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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
.May 4, 1893 James H. Blount, of Georgia, appointed minister to Hawaii to succeed John L. Stevens, resigned......May 9, 1893 Joseph Francis, inventor of the lifesaving car, for which a special gold medal was awarded Aug. 27, 1888, and presented by Congress April 12, 1890, dies at Cooperstown, N. Y., aged ninety-two......May 10, 1893 Locomotive engine No. 999 of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad runs a mile in thirty-two seconds between Rochester and Buffalo, N. Y.......May 11, 1893 Geary Chinese exclusion act upheld as constitutional by the Supreme Court in special session; arguments begun, May 10; decision reached......May 15, 1893 Secretary of State defers deportation of Chinese under the Geary act until Congress shall appropriate sufficient funds......May 17, 1893 Infanta Eulalia arrives in New York with her husband, Prince Antoine, to represent the Queen Regent of Spain at the World's Fair......May 18, 1893 Cherokee strip between Kansas and Oklahoma,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
he Salvation Army of the United States......Nov. 21, 1892 Edward Murphy, Jr., of Troy, elected United States Senator......January, 1893 Act authorizing the purchase of Fire Island for quarantine purposes signed......March 11, 1893 Gen. Henry Slocum, born 1827, dies at Brooklyn......April 14, 1893 Naval review and parade at New York City......April 27-28, 1893 [Ten nations participate.] New York Central Railroad's engine 999 makes a record of 112 1/2 miles per hour......May 11, 1893 The Princess Eulalie received with honors in New York as representative of the Spanish government......May 18, 1893 Viking ship arrives at New York City......June 17, 1893 State monument dedicated on the battlefield of Gettysburg......July 2, 1893 Hamilton Fish, born, 1808, dies at Garrison's, N. Y.......Sept. 7, 1893 Vigilant-Valkyrie yacht races for the America's cup......Oct. 7-13, 1893 Statue of Nathan Hale unveiled......Nov. 25, 1893 The court of appeals decided
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)
1, 1861. Assistant Adj. General in Adj. General's office, Washington, D. C., Nov. 1, 1861, to Mar. 23, 1863. Acting Adj. General of the army at Washington on Mar. 23, 1863, to Aug. 12, 1866. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Army, Sept. 24, 1864. Brevet Maj. General, Mar. 13, 1865. Acting Adj. General of the army at Washington, D. C., Aug. 12, 1866, to Feb. 22, 1869. Brig. General, staff, Adj. General, U. S. Army, Feb. 22, 1869. Retired from active service, June 15, 1880. Died at Washington, May 11, 1893. Turner, Charles. Born in Massachusetts. Lieut. Colonel, 108th Ill. Infantry, Aug. 28, 1862. Colonel, July 9, 1863. Brevet Brig. General U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 26, 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 5, 1865. Died, July 13, 1880. Underwood, Adin Ballou. Born at Milford, Mass., May 9, 1828. Captain, 2d Mass. Infantry, May 18, 1861. Engaged in campaigns under General Patterson and General Banks in Virginia, 1861-1862. Appointed Major, 33d Mass. Infantry, July 11, 1862. Lieut. Colonel