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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 69 3 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 40 4 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 30 0 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles 18 0 Browse Search
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore) 12 0 Browse Search
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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 8 0 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 8 0 Browse Search
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott) 7 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chippewa Indians, (search)
the North. The French established missionaries among them, and the Chippewas were the firm friends of these Europeans until the conquest of Canada ended French dominion in America. In 1712 they aided the French in repelling an attack of the Foxes on Detroit. In Pontiac's conspiracy (see Pontiac) they were his confederates; and they sided with the British in the war of the Revolution and of 1812. Joining the Miamis, they fought Wayne and were defeated, and subscribed to the treaty at Greenville in 1795. In 1816 they took part in the pacification of the Northwestern tribes, and in 1817 they gave up all their lands in Ohio. At that time they occupied a vast and undefined territory from Mackinaw along the line of Lake Superior to the Mississippi River. The limits of this territory were defined by a treaty in 1825, lands to the United States for equivalent annuities. All but a few bands had gone west of the Mississippi in 1851; and in 1866 the scattered bands in Canada, Michiga
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Illinois Indians, (search)
her Marquette and other missionaries, and in 1700 Chicago, their great chief, visited France, where he was much caressed. His son, of the same name, maintained great influence in the tribe until his death, in 1754. When Detroit was besieged by the Foxes, in 1712, the Illinois went to its relief, and in the war that followed they suffered severely. Some of them were with the French at Fort Duquesne; but they refused to join Pontiac in his conspiracy. With the Miamis, they favored the English in the war of the Revolution, and joined in the treaty at Greenville in 1795. By the provision of treaties they ceded their lands, and a greater portion of them went to a country west of the Mississippi, within the present limits of Kansas, where they remained until 1867, when they were removed to a reservation of 72,000 acres southwest of the Quapaws. In 1872 the whole Illinois nation had dwindled to forty souls. This tribe, combined with the Weas and Piankeshaws, numbered only 160 in all.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Johnson, Andrew 1808- (search)
Johnson, Andrew 1808- Seventeenth President of the United States; born in Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 29, 1808. He learned the trade of a tailor, and taught himself to read. After working as a journeyman in South Carolina, he went to Greenville, Tenn., taking with him his mother, who was dependent on him. There he worked at his trade, married, and was taught by his wife to write; became alderman and mayor; a member of the legislature (1832-33 and 1839); presidential elector (1840); State Senator in 1841; and member of Congress from 1843 to 1853. From 1853 to 1857 he was governor of Tennessee, and from 1857 to 1863 United States Senator. In 1862 he was appointed military governor of Tennessee, and in 1864 was elected Vice-President of the United States. On the death of President Lincoin he succeeded to the office, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. On the morning of the death of Mr. Lincoln, April 15, 1865, the cabinet officers, excepting Mr. Seward, who was
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kickapoos, (search)
Detroit, and in wars long afterwards. They were reduced in 1747 to about eighty warriors, and when the English conquered Canada in 1763 there were about 100 Kickapoos on the Wabash. They joined Pontiac in his conspiracy, but soon made peace; and in 1779 they joined George Rogers Clarke in his expedition against the British in the Northwest. Showing hostility to the Americans, their settlement on the Wabash was desolated in 1791; but they were not absolutely subdued until the treaty at Greenville in 1795, after Wayne's decisive victory, when they ceded a part of their land for a small annuity. In the early part of the nineteenth century the Kickapoos made other cessions of territory; and in 1811 they joined Tecumseh and fought the Americans at Tippecanoe. In the War of 1812 they were the friends of the English; and afterwards a larger portion of them crossed the Mississippi and seated themselves upon a tract of land on the Osage River. Some cultivated the soil, while others went
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Little Turtle, me-che-cun-na-qua 1809-1812 (search)
nada, it is believed, and was remarkable for his mental vigor and great common-sense. Little Turtle was a brave and skilful military leader. He commanded at the defeat of Generals Harmar and St. Clair, the former in October, 1790, and the latter in November, 1791. He was present in the fight with Wayne at Fallen Timbers. The chief, who spoke of Wayne as the chief who never sleeps, urged his people to make peace with such a formidable warrior. He was one of the signers at the treaty of Greenville. Early in 1797 he visited President Washington at Philadelphia. There Kosciuszko, then on a visit to the United States, gave Little Turtle a pair of elegant pistols. He died in Fort Wayne, Ind., July 14, 1812. Livermore, George, antiquarian; born in Cambridge, Mass., July 10, 1809; received a common-school education; was greatly interested in historical research. He published numerous essays, including The New England primer; Public libraries; An Historical research respecting the o
