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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cheves , Langdon 1776 -1857 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil War in the United States . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Clinton , de Witt 1769 -1828 (search)
Clinton, de Witt 1769-1828
Statesman; born in Little Britain, Orange co., N. Y., March 2, 1769; graduated at Columbia
De Witt Clinton. College in 1786; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1788, but practised very little.
He was private secretary to his uncle George, governor of New York, in 1790-95, in favor of whose administration he wrote much in the newspapers.
He was in the Assembly of his State in 1797, and from 1798 to 1802 was a Democratic leader in the State Senate.
He was mayor of New York City in 1803-7, 1809-10, and 1811-14.
He was an earnest promoter of the establishment of the New York Historical Society and the American Academy of Fine Arts.
Opposed to the War of 1812-15, he was the Peace candidate for the Presidency in 1812, but was defeated by James Madison.
Mr. Clinton was one of the founders and first president of the Literary and Philosophical Society in New York, and was one of the most efficient promoters of the construction of the Erie Canal.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Colfax , Schuyler 1823 - (search)
Columbia
A city and county seat of Maury county, Tenn.; on the Duck River; 47 miles southwest of Nashville.
It contains a number of educational institutions, and a large United States arsenal.
During the Civil War there were two encounters here between the National and Confederate forces; the first on Sept. 9, 1862, when the 42d Illinois Volunteers were engaged, and on Nov. 24-28, when a considerable part of General Thomas's army fought what is sometimes known as the battle of Duck Run.
Columbia, District of
See Washington, D. C..
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Corcoran , Michael 1827 - (search)
Corcoran, Michael 1827-
Military officer; born in Carrowkeel, Sligo, Ireland, Sept. 21, 1827; came to the United States in 1849, and first came into notice as colonel of the 69th New York Regiment, when the President called for troops, in 1861.
He hastened with his regiment to Washington, and was distinguished for gallantry in the battle of Bull Run, where he was wounded and made prisoner, suffering confinement in Richmond, Charleston, Columbia, and Salisbury, while kept for execution, in case the national government put to death the crews of Confederate privateers as pirates.
He was exchanged in 1862, and made a brigadier-general.
He raised an Irish Legion, served in lower Virginia and upper North Carolina, and checked the advance of the Confederates on Norfolk.
He died of injuries received from a fall from his horse, near Fairfax Court-house, Dec. 22, 1863.