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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chapultepec , battle of (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Claiborne , John Francis Hamtramck 1809 -1884 (search)
Claiborne, John Francis Hamtramck 1809-1884
lawyer; born in Natchez, Miss., April 24, 1809; admitted to the Virginia bar; and represented Mississippi in Congress in 1835-38.
He published Life and correspondence of Gen. John A. Quitman; Life and times of Gen. Sam. Dale; and Mississippi as a province, a Territory, and a State.
He died in Natchez, Miss., May 17, 1884.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Quitman , John Anthony 1799 -1858 (search)
Quitman, John Anthony 1799-1858
Military officer; born in Rhinebeck, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1799; became a lawyer, and settled in Natchez in 1823, where he engaged in cotton-planting and the practice of law, in which profession he soon became distinguished.
From 1826 to 1831 he was chancellor of the Supreme Court of Mississippi, and again from 1832 to 1834.
Quitman served in both branches of the State legislature, and was governor pro tem. in 1835.
In the struggle of Texas for independence he was distinguished.
In 1839 he became judge of the State high court of errors and appeals, and in 1846 the President of the United States appointed him brigadier-gen overnor of the city of Mexico.
In 1850 he was elected governor of Mississippi, and was in Congress from 1856 to 1858, at the head of the military committee. General Quitman was a devoted disciple of Calhoun in his political creed.
He favored the annexation of Cuba to the United States, and was accused of complicity in the Lopez
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Smith , Gustavus Woodson 1822 - (search)
Smith, Gustavus Woodson 1822-
Military officer; born in Scott county, Ky., Jan. 1, 1822; graduated at West Point in 1842; served in the war against Mexico; and resigned, for the consideration of $10,000 from the Cuban fund, to join a projected expedition against Cuba, under General Quitman, in 1854.
He afterwards settled in New York City, and was street commissioner there, when he joined the Confederates under Gen. Mansfield Lovell, at New Orleans.
He was commissioned major-general, and after Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was wounded at Fair Oaks he took command of his army temporarily.
In 1864 he commanded at Augusta, Ga., and was captured at Marion (April 20, 1865) by General Wilson.
After the war he was in business in Tennessee, Kentucky, and New York City.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Yancey , William Lowndes 1814 - (search)