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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
Isaac O. Best, History of the 121st New York State Infantry 1 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Merchant marine. (search)
be needed, the ship-building industry in this country had nearly vanished. In 1890 almost the entire carrying trade of American ports was done in British bottoms. Realizing that this was a serious condition, Congress in 1892 passed several acts for the encouragement of American shipbuilders, and admitted to American registry two Inman Line steamers on condition that the owners should build at least two vessels of equal tonnage in American The American steamer St. Louis. yards. On Nov. 12, 1894, the St. Louis, the first-fruit of this law, was launched at Philadelphia. The vessel was wholly American in build and material, and was the second largest merchant vessel afloat. Subsequently this fleet was increased, and became known as the American Line. In the American-Spanish War of 1898 the St. Paul, St. Louis, New York, and Paris were used as auxiliary cruisers, the first two under their own names, and the others under those of the Yale and Harvard. The official report of th
Isaac O. Best, History of the 121st New York State Infantry, Appendix (search)
Staff, is a member of the National Association of Ex-prisoners of War and has a medal of honor given by the State of New York. It will be a pleasure to the readers of this history to learn of the after-war history of Colonel Beckwith whose narrative constitutes so large a part of the compilation made by the author. Politically, Comrade Beckwith is a Democrat, and in 1894 was appointed by Governor Flower, Assistant State Engineer with the rank of Colonel, his commission being dated November 12, 1894. He was also appointed by Governor Flower, a member of the New York Monument Commission on which he has served ever since. He has had charge of the erection of a number of monuments and has designed several, among which are General Webb's of the Bloody Angle at Gettysburg, and General Wadsworth at Gettysburg and Generals Doubleday's and Robinson's at Gettysburg, one at Knoxville, Tennessee, one at Vicksburg, one at Antietam, Maryland and a number of monuments at other points on the
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 4 (search)
utenant, 21st Mass. Infantry, Aug. 21, 1861. Resigned, Mar. 2, 1862. Williams, Monroe F. Second Lieutenant, 7th Mass. Infantry, June 15, 1861. First Lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1862. Resigned, Aug. 14, 1863. Williams, Philander. Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Sept. 23, 1862. Mustered out, Aug. 28, 1863. Williams, Robert. Second Lieutenant, 39th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 26, 1862. Discharged (disability), Feb. 2, 1863. Died at Ashland, Mass., Nov. 12, 1894. Williams, S. Alonzo. First Lieutenant, 52d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Oct. 11, 1862. Mustered out, Aug. 14, 1863. Williams, William B. Captain, 2d Mass. Infantry, Nov. 1, 1861. Killed in action at Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 1862. Williamson, David H. C. Second Lieutenant, 11th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 5, 1863. First Lieutenant, Oct. 29, 1863. Mustered out, June 24, 1864. Willis, Henry Augustus. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 53d Infantry, M. V. M.