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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Richard , Gabriel 1767 -1832 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sibley , Henry Hastings 1811 -1891 (search)
Sibley, Henry Hastings 1811-1891
Pioneer; born in Detroit, Mich., Feb. 20, 1811; became a partner in the American Fur Company in 1834.
On one of his trips he arrived at the mouth of the Minnesota River, and was so much pleased with the place that he settled there.
On May 29, 1848, when Wisconsin became a State, St. Croix River was made the western boundary.
This left about 23,000 square miles east of the Mississippi without a government.
In November, 1848, Mr. Sibley was elected to represent this district in Congress where he was instrumental in having an act passed creating the Territory of Minnesota, which was made to include the rest of Wisconsin and a large area west of the Mississippi.
He served in Congress till 1853. Minnesota was created a State on May 11, 1858, and he was chosen its first governor.
He commanded the white volunteer forces of Iowa and Minnesota against the Sioux rising of 1862, and on Sept. 23 broke the power of the Indians in a decisive battle at Wood
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Standard time. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Trumbull , John 1750 -1843 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Walker , Charles L. 1814 -1895 (search)
Walker, Charles L. 1814-1895
historian; born in Otsego county, N. Y., in 1814; taught school in 1830; removed to Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1836, when he became secretary of the territorial convention; was elected to the State legislature in 1840; removed to Springfield, Mass., in 1841, where he was admitted to the bar; and settled in Detroit, Mich., in 1851.
He became Professor of Law in the University of Michigan in 1857, and a judge of the Wayne circuit court in 1867.
He made a special study of history and wrote Life of Cadillac: Michigan from 1796-1805; The Civil administration of General Hull; and The Northwest Territory during the Revolution.
He died in Flint, Mich., Feb. 11, 1895.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Willcox , Orlando Bolivar 1823 - (search)
Willcox, Orlando Bolivar 1823-
Military officer; born in Detroit, Mich., April 16, 1823; graduated at West Point in 1847; served in Texas and in Florida, and resigned in 1857.
In May, 1861, he became colonel of the 1st Michigan Infantry, and was the first to arrive at Washington.
D. C., after the call of the President in April, 1861.
With Colonel Ellsworth he took possession of Alexandria.
He commanded a brigade in the battle of Bull Run, where he was severely wounded and made prisoner.
On his exchange in 1862 he was made brigadier-general of volunteers, his commission dating from July 21, 1861.
He was active in the Army of the Potomac until after the battle at Fredericksburg, and was temporarily in command of the 9th Army Corps in central Kentucky.
In 1863-64 he was engaged in eastern Tennessee; and in the Richmond campaign, ending in the surrender of Lee, he commanded a division in the 9th Corps.
In March. 1865, he was brevetted majorgeneral, United States army; in 188
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Woodbridge , William 1780 -1861 (search)
Woodbridge, William 1780-1861
Governor; born in Norwich, Conn., Aug. 20, 1780; went with his father to Marietta, O., in 1791, being one of the first settlers of the Northwestern Territory; was admitted to the bar in 1806; prosecuting attorney for New London county, O., in 1808-14; made secretary of Michigan Territory by President Madison, and settled in Detroit; member of Congress in 1819-20; judge of the Michigan Supreme Court in 1828-32; governor of Michigan in 1840-41, member of the United States Senate in 1841-47.
He died in Detroit, Mich., Oct. 20, 1861.