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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller)	2	0	Browse	Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Agnus, Felix, 1839- (search)

Agnus, Felix, 1839- Journalist; born in Lyons, France, July 4, 1839; was educated in the College of Jolie Clair, near Paris; came to the United States in 1860, and in the following year entered the Union army in Duryea's Zouaves (5th New York Volunteers). At Big Bethel he saved the life of Gen. Judson Kilpatrick. He aided in recruiting the 165th New York Volunteers, of which he was made captain: in 1862 he participated in the siege of Port Hudson, La.; afterwards was promoted major and lieutenant-colonel. He next served in the 19th Corps under Sheridan and in the department of the South. On March 13, 1865, he was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers, and in August of the same year was mustered out of the service. After the war he became the editor and publisher of the Baltimore American.

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.....October, 1765 British ship Speedwell arrives in Savannah River with stamps, which are secretly transferred to Fort Halifax to avoid destruction threatened by Liberty Boys......Dec. 5, 1765 South Carolina aroused because Georgia accepts stamps to clear sixty or seventy vessels waiting in Savannah......December, 1765 Two hundred Liberty Boys threatening to break open fort and destroy stamps, the governor removes them under military escort to the guard-house......Jan. 2, 1766 Mr. Agnus, stamp distributer, arrives at Tybee, is secretly conveyed to the governor's house, takes the oath, but in a few days leaves town convinced of his insecurity......Jan. 3, 1766 A body of 600 men threatening Fort George and the governor's house, the stamps are placed on the Speedwell......Feb. 3, 1766 Effigy of Governor Wright, with offensive circular of Secretary Conway in his hand, burned on the commons in Savannah......Feb. 4, 1766 Official announcement of repeal of Stamp Act r

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