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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Agnew , David Hayes , 1818 -1892 (search)
Agnew, David Hayes, 1818-1892
Anatomist and author: born in Lancaster county, Pa., Nov. 24, 1818: was graduated at the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1838; became professor in the Philadelphia School of Anatomy; demonstrator of anatomy in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, and surgeon at the Pennsylvania and the Orthopaedic hospitals, all in Philadelphia.
During the Civil War he became widely known as a daring and successful operator in cases of gunshot wounds.
After the war he was elected Professor of Operative Surgery and of the Principles and Practice of Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Agnew was the consulting and operating surgeon in the case of President Garfield in 1881.
Among his numerous publications are Practical Anatomy; Anatomy and its relation to medicine and Surgery; and The principles and practice of Surgery.
He died in Philadelphia, March 22, 1892.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Arthur , Chester Alan , 1830 -1886 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barnes , Joseph K. , 1817 -1883 (search)
Barnes, Joseph K., 1817-1883
Medical officer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 21, 1817; was appointed an assistant surgeon in the army in 1840; assigned to duty in the office of the surgeon-general in 1861; became surgeon-general in 1863; attended Presidents Lincoln and Garfield; brevetted major-general in 1865.
At his suggestion the Army Medical Museum and the Surgeon-General's Library were established.
He died in Washington, D. C., April 5, 1883.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Blaine , James Gillespie , 1830 -1893 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chickamauga , battle of (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Coffin , Charles Carleton 1823 -1896 (search)
Coffin, Charles Carleton 1823-1896
(pen-name Carleton), author; born in Boscawen, N. H., July 26, 1823; during the Civil War was war correspondent of the Boston Journal.
His publications include Days and nights on the battle-field; Following the flag; Four years of fighting; Caleb Krinkle, a story of American life; Story of liberty; Old times in the colonies; Life of Garfield, etc. He died in Brookline, Mass., March 2, 1896.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Colfax , Schuyler 1823 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Corbin , Henry Clark 1842 - (search)
Corbin, Henry Clark 1842-
Military officer; born in Clermont county, O., Sept. 15, 1842; received an academic education, and studied law. In 1862 he joined the National army as a second lieutenant in the 79th Ohio Volunteers; served through the remainder of the war; and was then appointed to the regular army.
He was with President Garfield when the latter was shot, and also present at his bedside when he died.
In 1880 he was promoted major and assistant adjutant-general; in 1898, adjutant-general; and in June, 1900, major-general, being the first adjutantgeneral of the regular army to reach that rank.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Edgar , Henry Cornelius , 1811 -1884 (search)
Edgar, Henry Cornelius, 1811-1884
Clergyman; born in Rahway, N. J., April 11, 1811; graduated at Princeton College in 1831; became a merchant; was licensed to preach by the Presbyterian Church in 1845.
During the Civil War he spoke was forcibly against slavery.
His published orations and sermons include Three lectures on slavery; Four discourses occasioned by the death of Lincoln; An Exposition of the last nine wars; Christianity our nation's wisest policy; A discourse occasioned by the death of President Garfield, etc. He died in Easton, Pa., Dec. 23, 1884.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Farman , Elbert Eli 1831 - (search)
Farman, Elbert Eli 1831-
Jurist; born in New Haven, Oswego co., N. Y., April 23, 1831; graduated at Amherst College in 1855, and studied in Warsaw, N. Y., where he was admitted to the bar in 1858.
He studied in Europe in 1865-67, and on returning to the United States was made district attorney of Wyoming county, N. Y. In March, 1876, he was appointed United States consul-general at Cairo, Egypt, and there became a member of the commission to revise the international codes.
Later President Garfield appointed him a judge of the international court of Egypt.
He was also a member of the international committee appointed to investigate the claims of citizens of Alexandria for damages caused by the bombardment of that city by the British in 1882.
It was principally through his efforts that the obelisk known as Cleopatra's needle, which stands near the Metropolitan Art Museum in Central Park, New York City, was secured.
When he left Egypt, Mr. Farman received from the Khedive the de