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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Epworth League, (search)
es for religious, intellectual, and social development. In 1900 it numbered 27,700 chapters, with a membership of 1,900,000. President, Bishop Isaac W. Joyce, Minneapolis, Minn.; vice-presidents: Department of Spiritual Work, W. W. Cooper, Chicago, Ill.; Department of Mercy and Help, Rev. W. H. Jordan, Id.)., Sioux Falls, S. D.; Department of Literary Work, Rev. R. J. Cook, D. D., Chattanooga, Tenn.; Department of Social Work, F. W. Tunnell, Philadelphia, Pa.; general secretary, Rev. Joseph F. Berry, D. D., 57 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill., general treasurer, R. S. Copeland, M. D., Ann Arbor, Mich. The central office is located at 57 Washington Street, Chicago, 11. There is also an Epworth League in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; founded in Memphis, Tenn., in 1891. It has 5,838 chapters, with a total membership of 306,580. The central office is located at Nashville, Tenn. The officers are: President, Bishop W. A. Condler, Atlanta, Ga. first vice-president, Rev. J. W
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McHenry, Fort (search)
omb-vessels opened a heavy fire on the fort and its dependencies at a distance of 2 miles, and kept up a well-directed bombardment until 3 P. M. Armistead immediately opened the batteries of Fort McHenry upon the assailants; but after a while he found that his missiles fell short of his antagonist and were harmless. The garrison was composed of two companies of sea fencibles, under Captains Bunbury and Addison; two companies of volunteers from the city of Baltimore, under the command of Captains Berry and Pennington; a company of United States artillery, under Captain Evans; a company of volunteer artillerists, led by Judge Joseph H. Nicholson; a detachment of Barney's flotilla, under Lieutenant Redman, and detachments of regulars, 600 strong, furnished by General Winder, and under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart and Major Lane. The garrison Ruins of battery at Fort McHenry. was exposed to a tremendous shower of shells for several hours, without the power to inflict injur