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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Schurz, Carl (search)
ublican National Convention in 1860, when Abraham Lincoln was nominated for President, and made effective speeches during the campaign. After his inauguration Mr. Lincoln appointed him minister to Spain, but he returned to the United States in December, resigned the office of Carl Schurz. minister, became a brigadier-general of volunteers in April, 1862, and majorgeneral in March, 1863. He was in command of a division in the battle of Groveton, or second battle of Bull Run, and at Chancellorsville, and was temporarily in command of the 11th Corps at the battle of Gettysburg, afterwards taking part in the battle of Chattanooga. After the war General Schurz resumed the practice of law in Washington, and was for some time the Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune. In 1866 he was sent to the South as a commissioner to examine and report on the condition of the Southern States, especially upon the condition of the freedmen's bureau. In the same year he founded the Detroi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sickles, Daniel Edgar 1822- (search)
was elected State Senator, and the next year he was elected to Congress. He shot Philip Barton Key (Feb. 27, 1859), in Washington, D. C., for alleged unlawful intimacy with his wife; was tried for murder, but acquitted, and was re-elected to Congress in 1860. When the Civil War broke out he raised the Excelsior (New York) Brigade; was made colonel, and commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers in September, 1861. He commanded a brigade on the Peninsula; took command of General Hooker's troops when that officer was placed at the head of an army corps; and had a division at Antietam and Fredericksburg. At Chancellorsville he commanded an army corps; also at Gettysburg, where he lost a leg. He was promoted major-general of volunteers in 1862; retired as a major-general. United States army, in 1869; appointed minister to Spain in the latter year; and resigned in 1874. He was afterwards president of the State board of civil service commissioners, and member of Congress in 1892-94.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Slocum, Henry Warner 1827-1894 (search)
Run, where he was shot through the thigh. He was made brigadier-general of volunteers in August, 1861, and commanded a brigade in Franklin's division. He served with distinction in the campaign on the Peninsula, in 1862, and on July 4, 1862, he was promoted major-general. In the battle of Groveton (or second battle of Bull Run), at South Mountain, and Antietam, he was signally active, and in October, 1862, was assigned to the command of the 12th Corps, which he led at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. At the latter he commanded the right wing of Meade's army. From September, 1863, to April, 1864, he guarded the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, and in the Atlanta campaign commanded the 20th Corps. In the march to the sea he commanded one of the grand divisions of Sherman's army; also through the Carolinas, until the surrender of Johnston. He resigned Sept. 28, 1865; was defeated as Democratic candidate for secretary of state of New York in 1865; was a President
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Southern Independence Association. (search)
Southern Independence Association. A large proportion of the British ruling classes, from the prime minister down to the unofficial people, were anxious to see the prosperous and influential republic of the West overturned. Elated by the disasters to the National army at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville in the spring of 1863, these British sympathizers became very active, and urged their government to acknowledge the independence of the Confederate States. Public meetings were held in favor of the Confederates. At one of these, held in the open air at Sheffield, May 26, 1863, Rev. Mr. Hopp offered the following resolution, which was adopted by an immense majority: Resolved, that in the opinion of this meeting the government would act wisely, both for the interests of England and those of the world, were they immediately to enter into negotiations with the great powers of Europe for the purpose of obtaining the acknowledgment by them of the independence of the Confederate S
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Steinwehr, Adolph Wilhelm Friedrich 1822-1877 (search)
is father and grandfather were in the Prussian military service, and he was educated at the military academy of Brunswick. He came to the United States in 1847, and offered his services to the government in the war against Mexico. He failed to get a commission in the army, and returned to Germany. Coming again to the United States in 1854, he settled on a farm in Connecticut; and when the Civil War broke out he raised a regiment in New York, and with it fought in the battle of Bull Run. In the fall of 1861 he was made brigadier-general, and commanded the 2d Brigade of Blenker's division. After the organization of the Army of Virginia Steinwehr was appointed to command the 2d Division of Sigel's corps, and was active in the campaign in Virginia from August to December, 1862. He was in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg in 1863. General Steinwehr published A topographical map of the United States, and The Centennial Gazetteer. He died in Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 25, 1877.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Trimble, Isaac Ridgeway 1802- (search)
