hide
Named Entity Searches
hide
Matching Documents
The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.
Browsing named entities in Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). You can also browse the collection for Lexington (Kentucky, United States) or search for Lexington (Kentucky, United States) in all documents.
Your search returned 29 results in 26 document sections:
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bell , James Franklin , 1857 - (search)
Bell, James Franklin, 1857-
Military officer; born in Lexington, Ky., in 1857; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1878; promoted to second lieutenant in the 9th Cavalry the same year, first lieutenant in the 7th Cavalry in 1890, and captain in 1899.
In the volunteer army he was commissioned major of engineers May 17, 1898; major and assistant adjutant-general, April 17, 1899, and colonel of the 36th United States Infantry, July 5, 1899.
In May, 1898, he was ordered to duty to Manila, where he was placed in charge of the Bureau of Information (or secret-service department of the army in the Philippines). In February, 1899, when operations were begun against the Filipino insurgents, he attached himself to the staff of General MacArthur, and rendered important service in scouting.
On Sept. 9, for most distinguished gallantry in action near Porac.
Luzon, President McKinley directed that a congressional medal of honor should be presented to him. On Nov. 12, Colo
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Blackburn , Luke Pryor , 1816 -1887 (search)
Blackburn, Luke Pryor, 1816-1887
Physician; born in Fayette county, Ky., June 16, 1816; was graduated at Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., in 1834, and settled in that city.
He removed to Natchez, Miss., in 1846, and when yellow fever broke out in New Orleans in 1848, as health-officer of Natchez he ordered the first quarantine against New Orleans that had ever been established in the Mississippi Valley.
He was a surgeon on the staff of the Confederate General Price during the Civil War. When yellow fever appeared in Memphis, he hastened to that city.
and organized corps of physicians and nurses, and later went to Hickman.
Ky., and gave aid to the yellow fever sufferers there.
In 1879 he was elected governor of Kentucky. Dr. Blackburn established the Blackburn Sanitarium for Nervous and Mental Diseases in 1884.
He died in Frankfort.
Ky., Sept. 14, 1887.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Blair , Francis Preston , Jr. , 1821 -1875 (search)
Blair, Francis Preston, Jr., 1821-1875
Military officer; born in Lexington, Ky., Feb. 19, 1821 ; was educated at the College of New Jersey, and took an active part in politics early in life.
The free-soil party (q. v.) at St. Louis elected him to a seat in Congress in 1856, and he acted and voted with the Republicans several years.
He joined the Union army in 1861, and rose to the rank of major-general of volunteers.
In 1864 he commanded a corps of Sherman's army in the campaign against Atlanta and in his march to the sea. Having joined the Democratic party, he was its unsuccessful candidate for the Vice,--Presidency in 1868.
In January. 1871, he was chosen United States Senator.
He died in St. Louis, Mo., July 8. 1875.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Breckenridge , John , 1760 -1806 (search)
Breckenridge, John, 1760-1806
Statesman; born in Augusta county. Va., Dec. 2, 1760; was admitted to the bar in 1785; elected to Congress in 1793 but did not accept, having determined to remove to Kentucky, where he settled near Lexington.
He was appointed attorney-general of Kentucky in 1795.
In 1798 he met Jefferson and Nicholas at Monticello and prepared the famous Kentucky resolutions of 1798, of which Jefferson claimed the authorship.
In 1801 he was elected to the United States Senate, and resigned in 1805 to become Attorney-General under President Jefferson, which office he filled about four months. He died in Lexington, Ky., Dec. 14, 1806.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Breckinridge , John Cabell , -1875 (search)
Breckinridge, John Cabell, -1875
Statesman; born near Lexington, Ky., Jan. 21,
John Cabell Breckinridge. 1821.
Studying law at the Transylvania Institute, he began its practice at Lexington.
He served as major in the war with Mexico; was a member of his State legislature; and from 1851 to 1855 was in Congress.
President Pierce tendered him the mission to Spain, which he declined.
In March, 1857, he became Vice-President, under Buchanan, and succeeded John J. Crittenden in the Senate o ship for the Confederates caused his expulsion from the Senate in December, 1861, when he joined the Confederate army and was made a major-general, Aug. 5, 1862.
He was active at various points during the remainder of the war. Breckinridge was Secretary of War of the Confederacy when it fell (1865), and soon afterwards departed for Europe, returning to his native State in a short time.
He was the youngest man who ever held the office of Vice-President.
He died in Lexington, Ky., May 17, 1875.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brown , Benjamin Gratz , -1885 (search)
Brown, Benjamin Gratz, -1885
Born in Lexington, Ky., May 28. 1826: graduated at Yale in 1847; and settled in St. Louis, where he edited the Missouri Democrat.
He assisted in preventing the secession of Missouri, and was elected to the United States Senate in 1863, and governor of the State in 1871.
He was the candidate for Vice-President on the Greeley ticket in 1872.
He died in St. Louis, Dec. 13, 1885.
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), Clay , Cassius Marcellus 1810 - (search)
Clay, Cassius Marcellus 1810-
Diplomatist; born in Madison county, Ky., Oct. 19, 1810; son of Green Clay; was graduated at Yale College in 1832.
He became a lawyer; was a member of the Kentucky legislature in 1835, 1837, and 1840.
In June, 1845, he issued, at Lexington, Ky., the first number of the True American, a weekly anti-slavery paper.
In August his press was seized by a mob, after which it was printed in Cincinnati and published at Lexington, and afterwards at Louisville.
Mr. Clay was a captain in the war with Mexico, and was made prisoner in January, 1847.
In 1862 he was appointed major-general of volunteers, and was United States minister to Russia from 1863 to 1869.