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Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) | 27 | 11 | Browse | Search |
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) | 6 | 2 | Browse | Search |
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) | 6 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 7 : Confederate armies and generals (search)
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), General officers of the Confederate Army : a full roster compiled from the official records (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jackson , Henry rootes 1820 -1898 (search)
Jackson, Henry rootes 1820-1898
Military officer; born in Athens, Ga., June 24, 1820; graduated at Yale College in 1839, and admitted to the bar in 1840, when he settled in Savannah.
He was appointed United States district attorney for Georgia in 1843.
During the Mexican War he was colonel of the 1st Georgia Volunteers.
At the close of the war he became part proprietor of The Georgian, in Savannah.
In 1853 he was sent to the Court of Austria as the United States charge d'affaires. In 1854-58 he was minister to Austria.
Returning to the United States he was commissioned a special United States district attorney for Georgia, to aid in trying notorious slavetrading cases.
When the Civil War broke out he entered the Confederate army with the rank of brigadier-general.
During the battle of Nashville, in December, 1864, he was taken prisoner, and was held till the lose of the war. Returning to Savannah he resumed law practice.
In 1875-88 he was a trustee of the Peabody Educatio
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 3 : poets of the Civil War II (search)
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 1 : (search)
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 2 : (search)
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 3 : (search)
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 5 : (search)
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 14 : (search)