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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lee , Robert Edward 1807 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lunt , George 1803 -1885 (search)
Lunt, George 1803-1885
Author; born in Newburyport, Mass., Dec. 31, 1803; graduated at Harvard College in 1824; became a lawyer in his native town in 1827.
He took an active interest in State and national politics; and was United States district attorney during the administration of President Taylor.
He wrote Three eras of New England; The Union, a poem; Origin of the late War; Old New England traits, etc. He died in Boston, May 17, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McCulloch , Benjamin 1811 - (search)
McCulloch, Benjamin 1811-
Military officer; born in Rutherford county, Tenn., Nov. 11, 1811; emigrated to Texas before the war for its independence, and fought as a private at San Jacinto.
He was a captain of rangers in the war against Mexico, serving well under both Taylor and Scott.
He was a commissioner to adjust the difficulties with the Mormons in May, 1857.
Joining the Confederate army, he was made a brigadier-general, and led a corps at the battle of Pea Ridge, where he was killed, March 7, 1862.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mansfield , Joseph King Fenno 1803 - (search)
Mansfield, Joseph King Fenno 1803-
Military officer; born in New Haven, Conn., Dec. 22, 1803; graduated at West Point in 1822, and entered the engineer corps.
He served as chief engineer under General Taylor in the war against Mexico, and was brevetted colonel for his services there.
In 1853 he was inspectorgeneral, with the rank of colonel; and in May, 1861, he was made brigadier-general, and placed in command of the Department of Washington; and, for a while, that of Virginia.
General Mansfield thoroughly fortified the national capital, and, after various services, was promoted major-general of volunteers, July 18, 1862, and took command of the corps formerly under General Banks.
With that he went into the battle of Antietam, and was mortally wounded early in the day, dying Sept. 18.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Marshall , Humphrey 1812 -1872 (search)
Marshall, Humphrey 1812-1872
Statesman; born in Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 13, 1812; graduated at West Point in 1832, and resigned the next year.
He served as colonel of cavalry, under General Taylor, in the war against Mexico, leading a charge at Buena Vista.
He was in Congress from 1849 to 1852, and from 1855 to 1859, and was sent as commissioner to China.
Espousing the cause of the Confederacy, he entered its army; became a brigadiergeneral; and was defeated by General Garfield at Prestonburg, Ky., in January, 1862.
He served afterwards under Gen. Kirby Smith, and after the war practised law in Richmond.
He died in Louisville, Ky., March 28, 1872.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Meade , George Gordon 1815 -1872 (search)
Meade, George Gordon 1815-1872
Military officer; born in Cadiz, Spain, Dec. 31, 1815; graduated at West Point in 1835, served in the war with the Seminoles, and resigned from the army in 1836.
He practised civil engineering until May, 1842, when he was appointed a second lieutenant of topographical engineers, serving through the war against Mexico, attached to the staff, first of General Taylor, and then of General Scott.
The citizens of Philadelphia presented him with an elegant sword on his return from Mexico.
In the summer of 1861 he was made a brigadier-general of volunteers, having been in charge of the surveys on the northern lakes until that year as captain of engineers.
He was in the Army of the Potomac, active and efficient, from 1861 until the close of the war. In June, 1862, he was made major-general of volunteers, and was in command of the Army of the Potomac in the summer of 1863.
On July 1, 2, and 3, of that year he fought the decisive battle of Gettysburg.
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