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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 2 0 Browse Search
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . 2 0 Browse Search
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army . 2 0 Browse Search
G. S. Hillard, Life and Campaigns of George B. McClellan, Major-General , U. S. Army 2 0 Browse Search
William A. Smith, DD. President of Randolph-Macon College , and Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy., Lectures on the Philosophy and Practice of Slavery as exhibited in the Institution of Domestic Slavery in the United States: withe Duties of Masters to Slaves. 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: December 22, 1865., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments. 2 0 Browse Search
Charles Congdon, Tribune Essays: Leading Articles Contributing to the New York Tribune from 1857 to 1863. (ed. Horace Greeley) 2 0 Browse Search
Brig.-Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 2.1, Maryland (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 2 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Montana, (search)
d west by Idaho. Originally part of New France, ceded to Spain, 1763; receded to France, 1801; ceded to the United States, 1805; successively part of the Territory of Louisiana, 1805; Missouri, 1812; Missouri and Oregon, 1848; Washington, 1853; Nebraska, 1854; Dakota and Washington, 1861; Idaho, 1863. Area 146,080 square miles in twenty-six counties. Population, 1890, 132,159; in 1900, 243,329. Capital, Helena. Sieur de la Verendrye and his sons, with a party of explorers, leave the Lake of Helena failed......Sept. 4, 1896 State capitol authorized; not to cost over $300,000......1898 Corner-stone of the new capitol laid by Governor Toole......July 4, 1899 State board of horticulture created. 1899 State school of mines opened at Butte......Sept. 11, 1900 Marcus Daly dies at New York......Nov. 12, 1900 Amendment to the constitution in reference to the Supreme Court carried......1900 Railroad accident killing about forty persons......Aug. 31, 1901 Nebraska
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nebraska, (search)
d......1854 Congress organizes the Territory of Nebraska between lat. 40° and 49°, and between 38 against......June 21, 1866 Act to admit Nebraska as a State is passed over a veto, upon the fundamental condition that within the State of Nebraska there should be no denial of the elective fraitions......Feb. 8-9, 1867 Act admitting Nebraska accepted by legislature......Feb. 20, 1867 Nebraska admitted by proclamation of President Johnson......March 1, 1867 A band of Indians wrecRosewater at Omaha......1871 University of Nebraska, at Lincoln, chartered 1869, opened......1871 Nebraska Relief and Aid Society, Gen. E. O. C. Ord at the head, organized at request of the goveKansas, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska, meets at Omaha to unite in a central prohibin......Feb. 15, 1892 Silver anniversary of Nebraska celebrated at Lincoln......May 25, 1892 Fiaha......March 21, 1894 The legislature of Nebraska adopts the golden-rod as the State floral emb[1 more...]
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), South Dakota, State of (search)
South Dakota, State of One of the United States, was formed by the division of Dakota Territory into two States in 1889. It is bounded on the north by North Dakota, east by Minnesota and Iowa, south by Nebraska, and west by Wyoming and Montana. In latitude it lies between 43° and 46° N., and in longitude between 96° 20' and 104° W.; area, 77,650 square miles, in fifty-one counties. Population, 1890, 328,808; 1900, 401,570. Capital, Pierre. Lewis and Clarke ascend the Missouri River on their way to the Pacific, leaving the mouth of the river May 14, 1804, reaching the mouth of the Columbia River Nov. 7, 1805; and returning by the Missouri, arrive at St. Louis......Sept. 23, 1806 Fort Pierre established......1829 First steamboat to navigate the upper Missouri, the Yellowstone, built by the American Fur Company at Pittsburg, ascends the river as far as Fort Pierre......1831 Treaty of Traverse des Sioux signed by the Indians, ceding to the United States the territory ea
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wyoming, (search)
Wyoming, A Western inland State of the United States, lying between lat. 41° and 45° N., and long. 104° and 111° W., is bounded on the north by Montana, east by South Dakota and Nebraska, south by Colorado and Utah, and west by Utah, Idaho, and Montana. Area, 97,890 square miles, in twelve counties. Population, 1890, 60,705; 1900, 92,531. Capital, Cheyenne. Sieur de la Verendrye and his sons, from Canada, travel as far south as Wind River......1843-44 John Colter winters on the headwaters of Pryor's Fork, 1806; visits Shoshone Lake, crosses the Rocky Mountains to the head of Green River, and returns to the head of Wind River and Pryor's Fork......1807 Ezekiel Williams, trapper, wanders from the Yellowstone to the South Platte through Wyoming......1807 First recorded expedition from the east, the Pacific Fur Company, on the way to Oregon under Wilson Price Hunt, passes through Wyoming, crossing Powder River Valley and Big Horn Mountains to the Wind River, thence to th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), University and College education in the United States, the trend of (search)
