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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 72 0 Browse Search
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 I. 62 0 Browse Search
Charles Congdon, Tribune Essays: Leading Articles Contributing to the New York Tribune from 1857 to 1863. (ed. Horace Greeley) 11 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: November 1, 1860., [Electronic resource] 8 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 8 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Army Life in a Black Regiment 6 2 Browse Search
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion 6 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 6 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: November 17, 1860., [Electronic resource] 4 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 3 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dornin, Thomas Aloysius, 1800-1874 (search)
Dornin, Thomas Aloysius, 1800-1874 Naval officer; born in Ireland about 1800; entered the United States navy in 1815; prevented William Walker's expedition from invading Mexico in 1851; later sailed to Mazatlan and secured the release of forty Americans there held as prisoners; afterwards captured two slavers with more than 1,400 slaves, and took them to Liberia; was promoted commodore and retired during the Civil War. He died in Norfolk, Va., April 22, 1874.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Education, elementary. (search)
rt is made the centre of study for a considerable period of time, and geography, arithmetic, and other branches taught incidentally in connection with it. Perhaps the most important portion of this report is its attempt to draw a line between secondary and elementary studies. The recommendation to shorten the time devoted to the strictly elementary work, and to take up the two chief secondary studies in the seventh and eighth years will, when generally adopted, largely increase the number of pupils who continue their school life into secondary and higher education. This, with the subordination of grammar to literary art and the shortening of the course in arithmetic, leaving what General Walker calls the conundrums for algebraic treatment, makes a series of radical departures which ought to please the warm advocates of progressive measures, notwithstanding the fact that strongly conservative position is taken regarding the educational value of the staple branches hitherto taught.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Filibuster, (search)
rittenden, who was associated with Lopez, was also captured and with fifty others was shot at Havana, Aug. 16, 1851. William Walker led a filibustering expedition into Lower California in 1853, but was obliged to retreat and surrendered to the United States authorities of Santiago. He was tried under the neutrality laws and acquitted May 15, 1854. The next year Walker was invited to Nicaragua by one of the local factions. He landed on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua, May 4, 1855, and defeated the Nicaraguans in a battle at Virgin Bay, Sept. 1, 1855. Walker forced his election as President of Nicaragua, but on May 1, 1857, he surrendered to the United States sloop-of-war Mary and was taken to New Orleans. In November of that year he again invaded Nicaragua, but was compelled to surrender to the United States frigate Wabash. On Aug. 5, 1860, Walker again landed at Truxillo, Honduras, but after short successes was eventually defeated, captured, tried, and shot Oct. 12, 1860. For
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nicaragua. (search)
guan forces coming against them, they deserted Walker. The latter and his followers fled to the coast and escaped in a schooner. Walker reappeared with armed followers on the coast of Nicaragua in Ad by revolution, and the government was weak. Walker, taking advantage of these conditions, had twontial chair. Treating Kinney with contempt, Walker drove him from the Mosquito country, and attes of Nicaragua, and on the 10th of that month, Walker, who was the real head of the state, made a coim, left the presidency and proclaimed against Walker. Walker became his successor in office, June Walker became his successor in office, June 24, and was inaugurated President of Nicaragua on July 12. So the first grand act of a conspiracy a of the United States navy, then on the coast, Walker and a few of his followers were borne away unhovereignty of a foreign country! Buchanan set Walker and his followers free, and they traversed theca, and collecting funds for a new invasion. Walker sailed from Mobile on a third expedition, but [5 more...]
