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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Helena, battle at. (search)
Helena, battle at. There was a sharp struggle between the National and Confederate troops at Helena, Ark., on the west side of the Mississippi, on July 4, 1863. Gen. B. M. Prentiss was in command there. The Confederates in that region were under the command of General Holmes, assisted by Generals Price, Marmaduke, Fagan, Parsons, McRae, and Walker, and were the remnants of shattered armies, about 8,000 strong in effective men. The post at Helena was strongly fortified. It had a garrison of 3,000 men, supported by the gunboat Tyler. Holmes was ignorant of the real strength of Prentiss, and made a bold attack upon the works. At three o'clock in the afternoon the Confederates were repulsed at all points, and withdrew with a loss, reported by Holmes, of 20 per cent. of the entire force, or 1,636 men. Prentiss lost 250 men. The Confederate loss must have been much greater than Holmes reported, for Prentiss buried 300 of their dead left behind, and captured 1,100 men.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mississippi, (search)
25 Powhatan Ellis 19th to 22d 1825 to 1832 Thomas B. Reed 19th to 20th 1826 to 1829 Robert H. Adams 21st 1830 George Poindexter 21st to 23d 1830 to 1836 John Black 22d to 25th 1832 to 1838 Robert J. Walker 24th to 29th 1836 to 1845 James F. Trotter 25th 1838 Thomas H. Williams 25th 1838 John Henderson 26th to 28th 1839 to 1845 Joseph W. Chalmers 29th 1845 Jesse Speight 29th to 30th 1845 to 1847 Jefferson Davis 30th to 32d 1847 to 1851 Henry S. Foote 30th to 32d 1847 to 1851 John I. McRae 32d 1852 Stephen Adams 32d to 34th 1852 to 1857 Walter Brooke 32d 1852 to 1853 Albert G. Brown 33d to 36th 1854 to 1861 Jefferson Davis 35th to 36th 1857 to 1861 [37th, 38th, 39th, 40th Congresses vacant.] Adelbert Ames 41st to 43d 1870 to 1874 Hiram R. Revels (colored). 41st 1870 to 1871 United States Senators—Continued. Name. No. of Congress. Term. James Lusk Alcorn 42d to 44th 1871 to 1877 Henry R. Pease 43d 1874 Blanche K. Bruce (colored) 44th to 46th 1875 to 1881
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Philippine Islands, (search)
he American troops in southern Luzon; Cabuyac, on Laguna de Bay, taken by two battalions of the 39th Infantry; two Americans killed and four wounded. Jan. 7. Lieutenant Gillmore and the party of Americans held as prisoners by the Filipinos arrive at Manila. Jan. 12. A troop of the 3d Cavalry defeated the insurgents near San Fernando de la Union; the Americans lose two killed and three wounded. General Otis reports all of Cavite province as occupied by General Wheaton. Jan. 17. Lieutenant McRae, with a company of the 3d Infantry, defeated an insurgent force under General Hizon and captured rifles and ammunition near Mabalacat. Feb. 5. Five thousand Filipino insurgents attacked American garrison at Duroga and were repulsed. Feb. 16. Expedition under Generals Bates and Bell leave Manila to crush rebellion in Camarines. March. Civil commission appointed by President McKinley (Win. H. Taft, Dean C. Worcester, Luke E. Wright, Henry C. Ide, Bernard Moses). They reached the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Soule, Pierre 1802- (search)
d even by a temporary suspension of her intercourse with us. And France, with the heavy task now on her hands, and when she so eagerly aspires to take her seat as the acknowledged chief of the European family, would have no inducement to assume the burden of another war, nor any motive to repine at seeing that we took in our keeping the destinies of the New World, as she will soon have those of the Old. I close this despatch in haste, as I have no time left me to carry it further. Mr. McRae leaves for Liverpool within a few minutes. I intrust to him details which would not have found a place here. nor in the other despatch. He will impart to you what of my mind I am not able to pour out in these lines. Respectfully yours, Pierre Soule. Hon. William L. Marcy, Secretary of State. Aix la Chapelle, Oct. 18, 1857. Sir,—The undersigned, in compliance with the wish expressed by the President in the several confidential despatches you have addressed to us respectively to t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Thayer, Sylvanus 1785-1872 (search)
Thayer, Sylvanus 1785-1872 Military officer; born in Braintree, Mass., June 9, 1785; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1807 and at West Point in 1808, entering the corps of engineers. He was chief engineer of Dearborn's army in 1812, and of Hampton's division in 1813. He was chief engineer in the defence of Norfolk, Va., in 1814. In 1815 he was sent with Colonel McRae to Belgium and France to examine the fortifications there; and from 1817 to 1833 he was superintendent at West Point, and established the academy on its present basis. In 1838 he was made lieutenantcolonel, and from 1833 to 1857 was constructing engineer of the defences of Boston Harbor, and temporary chief of the engineer corps from 1857 to 1859. He was commissioned colonel in March, 1863; brevetted brigadier-general in May; and resigned June 1. He died in South Braintree, Mass., Sept. 7, 1872.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Valverde, battle of. (search)
rred. Canby was about to make a general advance, when about 1,000 Texans, horse and foot, armed with carbines, revolvers, and bowieknives, suddenly burst from a thick wood and attacked two of the National batteries, commanded respectively by Captains McRae and Hall. The cavalry were repulsed, but the infantry pressed forward, while the grape-shot were making fearful lanes in their ranks, and captured the battery of McRae. The brave captain defended his guns with great courage. Seated upon onMcRae. The brave captain defended his guns with great courage. Seated upon one of them, he fought the assailants with a pistol until he was shot dead. At length the Nationals, panicstricken by the fierceness of the charge, broke and fled, and did not stop until they had reached the shelter of Fort Craig. That flight was one of the most disgraceful scenes of the war. Canby was compelled to see the victory snatched from him just as it seemed to be secured. Sibley, alarmed by the sudden development of Canby's strength by accessions to his ranks, hurried towards Santa Fe