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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Foote, William Henry 1794-1869 (search)
Foote, William Henry 1794-1869 Clergyman; born in Colchester, Conn., Dec. 20, 1794; graduated at Yale College in 1816; and became chaplain in the Confederate army. He was author of Sketches, Historical and biographical, of the Presbyterian Church in Virginia; and Sketches in North Carolina. He died in Romney, W. Va., Nov. 18, 1869.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hayne, Robert young -1839 (search)
t year, he was governor of South Carolina, he maintained that right, and prepared for armed resistance. Clay's compromise allayed the fierce dispute. He died in Asheville, N. C., Sept. 24, 1839. See nullification; Webster, Daniel. Speech on Foote's resolution. On Jan. 21 and 25, 1830, Senator Hayne opened the great debate with Daniel Webster with the following speech (for the text of the resolution, see Foote, Samuel Augustus): When I took occasion, Mr. President, two days ago, tog in these sentiments. The South and the West had there their friends, men who stood by their country, though encompassed all around by their enemies. The Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Silsbee) was one of them; the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Foote) was another, and there are others now on this floor. The sentiments I have read were the sentiments of a party embracing the political associates of the gentleman from Massachusetts. If they could only be found in the columns of a newspaper,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Henry, Fort (search)
nning of February, 1862, a land force under General Grant, and a flotilla of gunboats under Commodore Foote, were sent to capture these two forts. They appeared about 2 miles below Fort Henry on Feb,000. These were commanded by General Tilghman, of Maryland, a graduate of West Point Academy. Foote placed four of his iron-clad gunboats in position to bombard the fort, while two of his unarmorehe left side of the river to silence the guns of Fort Hieman, when the garrison fled. Meanwhile Foote opened (Feb. 6) a heavy fire on Fort Henry. It was so severe that in an hour the garrison were berland River; and only the commander and less than 100 men remained in the fort to surrender to Foote. Grant and the land troops did not arrive until after the surrender, when the fort was turned oblished on the soil of Tennessee. It will never be removed. The Secretary of the Navy wrote to Foote: The country appreciates your gallant deeds, and this department desires to convey to you and y