presided over the Democratic State conventions of 1877 and 1881; was mayor of Elmira, N. Y., in 1882; lieutenant-governor of New York in 1882-85, and governor in 1885-91. In the David Bennett Hill. latter year he was elected United States Senator and served till 1897. He was a candidate for the Presidential nomination in the National Democrat1882-85, and governor in 1885-91. In the David Bennett Hill. latter year he was elected United States Senator and served till 1897. He was a candidate for the Presidential nomination in the National Democratic Convention of 1892, and prior to the convention of 1896, spent several weeks making a political speaking tour of the principal cities of the South on the invitation of the Democratic leaders in that section. In the convention of 1900 he was offered the nomination for Vice-President, but firmly declined it.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hobart, Garret Augustus 1844- (search)
Hobart, Garret Augustus 1844- Lawyer; born in Long Branch, N. J., June 3, 1844; was graduated at Rutgers College in 1863; admitted to the bar in 1866; and began practice in Paterson, N. J. In 1872 he was elected to the State Assembly; in 1873 was re-elected and chosen speaker; and in 1874 declined a renomination to the Assembly and was elected to the Senate, to which he was re-elected in 1879. In 1881 and 1882 he was president of the Senate. In 1896 he was elected Vice-President of the United States on the ticket with Mr. McKinley, and served till his death, in Paterson, N. J., Nov. 2, 1899. He was connected with a large Garret Augustus Hobart. number of financial concerns; was a man of exceptional personal magnetism, and ably supported President McKinley in the trying days of 1898.
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), Hubbard, Lucius Frederick 1836- (search)
Hubbard, Lucius Frederick 1836- Governor; born in Troy, N. Y., Jan. 26, 1836; received an academic education; settled in Minnesota in 1857; entered the National army in 1861; served in numerous battles with marked distinction; received the brevet of brigadier-general; was governor of Minnesota in 1882-87. He wrote a paper on Minnesota published in 1886 in the North American review.
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