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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 36. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 6 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: March 28, 1861., [Electronic resource] | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: September 17, 1862., [Electronic resource] | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: March 31, 1862., [Electronic resource] | 3 | 1 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: March 27, 1862., [Electronic resource] | 3 | 1 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: January 7, 1865., [Electronic resource] | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Browsing named entities in Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). You can also browse the collection for Richard Henry Lee or search for Richard Henry Lee in all documents.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grant , Ulysses Simpson (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Greene , Nathanael 1742 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Griffin , Charles 1826 - (search)
Griffin, Charles 1826-
Military officer; born in Licking county, O., in 1826; graduated at West Point in 1847, and entered the artillery.
He was made captain of artillery in April, 1861, and with his battery fought bravely in the battle of Bull Run.
He was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers in July, 1862; served under General Potter in the campaign against Richmond, and was active in the Army of the Potomac until the surrender of Lee at Appomattox Court-house, where, as. commander of the 5th Corps, he received the arms and colors of the Army of Northern Virginia.
In March, 1865, he was brevetted major-general, United States army, and received other brevets for meritorious services during the Rebellion.
In the winter of 1865-66 he was placed in command of the Department of Texas, with headquarters in Galveston.
On Sept. 5, 1867, when that city was scourged with yellow fever, he was given a temporary command in New Orleans, but he refused to leave his post, and died of t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lee , Richard Henry 1732 -1794 (search)
Lee, Richard Henry 1732-1794
Statesman; born in Stratford, Westmoreland co., Va., Jan. 20, 1732; was educated in England, and returned to America at the age of nineteen.
In 1756 he was appointed justice of the peace, and entered the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1757, where he was
Richard Henry Lee. distinguished as a debater and a clear political writer.
Mr. Lee supported Patrick HenryMr. Lee supported Patrick Henry's resolutions, and was among the foremost men in Virginia in forming and putting in motion the machinery against royal oppression and parliamentary rule.
He was a delegate to the first Congress ( and 1786-87.
In 1784 he was chosen president of Congress, but retired at the end of the year.
Mr. Lee was opposed to the national Constitution, because it superseded State supremacy, but he was a sate supremacy, but he was a supporter of Washington's administration, and was United States Senator from Virginia from 1789 to 1792.
He died in Chantilly, Va., June 19, 1794.
Lee, Robert Edward
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lee , Thomas Ludwell 1730 -1777 (search)
Lee, Thomas Ludwell 1730-1777
Statesman, born in Stratford, Westmoreland co., Va., in 1730; a brother of Richard Henry Lee. During the preliminary movements of the Revolutionary War he was conspicuous as a lawyer and patriot.
He was a member of the committee of safety, and in the Virginia convention, in May, 1776, was on the committee to draft a declaration of rights and a plan of a State government.
On the organization of that government, he was appointed one of the five revisers, and was also elected one of the five judges of the General Court.
He died in 1777.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Navy of the United States (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Negro soldiers. (search)