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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hill , Daniel Harvey 1821 -1889 (search)
Hill, Daniel Harvey 1821-1889
Military officer; born in York District, S. C., July 12, 1821; graduated at West Point in 1842; entered the artillery; served in the war with Mexico, and was brevetted captain and major; left the army in 1849, and became Professor of Mathematics—first in Washington College, Lexington, Va., and then in Davidson College, North Carolina.
In 1859 he was principal of the Military Institute at Charlotte, N. C.; and when the Civil War broke out he joined the Confederates, becoming colonel of the 1st North Carolina Volunteers.
He took part in the defence of Richmond in 1862, and was active in the seven days battle.
He soon rose to the rank of major-general.
He commanded the Department of the Appomattox, and in February, 1865, was in command at Augusta, Ga. He was a brother-in-law of Stonewall Jackson, and a skilful commander.
In 1877 he became president of the University of Arkansas, and subsequently of the Georgia Military and Agricultural College.
He
Houston, Samuel -1863
Statesman; born near Lexington, Va., March 2, 1793.
His family went to Tennessee, in his early days, where the Cherokee Indians adopted him as one of their nation.
He served with distinction under Jackson in the Creek War, in 1813-14, and was severely wounded.
Leaving the army in 1818, he became a lawyer, and was a member of Congress from 1823 to 1827.
He was governor of Tennessee in 1827, and afterwards lived among the Cherokees, as their legal protector from fraud.
Emigrating to Texas, he took a leading part in its public af-. fairs.
Instrumental in achieving its independence (1836), he was elected its first
Samuel Houston. President that year; also from 1841 to 1844.
He favored the annexation of Texas to the United States, and was elected its first United States Senator in 1846.
In that station he remained until 1859, when he was chosen governor of Texas.
He opposed the secession and insurrectionary movements in that State with all his might,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jackson , Thomas Jonathan 1824 -1863 (search)
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan 1824-1863
Military officer; born in Clarksburg, Va., Jan. 21, 1824; graduated at West Point in 1846, entering the 2d Artillery; served in the war with Mexico; was brevetted captain and major; and resigned in 1852 with health impaired, becoming professor in the Military Institute at Lexington, Va. He entered the Confederate service, as colonel, in April, 1861, and commanded the Army of observation at Harper's Ferry.
His first engagement was at Falling Waters.
Jackson commanded a brigade in the battle of Bull Run, where he received the name of Stonewall.
A furious charge, made by a New York
Thomas J. ( Stonewall ) Jackson. regiment, under Col. Henry W. Slocum, had shattered the Confederate line, and the troops had fled to a plateau whereon General Jackson had just arrived with reserves.
They are beating us back!
exclaimed Gen. Bernard E. Bee. Well, sir, replied Jackson, we will give them the bayonet.
Bee was encouraged.
Form! Form!
he cried to th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jenkins , William Dunbar 1849 - (search)
Jenkins, William Dunbar 1849-
Civil engineer; born in Adams county, Miss., Sept. 19, 1849; was educated at military schools in France and Belgium; studied civil engineering in Lexington, Va., in 1869-71; and has since done much work in bridge-building.
He was in charge of the construction of the Randolph bridge over the Missouri River, at Kansas, Mo., and was employed on the Mississippi levees.
He has been chief engineer of railroads in the South and Southwest, and was also chief engineer of the Aransas Pass harbor and jetty works in Texas.
In 1898-99 he was major of the Volunteer Engineer Corps, and chief engineer officer of the 1st Division of the 2d Army Corps.
In 1887 he became a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Johnston , William Preston 1831 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lee , Robert Edward 1807 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maury , Matthew Fontaine 1806 -1873 (search)
Maury, Matthew Fontaine 1806-1873
Scientist; born in Spottsylvania county, Va., June 14, 1806; entered the navy as midshipman in 1825, and while circumnavigating the globe began his treatise on Navigation.
An accident in 1839 made him a permanent cripple, and he was placed in charge of the Hydrographic Office at Washington.
On its union with the Naval Observatory, in 1844, he became its superintendent.
He made extensive researches concerning the physical geography of the sea, and published an interesting work on the subject.
He also made extensive investigations regarding the Gulf Stream.
In 1861 he resigned his appointments from the government and espoused the cause of the Confederacy.
In 1871 he was made president of the University of Alabama.
His scientific works gained for him distinguished honors from foreign governments and many learned societies.
He died in Lexington, Va., Feb. 1, 1873.
Taylor, William 1821-
Clergyman; born in Rockbridge county, Va., May 2, 1821; was educated in Lexington, Va.; entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1842; went to California as a missionary in 1849; spent several months in evangelistic work in the Englishspeaking countries of the world; and was made missionary bishop of Africa in 1884.
He organized many self-supporting churches in India, and was author of Seven years Street preaching in San Francisco; California life illustrated, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)