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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hartstene, Henry J. 1828-1868 (search)
Hartstene, Henry J. 1828-1868 Naval officer; born in North Carolina; joined the navy in 1828; promoted commander in 1855; and was ordered to the Arctic region to search for Dr. Kane, whom he rescued with his party. In 1861 he resigned his commission and joined the Confederate navy, but in the following year he became insane. He died in Paris, France, March 31, 1868.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sumter, Fort (search)
ng a dark night, to send in supplies and troops in these tugs or in launches, as should seem best after arrival and examination. Fox convinced the President of the feasibility of this plan. The President believed, if there seemed even a small chance of success, that it would be better to attempt sending aid to Anderson whether it should succeed or not. He thought that to abandon the position, under the circumstances, would be ruinous. Fox was sent to visit Charleston Harbor. With Captain Hartstene of the navy, who had joined the Confederates, he visited Fort Sumter, March 21, by permission of Governor Pickens, and ascertained that Anderson had supplies that would last him until April 15. On his return, Fox reported to the President that any attempt to reinforce Anderson must be made before April 15. The President yearned for peace. He sent for a professed Union man in the Virginia convention then in session, and told him that if the convention would adjourn, instead of stay
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ph from the Mississippi River to the Pacific by an act approved......Feb. 17, 1855 Thirty-third Congress adjourns......March 3, 1855 Governor Reeder, of Kansas, removed by President Pierce; Wilson Shannon, of Ohio, appointed in his place......July 28, 1855 William Walker lands in Nicaragua with 160 men......Sept. 3, 1855 Col. Henry L. Kinney made civil and military governor of Greytown, Nicaragua, by citizens......Sept. 12, 1855 Expedition in search of Dr. Kane, under Lieutenant Hartstene, U. S. N., finds at the Isle of Disco, Greenland, Kane and his companions, who had left the ship in the ice, May 17, and reached Disco, Aug. 8......Sept. 13, 1855 This expedition returns to New York City......Oct. 11, 1855 Thirty-fourth Congress, first session, assembles......Dec. 3, 1855 After a contest of nine weeks, on the 133d ballot, Nathaniel P. Banks, of Massachusetts, is elected (Feb. 2, 1856) speaker by a plurality of three votes over William Aiken, of South Carolina