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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Utah, (search)
emorial services are held in honor of the American sailors who lost their lives by the explosion of the Maine......July 24, 1898 President Wilford Woodruff, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies......Sept. 2, 1898 Lorenzo Snow chosen president of the Mormon Church......Sept. 13, 1898 The legislature adjourns sine die without electing a United States Senator......March 9, 1899 The Utah volunteers return from the Philippine Islands......Aug. 19, 1899 Congressman B. H. Roberts, of Utah, by a vote of 280 to 50, is excluded from the House of Representatives......Jan. 25, 1900 The Mothers' Congress held at Salt Lake City......April, 1900 A terrific explosion in the mines at Scofield, Utah, does much damage to life and property......May 1, 1900 Monument to the pioneers of Utah unveiled......July 25, 1900 Salt Lake City library receives $100,000 for grounds and building from John Q. Packard......1900 The legislature passes an anti-compulsory va
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Valverde, battle of. (search)
. His light field-pieces could not injure the fort, so he crossed the Rio Grande below and out of reach of the guns of the fort for the purpose of drawing Canby out. In this he was successful. Canby threw a force across the river to occupy an eminence commanding the fort, which it was thought Sibley might attempt to gain. There a skirmish ensued, and the Nationals retired to the fort. On the following day (Feb. 21) a considerable force of cavalry, artillery, and infantry, under Lieutenant-Colonel Roberts, crossed the river, and at Valverde, 7 miles north of the fort, a severe battle occurred. 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 cap