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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brown , Henry Kirke 1814 -1886 (search)
Brown, Henry Kirke, 1814-1886
Sculptor: born in Leyden, Mass., Feb. 24, 1814: studied portrait-painting in Boston, and after-wards spent several years in Italy, in the study of the plastic art. He settled in Brooklyn, N. Y., and became famous for his bronze statues.
A figure by him was the first bronze statue ever made in the United States.
Among his best works are an equestrian statue of Washington, in New York: an equestrian statue of General Greene, made for the State of Rhode Island; a colossal statue of De Witt Clinton, and Angel of the resurrection, in Greenwood Cemetery; a colossal equestrian statute of General Scott, and a statue of President Lincoln.
He died in Newburg, N. Y., July 10, 1886.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Capron , Allyn Kissam 1871 - (search)
Capron, Allyn Kissam 1871-
Military officer; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., June 24, 1871; son of Allyn Capron; was educated in his native city; joined the Army Oct. 20, 1890.
When hostilities with Spain broke out he entered the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, popularly known as the Rough Riders, and was made a captain.
He was killed in the battle of Las Guasimas, Cuba, June 24, 1898.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Casey , Silas 1807 -1882 (search)
Casey, Silas 1807-1882
Military officer; born in East Greenwich, R. I., July 12, 1807; was graduated at West Point in 1826; served with Worth in Florida (1837-41) and under Scott in the war with Mexico (1847-48) ; was also in the operations against the Indians on the Pacific coast in 1856.
Early in the Civil War he was made brigadier-general of volunteers, and organized and disciplined the volunteers at and near Washington.
He was made major-general of volunteers in May, 1862, and commanded a division in General Keyes's corps on the Peninsula, and received the first attack of the Confederates in the battle of fair Oaks (q. v.). General Casey was brevetted major-general U. S. A. in March, 1865, for meritorious service during the rebellion, and the legislature of Rhode Island gave him a vote of thanks in 1867.
He was author of a System of Infantry tactics (1861) and Infantry tactics for colored troops (1863). He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1882.
Chase, Ann 1809-1874
Patriot; born in Ireland, in 1809; came to the United States in 1818; settled in New Orleans in 1832, and in Tampico, Mexico, in 1833, where she married Franklin Chase, United States consul, in 1836.
During the war with Mexico she held possession of the consulate, in the absence of her husband, to protect the American records.
A mob attempted to remove the American flag which floated over the consulate, but she protected it with drawn revolver, exclaiming that her flag would not be touched except over her dead body.
Later, through her efforts, the city of Tampico was captured without the loss of life or treasure.
She died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1874.
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), Conway , William 1802 -1865 (search)
Conway, William 1802-1865
Sailor; born in Camden, Me., in 1802; was on duty as quartermaster at the Pensacola navyyard when that place was seized by the Confederates, Jan. 12, 1861.
When commanded to lower the United States flag, he exclaimed: I have served under that flag for forty years, and I won't do it.
He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 30, 1865.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cooke , Edwin Francis 1835 - (search)
Cooke, Edwin Francis 1835-
Military officer; born in Brooklyn, Pa., Sept. 11, 1835; joined the Union army at the beginning of the Civil War. In 1863 while trying to lead a National force into Richmond from the south he was captured, and for several months was imprisoned in an underground cell in Libby prison where his health was ruined.
Later he was confined in different prisons in South Carolina and Georgia till exchanged, March 13, 1864.
In the following year he was brevetted a brigadier-general of volunteers.
In November, 1865, he was appointed secretary to the Chilean legation, and served till his death in Santiago, Aug. 6, 1867.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cozzens , Frederick Swartwout 1818 -1869 (search)
Cozzens, Frederick Swartwout 1818-1869
Author; born in New York City, March 5, 1818; entered mercantile life; and contributed to the Knickerbocker magazine a series of humorous articles called the Sparrowgrass papers.
His other publications include Acadia: a sojourn among the Blue-noses; True history of New Plymouth; Memorial of Col. Peter A. Porter; and Memorial of Fitz-Greene Halleck.
He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1869.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cuyler , Theodore Ledyard 1822 - (search)
Cuyler, Theodore Ledyard 1822-
Clergyman; born in Aurora, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1822; graduated at Princeton in 1841; ordained into the Presbyterian ministry in 1848; was pastor of Presbyterian churches in Burlington and Trenton, N. J., and of the Market Street Reformed Dutch Church in New York City: called to the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, in June, 1860; became pastor emeritus in 1890.
He is the author of many religious books and has been a prolific contributor to the religious papers during the past fifty years.