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Ames, Adelbert, 1835-
Military officer; born in Rockland, Me., Oct. 31, 1835; was graduated at West Point in 1861; and for his gallant conduct in the Battle of Bull Run (1861) was brevetted major.
He served in the campaigns on the Peninsula in 1862.
At Chancellorsville he led a brigade, also at Gettysburg, in 1863, and before Petersburg, in 1864, he commanded a division.
In the expedition against Fort Fisher, near the close of that year, he commanded a division of colored troops, and afterwards led the same in North Carolina.
In the spring of 1865 he was brevetted major-general of volunteers and brigadier-general, U. S. A. In 1871 he was a representative of Mississippi in the United States Senate; was governor in 1874; and was appointed a brigadier-general of volunteers June 20, 1898, serving through the war with Spain.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Beaver , James Addams , 1837 - (search)
Beaver, James Addams, 1837-
Military officer; born in Millerstown, Pa., Oct. 21, 1837; was graduated at Jefferson College in 1856; entered the army in 1831; was shot through the body at Chancellorsville, in the side at Petersburg, and lost a leg at Ream's Station; brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers; was elected governor of Pennsylvania as a Republican in 1887; and was a member of President McKinley's commission to investigate the conduct of the War Department during the American-Spanish War.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chancellorsville , battle of (search)
Chancellorsville, battle of
Early in April, 1863, Hooker, in command of the Army of the Potoma nock, with orders to halt and intrench at Chancellorsville, between the Confederate army near Freder aware of his peril.
These troops reached Chancellorsville, in a region known as The wilderness, on mile in advance of the National works at Chancellorsville, by the van of the centre column and Conf opposite Fredericksburg, and the army at Chancellorsville was shortened at least 12 miles.
Meanw rdered its withdrawal behind his works at Chancellorsville, the Confederates following close in the o the Wilderness church, 2 miles west of Chancellorsville.
Meade's corps, with Couch's, formed his ves, in evident confusion, rushed towards Chancellorsville, upon the position of General Schurz, who then, pushing along the roads leading to Chancellorsville, crush every impediment and join the main in command at Fredericksburg, marched for Chancellorsville, when Lee was compelled to divide his arm
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil War in the United States . (search)
Cummings, Amos Jay
Journalist; born Conkling, N. Y., May 15, 1841; enlisted in the National army at the beginning of the Civil War, and participated in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.
After the war he was connected with the New York Tribune and the New York Sun, and has been a Democratic Representative in Congress since 1886.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De Trobriand , Philippe ReGis , 1816 -1897 (search)
De Trobriand, Philippe ReGis, 1816-1897
Military officer; born in Chateau des Rochettes, France, June 4, 1816; came to the United States in 1841; joined the National army as colonel of the 55th New York Regiment in August, 1861; took part in the engagements at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, etc.; was present as the commander of a division at Lee's surrender; received the brevet of majorgeneral of volunteers in April, 1865.
He joined the regular army in 1866; received the brevet of brigadier-general in 1867; retired in 1879.
He published Quatre ans de campagnes à l'armee du Potomac. He died in Bayport, L. I., July 7, 1897
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Devens , Charles , 1820 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dodge , Theodore Ayrault , 1842 - (search)
Dodge, Theodore Ayrault, 1842-
Military officer; born in Springfield, Mass., May 28, 1842; graduated at London University in 1861; enlisted in the National army in 1861; promoted first lieutenant Feb. 13, 1862; brevetted colonel in 1866; retired in 1870.
He is the author of Bird's-eye view of the Civil War; Campaign of Chancellorsville; Great Captains, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Doubleday , Abner , 1819 -1893 (search)