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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
d and then compelled to leave the State......March 12, 1854 A jury having acquitted Matthew F. Ward of the murder of William H. G. Butler in Louisville, an indignation meeting is held in Louisville. A mob burns in effigy John J. Crittenden, of counsel for Ward and others, and is with difficulty subdued......April 29, 1854 State temperance convention at Louisville nominates George W. Williams for governor......Dec. 14, 1.854 Know-nothing convention at Louisville nominates Judge William V. Loring, Whig, for governor......Feb. 22, 1855 Riot on election day, Bloody Monday, between Know-nothings and foreigners......Aug. 6, 1855 John C. Breckinridge elected Vice-President of the United States......1856 General assembly of Old School Presbyterian Church at Lexington......May 21, 1857 Corner-stone of Henry Clay monument laid in the cemetery at Lexington with masonic ceremonies......July 4, 1857 United States agricultural exhibition opens at Louisville......Aug. 31,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), West Virginia, state of (search)
ention which meets at Wheeling, Nov. 26, 1861, and completes its labors, Feb. 18; constitution ratified by popular vote of 18,862 to 514......April, 1862 General Assembly of reorganized Virginia at Wheeling assents to the erection of the new State of West Virginia......May 12, 1862 Harper's Ferry surrendered by Gen. Dixon H. Miles to Confederates under Stonewall Jackson......Sept. 15, 1862 Gen. J. A. J. Lightburn retreats through the Kanawha Valley, pursued by Confederates under General Loring......1862 Congress admits West Virginia into the Union from June 20, 1863......Dec. 31, 1862 Confederates under General Jones burn 100,000 barrels of petroleum at Burning Springs......May 9, 1863 Inauguration of new State government takes place at Wheeling......June 20, 1863 Supreme Court of Appeals organized at Wheeling......July 9, 1863 Gen. W. W. Averill defeats Maj. John Echols in battle of Droop Mountain......Nov. 6, 1863 Transfer of the counties of Berkeley (Aug