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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)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Filibuster, (search)
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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.