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nicaragua Canal. (search)
ith the embankments of the San Francisco Basin, were well calculated, to use the language of Admiral Walker, to keep its superintendent awake nights. Especially would this be so on Mr. Menocal's plan which did not propose to go down to rock formation, but to have a dam of loose rock, which, Admiral Walker says, would have to be enormous in size; it would be like moving a hill into the river. Of showing great labor and skill, had made its report, a new board was appointed, consisting of Admiral Walker, Gen. Peter C. Hains, and Prof. Lewis M. Haupt. This board devoted much time to the inves Congress then placed the matter in the hands of a new board, already mentioned, of which Admiral Walker was the head. Speaking of the probable cost, as Admiral Walker put it: We have made no figuAdmiral Walker put it: We have made no figures. It is no use to figure until we have all our data. Speaking as anybody on the street might speak, he put it at $125,000,000, and would not be surprised if it came considerably below that. Pr
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
e, opening at New York City; President Pierce present......July 14, 1853 William Walker's filibustering expedition to Sonora, Mexico......July, 1853 Thirty-thir Proclamation of President Pierce against the invasion of Mexico (called out by Walker's expedition into Sonora and Lower California)......Jan. 18, 1854 Senator Doerce; Wilson Shannon, of Ohio, appointed in his place......July 28, 1855 William Walker lands in Nicaragua with 160 men......Sept. 3, 1855 Col. Henry L. Kinney Alfred Cumming, of the United States army, as governor of Utah......1857 William Walker makes his third filibustering expedition to Nicaragua from New Orleans.....en......Nov. 25, 1857 Commodore Paulding, of the United States navy, arrests Walker at Greytown, Nicaragua, and he is taken to New York as prisoner......Dec. 3, 18orning of Sept. 8, 1860 [Out of 385 persons on board, 287 were lost.] William Walker, Nicaraguan filibuster, captured and shot at Truxillo, Nicaragua......Sept.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Louisiana, (search)
...Aug. 21, 1851 Convention to revise constitution meets at Baton Rouge......July 5, 1852 University of Louisiana chartered......1853 Commercial convention of Southern and Southwestern States meets at New Orleans......Jan. 8, 1855 William Walker, with his expedition, leaves New Orleans, ostensibly for Mobile, but really for Nicaragua, eluding the United States authorities......Nov. 11, 1857 Walker surrenders to Com. Hiram Paulding; indignation meetings at New Orleans, Mobile, and Walker surrenders to Com. Hiram Paulding; indignation meetings at New Orleans, Mobile, and other Southern cities......Dec. 8, 1857 Political disturbance in New Orleans; 500 men as a vigilance committee seize the court-house and State arsenal; Knownothing party occupy Lafayette Square......June 4-5, 1858 Legislature in extra session provides for a State convention and votes $500,000 to organize military companies; Wirt Adams, commissioner from Mississippi, asks the legislature to join in secession......December, 1860 Immense popular meeting in New Orleans on announcement of th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Missouri, (search)
ntenced to be executed on May 18; postponed. Their Bald-knobber friends, for revenge, seize and hang five of the witnesses......Nov. 14, 1888 Norman J. Coleman appointed Secretary of Agriculture......Feb. 12, 1889 Australian ballot reform act, applicable to cities and towns with a population of 5,000 and over, passed by the legislature......1889 Act of legislature appointing the first Friday after the first Tuesday of April to be observed as Arbor Day......1889 David Walker, William Walker, and John Matthews, Bald-knobbers, sentenced April, 1888, finally executed at Ozark......May 10, 1889 Inter-State Wheat Growers' Association of Mississippi Valley meets at St. Louis, N. J. Coleman, presiding......Oct. 27, 1889 Woman's temperance crusade in Lathrop, etc., from......Feb. 10, 1890 State Treasurer E. T. Noland suspended from office for defalcation to the amount of $32,745.69......March 4, 1890 Semi-centennial of the laying of the corner-stone of the State univers
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Walker, William 1824- (search)
Walker, William 1824- Filibuster; born in Nashville, Tenn., May 8, 1824; was an editor in New Orleans for a while; went to California in 1850; and in 1853 organized an expedition to invade a Mexican territory. Making war on the government of Honduras, he was captured, condemned by a court-martial, and shot at Truxillo, Honduras, Sept. 12, 1860. See Nicaragua.