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John Dimitry , A. M., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.1, Louisiana (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) | 24 | 8 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 19 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 14 | 2 | Browse | Search |
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 7 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 5 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Browsing named entities in Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). You can also browse the collection for Randall Lee Gibson or search for Randall Lee Gibson in all documents.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Campbell , Richard 1776 - (search)
Campbell, Richard 1776-
Military officer; born in Virginia; was made a captain in 1776; served with Gibson in Pittsburg, and with McIntosh against the Ohio Indians in 1778; promoted lieutenantcolonel; and while leading the charge at Eutaw Springs which forced the British to retreat received a wound from which he died Sept. 8, 1781.
A few hours after the battle, on hearing that the British were defeated, he exclaimed, I die contented.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gibson , Randall Lee 1832 -1892 (search)
Gibson, Randall Lee 1832-1892
Statesman; born in Spring Hill, Ky., Sept. 10, 1832; graduated at Yale in 1853; at the beginning of the Civil War enlisted as a private, but soon received a commission as captain in the Louisiana Artillery, and subseqiuently was elected colonel of the 13th Louisiana Infantry.
He took part in the battles of Shiloh, Murfreesboro, and Chickamauga.
At Nashville he covered the retreat of Hood's army.
After the war he resumed the practice of law and was elected to the United States House of Representatives, but was not allowed to take his seat until a subsequent election.
In 1882 and 1888 he was elected to the United States Senate.
He died in Hot Springs, Ark., Dec. 15, 1892.