State were one in the colonies, the State may have had to do with the maintenance of the college; but State foundations, in the realm of higher education, have come for the most part since 1840. Of the more prominent State universities, the following are the dates of establishment: Pennsylvania Not strictly a State university.1740Iowa1847 Georgia1785Wisconsin1848 Vermont1791Cornell1868 Tennessee1794Colorado1868 North Carolina1795Illinois1868 Indiana1820Minnesota1869 Virginia1825Nebraska1869 Michigan1837Texas1883 Missouri1840 Higher education, until times comparatively recent, therefore, was the child of the Church, and in each particular case the special offspring of a denomination. It has been in accordance with this policy that everywhere throughout the Middle and Western States the different denominations of Christians have sought to strengthen their work by establishing colleges, the absolute control of which they have maintained. The debt of education to the se
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Veto (search)
. 57July 15, 1866Continuation of Freedmen's BureauPassed over veto. 58July 28, 1866Survey District of Montana. 59Jan. 5, 1867Suffrage in District of ColumbiaPassed over veto. 60Jan. 29, 1867Admission of Colorado. 61Jan. 29, 1867Admission of NebraskaPassed over veto. 62March 2, 1867Tenure of OfficePassed over veto. 63March 2, 1867ReconstructionPassed over veto. 64March 23, 1867Supplemental ReconstructionPassed over veto. 65July 19, 1867Supplemental ReconstructionPassed over veto. 66July Pension. 484May 30, 1895An Act Granting Pension. 485June 1, 1895An Act Granting Pension. 486June 6, 1895An Act Making Appropriation for Supplying Deficiencies, etc. 487June 10, 1895An Act to Lease Fort Omaha Military Reservation to the State of Nebraska. 488Jan. 14, 1897An Act Concerning the Eastern Judicial District of Texas. 489Feb. 22, 1897An Act Granting Pension. 490Feb. 22, 1897An Act Granting Pension. 491Feb. 22, 1897An Act Granting Pension. 492March 1, 1897An Act to Restore Pen
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wade, Benjamin Franklin -1878 (search)
Wade, Benjamin Franklin -1878 Statesman; born near Springfield, Mass., Oct. 27, 1800; removed to Ashtabula, O., in 1821; admitted to the bar in 1827; elected prosecuting attorney in 1835; State Senator in 1837; and was United States Senator in Benjamin Franklin Wade. 1851-69. He was a conspicuous antislavery leader, opposed the Kansas-Nebraska bill; favored the homestead bill and the confiscation of property in slaves. He was acting Vice-President of the United States under President Johnson; and one of the commissioners to Santo Domingo in 1871. He died in Jefferson, O., March 2, 1878.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Warren, Gouverneur Kemble 1830-1882 (search)
s (or second Bull Run), Antietam, and Fredericksburg. After Feb. 4, 1863, he was chief of topographical engineers of the Army of the Potomac. He was engaged in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg (where he was wounded), and in the combats at Auburn and Bristow's Station. In March, 1864, he was placed in command of the 5th Army Corps, which post he held until April. 1865, in the campaign against Richmond, having been made major-general of volunteers in May, 1863. In that campaign he was exceedingly active and efficient, from the battle of the Wilderness to the battle of Five Forks. In March, 1865, he was brevetted major-general, United States army. He was the author of Explorations in the Dakota country; Preliminary report of explorations in Nebraska and Dakota in the years 1855–;57; and An account of the 5th army Corps at the battle of five Forks. He died in Newport, R. I., Aug. 8, 1882. A memorial statue of him was erected on Little Round Top, Gettysburg, in 188
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Welsh, Herbert 1851- (search)
Welsh, Herbert 1851- Reformer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 4, 1851; graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1871; was the founder of the Indian Rights' Association, which has done much to promote the welfare of the Indians, and has exposed and defeated numerous schemes to defraud them. He wrote Four weeks among some of the Sioux tribes of Dakota and Nebraska in 1882, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wheat, (search)
314,973,384 Arkansas266,2792,689,4181,748,122 Tennessee1,181,42311,696,0889,239,910 West Virginia454,3774,452,8953,428,729 Kentucky957,14212,442,8468,585,564 Ohio1,420,6468,523,8766,051,952 Michigan1,219,9699,271,7646,397,517 Indiana1,209,7556,411,7024,488,191 Illinois1,383,23617,982,06811,508,524 Wisconsin849,45813,166,5998,426,623 Minnesota4,905,64351,509,25232,450,829 Iowa1,397,32221,798,22312,860,952 Missouri1,507,73718,846,71311,873,429 Kansas4,660,37682,408,65545,368,760 Nebraska2,066,82524,801,90013,145,007 South Dakota2,920,24420,149,68411,686,817 North Dakota2,689,02313,176,2137,642,204 Montana72,5551,929,9631,177,277 Wyoming20,819366,414278,475 Colorado318,8997,207,1174,252,199 New Mexico183,2073,847,3472,616,196 Arizona25,045365,657288,869 Utah176,8953,697,1062,033,408 Nevada40,457991,196693,837 Idaho149,2613,104,6291,428,129 Washington1,067,94325,096,66112,799,297 Oregon1,173,76916,198,0128,908,907 California2,771,22628,543,62816,555,304 Oklahoma
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