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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Louisiana, (search)
at State election......April 19, 1892 Monument erected to David C. Hennessy (assassinated by Mafia in 1890) by the people of New Orleans, is unveiled at Metarie Cemetery......May 30, 1892 Nicaragua Canal convention opens in New Orleans; delegates from every State and Territory......Nov. 30, 1892 United States Senator Randall L. Gibson dies at Hot Springs, Ark.......Dec. 15, 1892 Donaldson Caffrey appointed by Governor Foster United States Senator to fill unexpired term......Dec. 31, 1892 Gen. P. G. T. Beaurgeard dies at New Orleans, aged seventy-five years......Feb. 20, 1893 Destructive cyclone along the Gulf of Mexico; over 2,000 lives lost......Oct. 2, 1893 United States Senator Edward D. White appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States......Feb. 19, 1894 Newton C. Blanchard, member of Congress, appointed Senator by Governor Foster to fill the unexpired term of White......March 7, 1894 Ex-Gov. J. Madison Wells dies at Lecompte
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The execution of Dr. David Minton Wright (search)
was condemned to die the death of a felon, and was actually hung, despite the entreaties of his wife and children, the appeals of his friends, and the protests of the Confederate authorities. Thus died a gentleman, a Christian, and a hero. Ibid, page 192. The deplorable circumstances which caused the visitation of extreme penalty on an involuntary agent, were presented by a distinguished physician of Norfolk, Dr. L. B. Anderson, well known throughout the State, in the Landmark of December 31, 1892. This account is republished with a slight emendation, which is noted.] On the 10th of May, 1862, a report reached the officials of Norfolk that General Wool, of the Northern army, was advancing upon the city from the direction of Hampton Roads at the head of 8,000 troops. It seems that the advance upon the city was designed to have been via the Indian Poll bridge and Church street, But when the enemy approached the bridge a squad of Confederates, who, seeing the dust raised by th