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Cameron, Simon 1799-
Statesman; born in Lancaster county, Pa., March 18, 1799; elected to the United States Senate in 1845; resigned from the Senate to become Secretary of War in 1861; resigned this office Jan. 11, 1862, to become minister to Russia; re-elected to the United States Senate in 1866, and again re-elected in 1873, but resigned in favor of his son. He practically dictated the policy of the Republican party in Pennsylvania for many years.
He died June 26, 1889.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fairfax , Thomas 1691 -1781 (search)
Fairfax, Thomas 1691-1781
Sixth Baron of Cameron; born in England in 1691; educated at Oxford; was a contributor to Addison's Spectator, and finally, soured by disappointments, quitted England forever, and settled on the vast landed estate in Virginia which he had inherited from his mother, daughter of Lord Culpeper.
He built a lodge in the midst of 10,000 acres of land, some of it arable and excellent for grazing, where he resolved to build a fine mansion and live a sort of
Thomas Fai arm, And to his bed he softly led The lord of Greenway farm, Then thrice he called on Britain's name, And thrice he wept full sore, Then sighed, O Lord, thy will be done!
And word spoke never more. He died at his lodge, Greenway Court, in Frederick county, Va., Dec. 12, 1781.
The eleventh Lord Fairfax and Baron of Cameron, John Coutee Fairfax, was born in Vaucluse, Va., Sept. 13, 1830; was a physician; succeeded his brother in the title in 1869; and died in Northampton, Md., Sept. 28, 1900.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lincoln , Abraham 1809 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), entry on-to-richmond- (search)
On to Richmond!
At the beginning of 1862 the loyal people became very impatient of the immobility of the immense Army of the Potomac, and from every quarter was heard the cry, Push on to Richmond!
Edwin M. Stanton succeeded Mr. Cameron as Secretary of War, Jan. 13, 1862, and the President issued a general order, Jan. 27, in which he directed a general forward movement of all the land and naval forces on Feb. 22 following.
This order sent a thrill of joy through the heart of the loyal people, and it was heightened when an order directed McClellan to move against the inferior Confederate force at Manassas.
McClellan remonstrated, and proposed to take his great army to Richmond by the circuitous route of Fort Monroe and the Virginia peninsula.
The President finally yielded, and the movement by the longer route was begun.
After the Confederates had voluntarily evacuated Manassas, the army was first moved in that direction, not, as the commander-in-chief said, to pursue them and
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