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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Averill , William woods , 1832 - (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), Roebling , John Augustus 1806 -1869 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Smith , Green Clay 1830 -1895 (search)
Smith, Green Clay 1830-1895
Military officer; born in Richmond, Ky., July 2, 1830; was in the volunteer service during the Mexican War; graduated at Transylvania University in 1850; studied law and practised in Covington, Ky.; was a member of the State legislature in 1861; entered the Civil War as colonel of the 4th Kentucky Cavalry; promoted brigadier-general of volunteers in 1862; resigned in 1863; served in Congress in 1863-66; was a delegate to the Baltimore Convention in 1864; governor of Montana in 1866-68; ordained a minister in the Baptist Church in 1869, and then settled in Franklin, Ky.; was the candidate for the Presidency of the National Prohibition party in 1876; and became pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church, Washington, D. C., in 1890.
He died in Washington, D. C., June 29, 1895.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)