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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of West Virgina, (search)
White Mountains,
In New Hampshire, covering 1,300 square miles in several short ranges.
In the Presidential range tower the peaks of Mounts Washington, 6,286 feet; Adams, 5,819; Jefferson, 5,736; Madison, 5,381; Monroe, 5,396; Jackson, and others.
They were called Waumbek Methna by the Indians, a name adopted by Whittier in his ballad of Mary Garvin:
From the heart of Waumbek Methna.
From the lake that never fails, Falls the Saco in the green lap Of Conway's intervales.
Mount Washington has a carriage-road ascending its rocky slope to the summit.
The first cog-rail mountain railway in the world was built to the summit in 1868-69, rising 3,730 feet in less than 3 miles, the steepest grade being 13 1/2 inches in a yard.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Winchester , battles of (search)
Winchester, battles of
Banks had won a race with Stonewall Jackson for Winchester, but was not allowed to rest there, for the Confederates, close behind him, were 20,000 strong, while the Nationals numbered only 7,000. General Ewell, who lay within a mile and a half of Winchester, attacked Banks before the dawn, May 24, 1862, and a furious battle ensued in front of Winchester.
The Confederates were kept in check five hours. Meanwhile, Jackson's whole force was ordered up, when Banks, perc Martinsburg.
Within forty-eight hours after hearing of Kenly's disaster, Banks, with his little army, had marched 53 miles and fought several skirmishes and one severe battle.
After menacing Harper's Ferry, where General Saxton was in command, Jackson beat a hasty retreat up the valley.
Banks's loss during this masterly retreat was thirty-eight killed, 155 wounded, and 711 missing. These were exclusive of Kenly's command and the sick and wounded in hospitals at Strasburg and Winchester.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Woods , William Burnham 1824 -1887 (search)
Woods, William Burnham 1824-1887
Jurist; born in Newark, O., Aug. 3, 1824; graduated at Yale College in 1845; studied law and practised in his native place.
After the outbreak of the Civil War he entered the army as lieutenant-colonel of the 76th Ohio Volunteers; participated in the actions at Shiloh, Chickasaw Bayou, Dallas, Atlanta, Jonesboro, etc., and in the sieges of Vicksburg and Jackson; was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers, and brevetted major-general March 13, 1865.
After the war he resumed the practice of law; was United States judge of the 5th circuit in 1869-80, and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1880-87.
He died in Washington, D. C., May 14, 1887.
Wright, Silas 1795-
Legislator; born in Amherst, Mass., May 24, 1795; began business life as a lawyer at Canton, N. Y., in 1819; became a member of the State Senate in 1823; was a Representative in Congress, 1827-29; advocated a protective tariff; was comptroller of the State of New York, 1829-33; United States Senator, 1833-44; supported Jackson in his war against the United States bank; opposed the extension of slavery; was chosen governor of New York in 1844, and at the close of his term of office retired to private life, near Canton, N. Y., where he died, Aug. 27, 1847.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Yates , Richard 1818 -1873 (search)
Yates, Richard 1818-1873
War governor; born in Warsaw, Ky., Jan. 18, 1818.
In early youth he went to Illinois; graduated at Illinois College; studied law, and became eminent in the profession.
He was often a member of the State legislature.
He
Richard Yates. was a member of Congress from 1851 to 1855, and governor of Illinois from 1861 to 1865—a most active war governor during that exciting period.
The legislature of Illinois met on Jan. 7, 1861.
The governor's message to them was a patriotic appeal to his people; and he summed up what he believed to be the public sentiment of Illinois, in the words of President Jackson's toast, given thirty years before: Our federal Union: it must be preserved.
Governor Yates was elected to the United States Senate in 1865, and served therein six years. He died in St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 27, 1873.
His son, Richard, was elected governor of Illinois for the term 1901-