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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Logan , Benjamin 1752 -1802 (search)
Logan, Benjamin 1752-1802
Pioneer; born in Augusta county, Va., about 1752; removed to the banks of the Holston when twenty-one years old, and bought a farm and married.
He became a sergeant in Bouquet's expedition, and in 1774 was in Dunmore's expedition.
Removing to Kentucky in 1775, in 1776 he took his family to Logan's Fort, near Harrodsburg.
There he was attacked by a large force of Indians, but they were repulsed.
He was second in command of an expedition against the Indians at Chillicothe, under Colonel Bowman, in July, 1779.
In 1788 he conducted an expedition against the Northwestern tribes, burning their villages and destroying their crops.
In 1792 he was a member of the convention that framed the first constitution for Kentucky.
He died in Shelby county, Ky., Dec. 11, 1802.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Whitaker , Walter C. 1823 -1887 (search)
Whitaker, Walter C. 1823-1887
Military officer; born in Shelby county, Ky., in August, 1823; joined the army as a lieutenant of Kentucky volunteers at the beginning of the Mexican War, in which he served with gallantry; admitted to the bar and began practice in Shelbyville, Ky.; was a member of the State Senate in 1861, and when his State was invaded by the Confederates during that year offered the resolution that the governor be requested to call out the military force of the State to expel and drive out the invaders.
The unanimous adoption of this resolution put an end to the sham neutrality of the State.
Shortly after Whitaker entered the National army as colonel of the 6th Kentucky Infantry; was promoted brigadier-general in June, 1863; won distinction in the battles of Shiloh, Stone River, and Lookout Mountain, and in other engagements; and was brevetted major-general of volunteers in recognition of his services.
He died in Lyndon, Ky., July 9, 1887.