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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil War in the United States . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Conkling , Roscoe 1829 -1888 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dana , Charles Anderson , 1819 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grant , Frederick Dent 1850 - (search)
Grant, Frederick Dent 1850-
Military officer; born in St. Louis, Mo., May 30, 1850; eldest son of Ulysses S. Grant; was with his father at various times during the Civil War; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1871; accompanied General Sherman on his European trip in 1872; was appointed aide-de-camp on the staff of General Sheridan with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1873; took
Frederick Dent Grant. part in the campaign on the frontier against the Indians; accompanied his father on his trip around the world; and resigned his commission in the army in 1881.
In 1887 he was defeated as Republican candidate for secretary of state of New York, and in 1889 President Harrison appointed him minister to Austria-Hungary, where he remained till 1893.
He was a police commissioner in New York City through the administration of Mayor Strong.
In 1898, on the call for volunteers for the war with Spain, Colonel Grant offered his services to the President, and went to the f
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grant , Ulysses Simpson (search)
Grant, Ulysses Simpson
Eighteenth President of the United States; named at birth Hiram Ulysses, but, through an error when he entered the Military Academy, he was given the Christian names which he afterwards adopted; born
Ulysses Simpson GranUlysses Simpson Grant as Lieutenant in the Mexican War. in Point Pleasant, O., April 27, 1822; graduated at West Point in 1843.
He served in the war with Mexico, first under General Taylor, and then under General Scott, taking part in every battle between Vera Cruz an 1864, and awarded a gold medal by Congress.
He issued his first order as general-in-chief of the armies of the
Ulysses S. Grant. United States at Nashville, March 17, 1864.
In the grand movements of the armies in 1864, he accompanied that of t was put in his place ad interim. Stanton was reinstated by the Senate, Jan. 14, 1868.
In 1868, Grant was elected
Ulysses S. Grant. President of the United States by the Republican party, and was re-elected in 1872.
He retired from the office Ma
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hall of fame, (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hamer , Thomas Lewis 1800 - (search)
Hamer, Thomas Lewis 1800-
Military officer; born in Pennsylvania about 1800; was admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1821; elected to the Ohio legislature; to Congress in 1833.
It was he who nominated Ulysses S. Grant for a cadetship at West Point.
During the Mexican War he reached the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers; was wounded at the battle of Monterey, and died there Dec. 2, 1846.
Hamilton, Alexander
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McClellan , Carswell 1835 - (search)
McClellan, Carswell 1835-
Civil engineer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 3, 1835; graduated at Williams College in 1855; joined the 32d New York Regiment, and became topographical assistant on the staff of Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys in 1862.
In August, 1864, he was taken prisoner, and on being paroled in the following November he resigned his commission.
He published Personal memoirs and military history of Ulysses S. Grant, vs. The record of the army of the Potomac.