reak of the Civil War, when he took command of the nonuniformed volunteers recruited to defend Baltimore from Northern soldiers. In the same year he was made colonel of engineers in Virginia and directed the construction of the field works and forts at Norfolk; was promoted brigadier-general on finishing that work, and then took charge of the location and construction of the batteries at Evansport on the Potomac River. With these batteries he blockaded the river against United States vessels during the winter of 1861-62. He also participated and won distinction in various battles, including Gaines's Mills, Slaughter's Mountain, Second Bull Run, Chancellorsville, etc.; was promoted major-general for gallantry and meritorious services April 23, 1863. During the third day of the action at Gettysburg he lost a leg, was captured, and held a prisoner at Johnson's Island for twenty-one months before being exchanged. After the war he settled in Baltimore, Md., where he died, Jan. 2, 1888.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tyler, Robert Ogden 1831-1874 (search)
Tyler, Robert Ogden 1831-1874 Military officer; born in Greene county, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1831; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1853; and was assigned to frontier duty. In April, 1861, he accompanied the expedition for the relief of Fort Sumter and was present during its bombardment on May 17. In August of that year he organized the 4th Connecticut Volunteers, and was made its colonel. Under his leadership it became one of the most efficient regiments in the army. He was appointed brigadier-gen- eral of volunteers in November, 1862; and distinguished himself at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Spottsylvania, and Cold Harbor. He was brevetted major-general of volunteers and major-general, United States army, in 1865. After the war he was assigned to duty in the Quartermaster's Department at New York City, San Francisco, Louisville, Charleston, and Boston. He died in Boston, Mass., Dec. 1, 1874.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Upton, Emory 1839-1881 (search)
Upton, Emory 1839-1881 Military officer; born in Batavia, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1839; graduated at West Point in 1861, and was assigned to the artillery. He became aide to General Tyler, and was wounded in the battle of Bull Run. In the Peninsular campaign he commanded a battery, and was active in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. In the campaign against Richmond (1864) he commanded a brigade until assigned to the army under Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, where he was wounded in the battle of Winchester. Early in 1865 he commanded a division of cavalry in General Wilson's operations in Alabama and Georgia, and was distinguished in the capture of Selma. In March, 1865, he was brevetted major-general, United States army, for meritorious services during the Rebellion. He was the author of Infantry tactics for the United States army, adopted in 1867. He died in San Francisco, Cal., March 14, 1881.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wadsworth, James Samuel 1807- (search)
f the District of Columbia. In that year he was Republican candidate for governor of New York, but was defeated by Horatio Seymour. In December he commanded a division under Burnside in the battle of Fredericksburg; also in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg in 1863. Early in 1864 he was sent on special service to the Mississippi Valley; and at the opening of the campaign against Richmond he led a division of the 5th Corps, and was mortally wounded in the battle of the WildernessRepublican candidate for governor of New York, but was defeated by Horatio Seymour. In December he commanded a division under Burnside in the battle of Fredericksburg; also in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg in 1863. Early in 1864 he was sent on special service to the Mississippi Valley; and at the opening of the campaign against Richmond he led a division of the 5th Corps, and was mortally wounded in the battle of the Wilderness, dying near Chancellorsville, Va., May 8, 1864.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Walker, Francis Amasa 1840-1897 (search)
ker, Francis Amasa 1840-1897 Military officer; born in Boston, Mass., July 2, 1840; graduated at Amherst College in 1860, and began the study of law, but engaged in the military service in the spring of 1861, in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteers. In September he was assistant adjutant-general of Couch's brigade and adjutant-general of his division in August, 1862. In December he became colonel on the staff of the 2d Army Corps, serving in the Army of the Potomac. He was wounded at Chancellorsville; was made prisoner at Ream's Station, Va., and confined in Libby prison; and when exchanged in 1865 was compelled to resign on account of shattered health. He was in charge of the bureau of statistics in Washington, D. C.; superintendent of the census of 1870 and 1880; chief of the bureau of awards at the Centennial Exposition; Professor of Political Economy and History in the Sheffield Scientific School in 1873-81; and then became president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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