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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fowltown, battle of (search)
Fowltown, battle of
An engagement in 1817 fought by National troops under Gen. E. P. Gaines and hostile Creek Indians during the Seminole War in Florida.
The Indians had committed depredations on the frontier settlements of Georgia and Alabama. General Gaines followed them up, and on the refusal of the inhabitants of Fowltown to surrender the ringleaders he took and destroyed the Indian village, for which the Indians soon afterwards retaliated by capturing a boat conveying supplies for Fort Scott up the Apalachicola River, and killing thirty-four men and a number of women.
This event led General Jackson to take the field in person against the Indians early in January, 1818.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Marmaduke , John Sappington -1887 (search)
Marmaduke, John Sappington -1887
Military officer; born near Arrow Rock, Mo., March 14, 1833; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1857.
When the Civil War broke out he joined the Confederate army under Gen. William J. Hardee in southeastern Arkansas.
In recognition of his remarkable bravery at the battle of Shiloh he was commissioned a brigadier-general.
He was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department in 1862, and for half a year commanded in Missouri and northwestern Arkansas.
After frequent raids he forced General Blunt to withdraw to Springfield, Mo. Later, in reward for distinguished services, he was promoted a major-general.
In the summer of 1864 he accompanied Gen. Sterling Price in the invasion of Missouri, and though he fought with skill and bravery was finally surrounded and forced to surrender near Fort Scott, on Oct. 24, following.
In 1884 he was elected governor of Missouri.
He died in Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 28, 1887.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Walker , Alexander 1819 -1893 (search)
Walker, Alexander 1819-1893
Journalist; born in Fredericksburg, Va., Oct. 13, 1819; graduated at the law department of the University of Virginia; settled in New Orleans, La., where he established a law practice and engaged in journalism; was editor at different times of the Louisiana Democracy, the Delta, the Times, the Picayune, and the Herald.
His publications include Jackson and New Orleans; Life of Andrew Jackson; History of the battle of Shiloh; Duelling in Louisiana; The story of the plague, a history of the yellow fever epidemic of 1852, etc. He died in Fort Scott, Ark., Jan. 24, 1893.