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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lee, Robert Edward 1807- (search)
mond known as the Seven Days Battles. He was finally compelled to surrender his army to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, April 9, 1865, on most generous terms for himself and his followers. He had been appointed general-in-chief of the Confederate armies in February preceding. After the war he retired to private life, refusing even to attend public gatherings of any kind. In October, 1865, he accepted the presidency of Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), at Lexington, Va., which he held until his death, Oct. 12, 1870. Lee's sons —G. W. Custis, W. H. F., and Robert E. —all served as officers in the Confederate army. His eldest son, G. W. C. Lee, was chosen president of the college on the death of his father. In the summer of 1861 General Reynolds had been left by Rosecrans to confront General Lee in the Cheat Mountain region. Lee was then in chief command in western Virginia. He had sent General Floyd to drive the Nationals out of the Kanawha Vall
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.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Taylor, William 1821- (search)
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)
ongress meets in Cincinnati......Aug. 15, 1870 President proclaims neutrality in the Franco-Prussian War......Aug. 22, 1870 National Commercial Convention meets at Cincinnati,......Oct. 4, 1870 Gen. Robert E. Lee, born 1807, dies at Lexington, Va.......Oct. 12, 1870 President's proclamation forbidding military expeditions against nations at peace with the United States......Oct. 12, 1870 Oliver P. Morton, appointed minister to Great Britain, declines for political reasons......Oc500 from the Itata for violation of the navigation laws......July 8, 1891 Cargo of arms and ammunition on the Itata libelled by the United States marshal at San Diego, Cal.......July 14, 1891 Statue of Gen. Stonewall Jackson unveiled at Lexington, Va.; 15,000 Confederate veterans present; oration by General Early......July 21, 1891 Smokeless powder used for the first time in this country in experiments at Sandy Hook, N. J.......July 25, 1891 Thomas W. Babcock, born 1815, for fourteen
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), West Virginia, state of (search)
he Woods jury law of 1872-73......1881 Act passed establishing a State board of health......June 11, 1881 West Virginia normal and classical academy at Buckhannon opened......1882 West Virginia Immigration and Development Association organized at Wheeling......Feb. 29, 1888 Returns of election for governor in November, 1888, were: Nathan Goff, Republican, 78,714; A. B. Fleming, Democrat, 78,604. Fleming contests for fraudulent returns, and is declared elected by a party vote of the legislature, 43 to 40......Feb. 4, 1890 Hatfield-McCoy feud ended by a marriage......March 21, 1891 First State board of agriculture meets at Charleston......May 4, 1891 Stephen B. Elkins qualifies as United States Secretary of War......Dec. 24, 1891 Coal miners went on strike July 2, 1897 [Ended by compromise, Sept. 11.] Ex-Senator W. T. Willey dies at Morgantown......May 2, 1900 Ex-Postmaster-General William L. Wilson dies at Lexington, Va......Oct. 17, 1900 Wisconsin
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washington and Lee University, (search)
Washington and Lee University, An educational institution in Lexington, Va. The nucleus of it was established in 1749 under the name of Augusta Academy, by which it was known till the Revolutionary War began, when its name was changed to Liberty Hall Academy. In 1780 the institution was removed to Lexington, when, in 1796, General Washington gave it 100 shares of stock in the James River Canal Company, and the name was changed to Washington College, and on the death of Gen. Robert E. Lee, in 1870, the name was again changed to its present one. Instruction was suspended during the Civil War; and the institution was reorganized in 1865 under the presidency of Gen. Robert E. Lee. It reported in 1900: Professors and instructors, twenty-six; students, 220; volumes in the library, 40,000; productive funds, $626,000; grounds and buildings valued at $200,000; income, $45,000; acting president, H. St. G. Tucker. Washington and the Newburg address
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wilson, William Lyne 1843- (search)
Wilson, William Lyne 1843- Educator; born in Jefferson county, Va.. May 3, 1843; graduated at Columbian College in 1860; served in the Civil War as a private in the 12th Virginia Cavalry; was Professor of Ancient Languages in Columbian College in 1865-71; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1867, and later began practice in Charlestown, W. Va. He was president of the University of West Virginia in 1882-83; member of Congress in 1882-94; became chairman of the committee on ways and means in 1893, and in this capacity introduced the tariff bill that bears his name, which was adopted in 1894. He was Postmaster-General in 1895-97, and in the latter year became president of Washington and Lee University. He died in Lexington, Va., Oct. 17, 1900.
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 1: religious elements in the army. (search)
battle at Darksville, in the lower Valley of Virginia, expecting an attack from General Patterson—it contained seven Masters of Arts of the University of Virginia, fortytwo other college graduates, nineteen theological students, others (including a son of General R. E. Lee) who were among the noblest young men of the South, and a proportion of Christian men as surprisingly large as it was highly gratifying. When the news of the secession of Virginia reached the quiet little town of Lexington, Virginia, nestled among the Blue mountains, some of the students of Washington College at once raised a secession flag on the dome of the college building. (They had done the same thing some days before, but the faculty had unanimously voted that it must be taken down, as Virginia was still in the Union.) The next morning, the president of the college, Rev. Dr. Junkin (the father-in-law of the afterwards famous Stonewall Jackson, but an ardent Union man all through the war), called a meeting
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 2: influence of Christian officers. (search)
Pendleton, J. L. Clarke, Committee. J. W. Pratt. Lexington, Va., January 14, 1869. The Rockbridge County Bible Socrote as follows to the president of that society: Lexington, Virginia, April 5, 1869. Rev. and Dear Sir: Your letter os may be appropriately introduced at this point: Lexington, Virginia, April 16, 1866. Hon. A. W. Beresford hope, Bedgeburning, of her son (then a student at the college): Lexington, Virginia, April 6, 1868. My Dear Madam: It grieves me to rgia, he wrote the following letter to his wife: Lexington, Virginia, February 21, 1867. My Dear Mrs. Elliott: It wounds of this gifted and widely lamented Virginian: Lexington, Virginia, April 11, 1867. My Dear Mrs. Randolph: The lettowing letter will be read with peculiar interest: Lexington, Virginia, March 7, 1866. Rt. Rev. John Johns, Bishop of Virgil Lee wrote the following to Mr. Peabody Russell: Lexington, Virginia, November 10, 1869. My Dear Mr. Russell: The ann
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 4: influence of Christian officers—concluded. (search)
Christian officer well worthy of a full sketch in this chapter; but space can be found for only brief extracts from the memoir of him written in 1864 by his venerable father, Rev. Dr. W. S. White, then pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Lexington, Virginia. The sketch of his leaving home for the army is given in full, as it well illustrates the spirit not only of this noble young man, but of thousands of others of our Boys in Gray: He remained at the seminary until his second session eace of heaven! These were the exchanges your precious boy made when he breathed out his life into the hands of his Saviour. For himself he felt nothing but a holy joy, as our Willie Wm. C. Preston, son of Colonel J. T. L. Preston, of Lexington, Virginia, who fell in the same battle. The following extract is taken from a sketch of his life and death, published in the Central Presbyterian: Don't distress yourselves about me, boys; I am not afraid to die, he said to his comrades, as
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