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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Granger , Gordon 1821 -1876 (search)
Granger, Gordon 1821-1876
Military officer; born in New York City, in 1821; graduated at West Point in 1845; served in the war with Mexico, and was made captain of cavalry in May, 1861.
He served under Halleck and Grant in the West, and was made major-general of volunteers, Sept. 17, 1862.
He commanded the district of Central Kentucky, was put in command of the 4th Army Corps after the battle of Chickamauga, was engaged in the struggle on Missionary Ridge, November, 1863, and was active in the military movements that led to the capture of Mobile in 1864, for which he was brevetted major-general of the United States army.
He was mustered out of the volunteer service in 1866; was promoted to colonel in the regular army the same year; and died in Santa Fe, N. M., Jan. 10, 1876.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Parker , Foxhall Alexander 1821 -1879 (search)
Parker, Foxhall Alexander 1821-1879
Naval officer; born in New York City, Aug. 5, 1821; graduated at the Naval Academy in 1843; served through the Civil War with distinction; was promoted commodore in 1872.
His publications include Fleet tactics under steam; Squadron tactics under steam; The naval howitzer afloat; The naval howitzer ashore; The battle of Mobile Bay and the capture of forts Powell, Gaines, and Morgan, under the command of David G. Farragut and Gordon Granger, etc. He also contributed naval biographies to Johnson's universal Cyclopaedia.
He died in Annapolis, Md. June 10, 1879.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Political parties in the United States . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wilson's Creek , battle of. (search)