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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Austin , Oscar Phelps , 1892 - (search)
Austin, Oscar Phelps, 1892-
Statistician; born in Illinois; engaged from early life as a contributor, reporter, editor, and Washington correspondent for metropolitan newspapers.
In 1892 and 1896 he edited the campaign documents for the Republican National Committee, and in May, 1898, was appointed chief of the Bureau of Statistics of the United States Treasury Department.
He is author of Uncle Sam's secrets; Uncle Sam's soldiers; Colonial systems of the world; Submarine telegraphs of the world, etc. See commerce, A century of.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bache , George M. , 1840 -1896 (search)
Bache, George M., 1840-1896
Naval officer; born in the District of Columbia, Nov. 12, 1840; was graduated at the Naval Academy in 1860.
He became lieutenant in 1862; lieutenant-commmander in 1866; and commander in 1875; and was retired April 5, 1875.
He commanded an ironclad gunboat on the Mississippi early in the Civil War, and behaved with great bravery before Vicksburg.
He was afterwards in command of a little squadron of gunboats in a spirited action near Clarendon, Ark., in June, 1864.
He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 11, 1896.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Baldwin , Theodore A. , 1839 - (search)
Baldwin, Theodore A., 1839-
Military officer; born in New Jersey. Dec. 31, 1839; entered the army in 1862; served through the Civil War; became lieutenant-colonel, 10th United States Cavalry, in 1896; was a brigadier-general of volunteers in the American-Spanish War: and was promoted to colonel of the 7th United States Cavalry. May 6, 1899.
Ball, Thomas, 1819-
Sculptor; born in Charlestown, Mass., June 3, 1819; educated at Mayhew School, Boston.
In 1840-52 he applied himself to painting.
but in 1851 undertook sculpture.
He designed and executed the equestrian statue of Washington in Boston, the statue of Daniel Webster in Central Park.
New York, and other similar works.
In 1891-98 he was engaged on a monument of Washington for Methuen, Mass. He became an honorary fellow of the National Sculptors' Society in 1896.
He is the author of My three-score years and ten: an autobiography, which attracted much attention.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barlow , Francis Channing , 1834 -1896 (search)
Barlow, Francis Channing, 1834-1896
Military officer; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1834; was graduated at Harvard University in 1855.
After serving as a three months man, at the beginning of the Civil War, he became a lieutenant-colonel of a New York regiment, and as colonel distinguished himself in the campaign on the Peninsula in 1862.
In the battle of Antietam he captured two stands of colors and 300 men, and was soon afterwards wounded and carried off the field for dead.
He was made brigadier-general in September, and he commanded a division in the battle of Chancellorsville in May, 1863.
He was wounded at Gettysburg, and was also distinguished in the Richmond campaign in 1864.
He rendered essential service in the final struggle that ended with the surrender of Lee; was mustered out of the service in 1865 with the rank of major-general; was secretary of state of New York in 1865-68; United States marshal in 1868-69; and attorney-general of New York in 1871-73.
He di
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barrows , John Henry , 1847 - (search)
Barrows, John Henry, 1847-
Clergyman; born in Medina, Mich., July 11, 1847; was graduated at Olivet College, Mich., in 1867, and studied at Yale, Union, and Andover theological seminaries, and at Gottingen, Germany.
After two short pastorates in Lawrence and Boston, Mass., he became pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Chicago, and remained there more than fourteen years. In 1893 he organized and was the president of the World's Parliament of Religions.
In 1896 he resigned his Chicago pastorate and went to India, where he lectured in an institution endowed by Mrs. Caroline E. Haskell.
Returning to the United States, he lectured in the Union Theological Seminary in 1898, and in November of that year became president of Oberlin College.
He is author of History of the Parliament of religions; Life of Henry Ward Beecher; Christianity the world religion; The world pilgrimage, etc.