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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.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Louisiana, (search)
er Mouton 24th to 27th 1837 to 1842 Robert C. Nicholas 24th to 26th 1836 to 1841 Charles M. Conrad 27th 1842 to 1843 Alexander Barrow 27th to 29th 1841 to 1846 Alexander Porter 28th 1843 to 1844 Henry Johnson 28th to 30th 1844 to 1849 Pierre Soule 29th 1847 Solomon W. Downs 30th to 32d 1847 to 1853 Pierre Soule 31st to 32d 1849 to 1853 Judah P. Benjamin 33d to 36th 1853 to 1861 John Slidell 33d to 36th1853 to 1861 36th to 40th 1861 to 1868 John S. Harris 40th 1868 William Pitt Kellogg 40th to 42d 1868 to 1872 J. Rodman West 42d to 45th 1871 to 1877 James B. Eustis 45th to 46th 1877 to 1879 William Pitt Kellogg 45th to 48th 1877 to 1883 Benjamin F. Jones 46th to 48th 1879 to 1885 Randall L. Gibson 48th to 52d 1883 to 1892 James B. Eustis 49th to 51st 1885 to 1891 Edward D. White 52d to 53d 1891 to 1894 Donaldson Caffrey 52d to 57th 1893 to 1901 Newton C. Blanchard 53d to 55th 1894 to 1897 Samuel D. McEnery 55th to — 1897 to — Murphy J. Foster57th to — 190
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Louisiana, (search)
Orleans......April 8, 1892 Proposed constitutional amendment to continue the Louisiana State lottery for twenty-five years from Jan. 1, 1894, is rejected by vote at State election......April 19, 1892 Monument erected to David C. Hennessy (assassinated by Mafia in 1890) by the people of New Orleans, is unveiled at Metarie Cemetery......May 30, 1892 Nicaragua Canal convention opens in New Orleans; delegates from every State and Territory......Nov. 30, 1892 United States Senator Randall L. Gibson dies at Hot Springs, Ark.......Dec. 15, 1892 Donaldson Caffrey appointed by Governor Foster United States Senator to fill unexpired term......Dec. 31, 1892 Gen. P. G. T. Beaurgeard dies at New Orleans, aged seventy-five years......Feb. 20, 1893 Destructive cyclone along the Gulf of Mexico; over 2,000 lives lost......Oct. 2, 1893 United States Senator Edward D. White appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States......Feb. 19, 1894 Newton C. Bla