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Miami Indians, (search)
hey were mostly seated upon the St. Joseph and the Maumee, near Fort Wayne, Ind. Miami and Maumee are the same, the latter simply showing the French pronunciation of the word. When the struggle for dominion began between the French and English the Miamis hesitated; and when the French power fell they would not allow the English to pass through their country for a while, and joined Pontiac (q. v.) in his operations. During the Revolutionary War they were friends of the English; and when, in 1790, General Harmar was sent against them, they put 1,500 warriors in the field, with the famous Little Turtle at their head. They defeated Harmar. but were crushed by Wayne, and were parties to the treaty at Greenville in 1795. When Tecumseh conspired they refused to join him, but favored the British in the War of 1812. Since that time they have rapidly declined. In 1822 they numbered about 2,500; in 1899, the remnant on the Quapaw reservation, in the Indian Territory, was only ninety-two.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morgan, John Hunt 1826- (search)
Morgan, John Hunt 1826- Military officer; born in Huntsville, Ala., June 1, 1826; killed at Greenville, Tenn., Sept. 4, 1864. Settled near Lexington, Ky., in 1830, with his parents; served under Taylor in the John Hunt Morgan. war with Mexico; and in 1861, at the head of the Lexington Rifles, he joined Buckner of the Kentucky State Guard. At the battle of Shiloh he commanded a squadron of Confederate cavalry, and soon afterwards began his career as a raider. His first noted exploit waa severe blow near Cynthiana, by which 300 of the raiders were killed or wounded. 400 made prisoners, and 1,000 horses captured. Burbridge lost about 150 men. This staggering blow made Morgan reel back into eastern Tennessee. Early in September he was at Greenville with his shattered brigade. Morgan and his staff were at the house of Mrs. Williams in that town, when it was surrounded by troops under General Gillem, and Morgan, attempting to escape, was shot dead in the garden, Sept. 4, 1864.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ottawa Indians, (search)
Finally the part of the nation that was at Mackinaw passed over to Michigan; and in the war that resulted in the conquest of Canada the Ottawas joined the French. Pontiac (q. v.), who was at the head of the Detroit family, engaged in a great conspiracy in 1763, but was not joined by those in the north of the peninsula. At that time the whole tribe numbered about 1,500. In the Revolution and subsequent hostilities they were opposed to the Americans, but finally made a treaty of peace at Greenville, in 1795, when one band settled on the Miami River. In conjunction with other tribes, they ceded their lands around Lake Michigan to the United States in 1833 in exchange for lands in Missouri, where they flourished for a time. After suffering much trouble, this emigrant band obtained a reservation in the Indian Territory, to which the remnant of this portion of the family emigrated in 1870. The upper Michigan Ottawas remain in the North, in the vicinity of the Great Lakes. There are s
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pottawattomie Indians, (search)
were frequently engaged in wars with neighboring tribes. The Iroquois finally drove them to the shores of Green Bay, where the French Jesuits established a mission among them. They became allies of the French in the wars with the Iroquois and the English, and they gradually spread over southern Michigan and northern Illinois and Indiana. The Pottawattomies joined Pontiac (q. v.), and were the friends of the English in the Revolutionary War, and subsequently, but joined in the treaty at Greenville in 1795. In the War of 1812 they again joined the English, under the influence of Tecumseh (q. v.). Afterwards they made treaties with the United States for the cession of their lands, when a large tract was assigned them in Missouri, and the whole tribe, numbering about 4,000, settled there in 1838. A portion of them are Roman Catholics, and the remainder are pagans. They are divided into the St. Joseph, Wabash, and Huron bands, who are Roman Catholics, and the Prairie band, who are pa
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rogersville, surprise at (search)
Rogersville, surprise at In November, 1863, Colonel Garrard, of General Shackleford's command, with two regiments and a battery, was posted at Rogersville, in east Tennessee, and there was suddenly attacked on the 6th by Confederates under Gen. W. E. Jones, about 2,000 in number. It was a surprise. The Nationals were routed, with a loss of 750 men, four guns, and thirty-six wagons. This disaster created great alarm. Shackleford's troops at Jonesboro and Greenville fled in haste back to Bull's Gap, and the Confederates, not doubting Shackleford's horsemen would be after them in great force, fled as hastily towards Virginia, in the opposite direction.
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