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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
92 George William Curtis, born 1824, dies at West Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y.......Aug. 31, 1892 Ex-United States Senator Francis Kernan, born 1816, dies at Utica......Sept. 7, 1892 Opening in New York City of the continental congress of the Salvation Army of the United States......Nov. 21, 1892 Edward Murphy, Jr., of Troy, elected United States Senator......January, 1893 Act authorizing the purchase of Fire Island for quarantine purposes signed......March 11, 1893 Gen. Henry Slocum, born 1827, dies at Brooklyn......April 14, 1893 Naval review and parade at New York City......April 27-28, 1893 [Ten nations participate.] New York Central Railroad's engine 999 makes a record of 112 1/2 miles per hour......May 11, 1893 The Princess Eulalie received with honors in New York as representative of the Spanish government......May 18, 1893 Viking ship arrives at New York City......June 17, 1893 State monument dedicated on the battlefield of Gettysburg...
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), North Carolina, (search)
repulsed......Dec. 25, 1864 Fort Fisher captured by Admiral Porter and General Terry......Jan. 15, 1865 Federals under General Cox capture Fort Anderson......Feb. 18, 1865 Wilmington captured by General Schofield......Feb. 22, 1865 Battles at Wise's Forks, March 8, at Fayetteville and at Kingston......March 10, 1865 General Sherman occupies Fayetteville, March 12, and destroys the arsenal......March 14, 1865 Sherman crosses the Cape Fear River, March 15; Federals under General Slocum defeat Confederates under Hardee in the battle of Averasboro, March 16; Sherman defeats Johnston at Bentonville, March 19; the armies of Sherman, Terry, and Schofield join at Goldsboro, March 23; Boone, N. C., is captured by Stoneman......March 28, 1865 Stoneman defeats Confederates under Pemberton at Grant's Creek, and captures Salisbury......April 12, 1865 Raleigh occupied by General Sherman......April 13, 1865 Sherman and Johnston meet at Durham station, April 17; they sign a
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wauhatchie, battle of (search)
Wauhatchie, battle of When General Grant arrived at Chattanooga and took chief command, Oct. 23, 1863, he saw the necessity of opening a more direct way to that post for its supplies. General Hooker, who had been sent with a large force under Howard and Slocum from Virginia, was then at Bridgeport, on the Tennessee, and Grant ordered him to cross that stream and advance to the Lookout Valley and menace Bragg's left. He did so, and reached Wauhatchie, in that valley, on the 28th, after some sharp skirmishing. Being anxious to hold the road leading from Lookout Valley to Kelly's Ferry, Hooker sent General Geary to encamp at Wauhatchie. Hooker's movements had been keenly watched by McLaws's division of Longstreet's corps, then holding Lookout Mountain. McLaws swept down the rugged hills and struck Geary's small force at 1 A. M., on Oct. 29, hoping to crush it and capture Hooker's whole army. The attack was made with great fury on three sides of the camp, while batteries on the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Williams, Alphieus Starkey 1810- (search)
1, he organized the Michigan volunteers until September. In March, 1862, he became commander of a division in General Banks's corps, and at the battle of Cedar Mountain one-third of his division was killed or wounded. He commanded a division in Slocum's corps at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. In the Atlanta campaign he was conspicuous, and in November, 1864, succeeded Slocum in command of the 20th Corps, leading it in the celebrated march to the sea and through thdar Mountain one-third of his division was killed or wounded. He commanded a division in Slocum's corps at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. In the Atlanta campaign he was conspicuous, and in November, 1864, succeeded Slocum in command of the 20th Corps, leading it in the celebrated march to the sea and through the Carolinas. From 1866 to 1869 he was minister to San Salvador, and from 1874 till his death, in Washington, D. C., Dec. 21, 1878, was a member of Congress.