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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alden , James , 1810 -1877 (search)
Alden, James, 1810-1877
Naval officer; born in Portland, Me.. March 31, 1810; became a midshipman in 1828; lieutenant in 1841; commander in 1855; captain, Jan. 2, 1863; commodore, July 25, 1866; and rear-admiral, June 19, 1871.
He was a participant in the South Sea Exploring Expedition under Lieutenant Wilkes, and served under Commodore Conner on the Gulf coast of Mexico during the war with that country.
He was active in the reinforcement of Fort Pickens; in the expedition against Galveston; as commander of the Richmond in the passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip in the capture of New Orleans; and at Vicksburg, Port Hudson. Mobile Bay, and Fort Fisher.
He was appointed chief of the Bureau of Navigation and Detail in 1869, and, after his promotion to rear-admiral, commander of the European squadron.
He died in San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 6, 1877.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alexander , Barton Stone , 1819 -1878 (search)
Alexander, Barton Stone, 1819-1878
Military engineer: born in Kentucky in 1819; was graduated at the Military Academy at West Point in 1842.
He was made second lieutenant of engineers in 1843, and captain in 1856.
For services at the battle of Bull Run. July, 186;1, he was brevetted major, and in March, 1863, was commissioned major of the engineer corps.
For meritorious services during the Civil War, he was brevetted brigadier-general in March, 1865.
Active during the war, he was consulting engineer in Sheridan's army in the Shenandoah Valley, and was at the Battle of Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864.
After the war he spent two years in charge of the construction of public works in Maine.
He died in San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 15, 1878.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Arthur , Chester Alan , 1830 -1886 (search)
Assay offices
In the United States are government establishments where the precious metals are officially tested to determine their purity, and where, also, individuals may deposit gold and silver bullion and receive therefor its market value, less the charge of assaying.
In 1901 these offices were located in New York City; Boise City, Idaho; Helena, Mont.; Denver, Col.; Seattle, Wash.; San Francisco, Cal.; Charlotte, N. C.; and St. Louis, Mo. See coinage.
Attu,
One of the Aleutian Islands, the most westerly point of the United States.
It lies 400 miles from Kamchatka.
Calling Attu the western extremity of the United States.
the city of San Francisco, Cal., is near the middle of its geographical extent east and west, the territories of the United States stretching through 120 degrees of longitude.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Baker , Lafayette C. , 1826 -1868 (search)
Baker, Lafayette C., 1826-1868
Detective; born in Stafford, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1826: was a member of the vigilance committee in San Francisco in 1856.
offered his services to the federal government in 1861; and was sent to Richmond, where he succeeded in collecting much information, and returned to Washington within a month.
While in Richmond, he was arrested and imprisoned as a spy, and had several interviews with the President of the Confederacy.
When the secret-service bureau was transferred to the War Department, he was appointed its chief, with the rank of colonel, and subsequently was promoted brigadier-general.
When president Lincoln was shot by Booth, General Baker organized pursuit, and was present at Booth's capture and death.
He published History of the United States secret service.
He died in Philadelphia, Pa., July 2, 1868.