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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 3 | 3 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 36. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Capron, Allyn 1846-
Military officer; born in Tampa, Fla., Aug. 27, 1846; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1867, and entered the artillery branch.
When the American-Spanish War began he accompanied General Shafter's army to Cuba.
On July 1, 1898, he led General Lawton's advance, and fired the first shot of the battle.
The Spanish flag on the fort at El Caney was carried away by a shot from his battery.
His exposure in the Santiago campaign resulted in typhoid fever, from which he died near Fort Myer, Va., Sept. 18, 1898.
Government bakeries at the Capitol.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davis , Varina Anne Jefferson , 1864 -1898 (search)
Davis, Varina Anne Jefferson, 1864-1898
author; second daughter of Jefferson Davis; born in Richmond, Va., June 27, 1864; known popularly in the South as the Daughter of the Confederacy.
Her childhood was mostly spent abroad, and for several years she devoted herself to literature.
Her works include An Irish knight of the nineteenth century; Sketch of the life of Robert Emmet; The veiled Doctor; Foreign education for American girls; and A romance of summer seas.
She died at Narraganset Pier, R. I., Sept. 18, 1898.