Named Entity Results, 1826 AD

Goodrich, Frank Boott 1826-1894 Author; born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 14, 1826; graduated at Harvard College in 1845. His publications include History of maritime adventure, exploration, and discovery; The tribute-book, a record of the munificence, self-sacrifice, and patriotism of the American people during the War for the Union. He died in Morristown, N. J., March 15, 1894.

Greeley, Horace 1811-1872 Journalist; born in Amherst, N. H., Feb. 3, 1811. Fond of reading almost from babyhood, he felt a strong desire as he grew to youth to become a printer, and in 1826 was apprenticed to the art in Poultney, Vt., where he became an expert workman. His parents had moved to Erie, Pa., and during his minority he visited them twice, walking nearly the whole way. In August, 1831, he was in New York in search of work, with $10 in his pocket. He worked as a journeyman until 1833, when he began business on his own account, with a partner, printing the Morning post, the first penny daily paper (owned by Dr. H. D. Shepard) ever published. His partner (Storey) was drowned in July, and Jonas Winchester took his place. The new firm issued the New Yorker, devoted mainly to current literature, in 1834, of which Mr. Greeley was editor. The paper reached a circulation of 9,000, and continued seven years. In 1840 he edited and published the Log cabin, a campaign paper t

Greenough, Horatio 1805-1852 Sculptor; born in Boston, Mass., Sept. 6, 1805; graduated at Harvard in 1825; evinced a taste and talent for the cultivation of art in Horatio Greenough. his early youth; and soon after his graduation he went to Italy, where he remained about a year. On his return to Boston in 1826 he modelled several busts, and then returned to Italy, making Florence his residence. Ever active, ever learning, and exceedingly industrious, he executed many pieces of sculpture of great merit. Among them was a group—The Chanting Cherubs—the first of the kind ever undertaken by an American sculptor. He made a colossal statue of Washington, half nude, in a sitting posture, for the Capitol at Washington, but it was so large that it could not be taken into the rotunda, its destined resting-place, and it occupies a position before the eastern front of the great building. He also executed a colossal group for the government—The rescue—which occupied the artist about e

Grierson, Benjamin Henry 1826- Military officer; born in Pittsburg, Pa., July 8, 1826; went on the staff of General Prentiss when the Civil War broke out, and became an active cavalry officer. Some of Grant's cavalry, which he had left in Tennessee, were making extensive and destructive raids while he was operating against Vicksburg. On April 17 Colonel Grierson, then commanding the 6th Illinois Cavalry, left La Grange, Tenn., with his own and two other regiments, and, descending the Mississippi, swept rapidly through the rich western portion of that State. These horsemen were scattered in several detachments, striking Confederate forces here and there, breaking up railways and bridges, severing telegraph wires, wasting public property, and as much as possible diminishing the means of transportation of the Confederates in their efforts to help their army at Vicksburg. Finally, on May 2, having Benjamin Henry Grierson penetrated Louisiana, this great raid ceased, when Grier

Griffin, Charles 1826- Military officer; born in Licking county, O., in 1826; graduated at West Point in 1847, and entered the artillery. He was made captain of artillery in April, 1861, and with his battery fought bravely in the battle of Bull Run. He was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers in July, 1862; served under General Potter in the campaign against Richmond, and was active in the Army of the Potomac until the surrender of Lee at Appomattox Court-house, where, as. commander o1826; graduated at West Point in 1847, and entered the artillery. He was made captain of artillery in April, 1861, and with his battery fought bravely in the battle of Bull Run. He was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers in July, 1862; served under General Potter in the campaign against Richmond, and was active in the Army of the Potomac until the surrender of Lee at Appomattox Court-house, where, as. commander of the 5th Corps, he received the arms and colors of the Army of Northern Virginia. In March, 1865, he was brevetted major-general, United States army, and received other brevets for meritorious services during the Rebellion. In the winter of 1865-66 he was placed in command of the Department of Texas, with headquarters in Galveston. On Sept. 5, 1867, when that city was scourged with yellow fever, he was given a temporary command in New Orleans, but he refused to leave his post, and died of th

Grund, Francis Joseph 1805-1863 Author; born in Bohemia in 1805; removed to Philadelphia, Pa., in 1826; was author of Americans in their moral, religious, and social relations; Aristocracy in America, etc. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 29, 1863.

Habersham, Alexander Wylly 1826-1883 Naval officer; born in New York City, March 24, 1826; joined the navy in 1841; promoted lieutenant in 1855; resigned in May, 1860; went to Japan as a tea merchant; and was the first to introduce that plant from Japan into the United States. At the beginning of the Civil War he returned home and was a prisoner at Fort McHenry for six months. He was the author of a narrative of the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. He died in Baltimore, Md., March 26, 1883.

Hague, William 1808-1887 Clergyman; born in Pelham, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1808; graduated at Hamilton College in 1826, and at the Newton Theological Institution in 1829. He was the author of The Baptist Church transplanted from the old world to the New; Review of Drs. Fuller and Wayland on slavery, etc. He died in Boston, Mass., Aug. 1, 1887.

Hall, Edwin 1802-1877 Clergyman; born in Granville, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1802; graduated at Middlebury College in 1826; pastor of a Congregational church at Norwalk, Conn., in 1832-54; then elected Professor of Theology in Auburn Seminary. He is the author of The Puritans and their principles; Historical records of Norwalk, etc. He died in Auburn, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1877.

Hall, James 1744-1826 Military officer; born in Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 22, 1744; graduated at Princeton in 1774; became pastor of the Presbyterian church at Bethany, N. C., in 1778. He belonged to the church militant, and during the Revolutionary War was an ardent patriot. He raised a troop of cavalry, and was at once commander and chaplain. He is the author of a Report of a Missionary Tour through the Mississippi and the southwestern country. He died in Bethany, N. C., July 25, 1826. Military officer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 19, 1793; enlisted as a private in 1812; commanded a detachment from his company at the battle of Chippewa in 1814 and at the siege of Fort Erie; received a commission in the army in 1815; and served in Decatur's expedition to Algiers on the United States brig Enterprise. He left the army in 1818; was admitted to the bar the same year; removed to Shawneetown, Ill., in 1820, and to Cincinnati in 1833. He edited at various times the Illinois g