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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
Battle of Perryville, Ky......Oct. 8, 1862 Eighteen hundred Confederate cavalry, with four pieces of artillery, under Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, cross the Potomac for a raid into Pennsylvania......Oct. 10, 1862 They reach and occupy Chambersburg, Pa., on Oct. 11, and return to Virginia through Maryland, crossing the Potomac at White's Ford, without the loss of a man killed, and having secured 1,000 horses......Oct. 12, 1862 Ten Confederate prisoners at Palmyra, Mo., shot by order of General McNiel......Oct. 18, 1862 General McClellan assumes the offensive, and crosses the Potomac from Maryland......Oct. 26, 1862 Rear of the Confederate army under General Bragg passes through Cumberland Gap on its retreat from Kentucky......Oct. 26, 1862 Death of Gen. O. M. Mitchel, U. S. A., at Beaufort, S. C., aged fifty-two......Oct. 30, 1862 Major-General Buell, commanding Army of the Ohio, superseded by Major-General Rosecrans......Oct. 30, 1862 Large Democratic gains in electio
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Hampshire, (search)
he seat of government was at Portsmouth. From 1775 to 1807 the legislature adjourned from town to town, assembling at Exeter, Concord, Hopkinton, Dover, Amherst, Charlestown, and Hanover. The legislature of 1807 adjourns from Hopkinton to Concord for regular sessions......1807 New Hampshire Iron Factory Company, incorporated at Franconia in 1805, erects and puts in operation a blast-furnace......1811 Horace Greeley born at Amherst......Feb. 3, 1811 New Hampshire troops, under Gen. John McNiel, take part in the battle of Chippewa, July 5, 1814, and at Niagara......July 25, 1814 Law passed giving to the State complete jurisdiction over Dartmouth College, the charter for which requires the trustees, professors, tutors, and officers to take the oath of allegiance to the British King......June 27, 1816 Trustees and overseers of Dartmouth College, summoned by the governor to meet at Hanover, Aug. 26, 1816, refuse to act under the law of June 27, or to report to the governor