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Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States | 8 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 8 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Field , Stephen Johnson 1816 -1899 (search)
Field, Stephen Johnson 1816-1899
Jurist; born in Haddam, Conn., Nov. 4, 1816; brother of Cyrus West and David Dudley Field; graduated at Williams College, in 1837; studied law and was admitted to the
Stephen Johnson field. bar in 1841.
He went to San Francisco in 1849 and opened a law office, but got no clients.
In 1850 he settled in Yubaville (afterwards Marysville), which in January of that year had been founded at Nye's Ranch.
He was soon made justice of the peace, and for a time was the entire government.
In the autumn of 1850 he was elected a member of the first legislature under the State constitution.
As a member of the judiciary committee he drew up a code for the government of the State courts, and prepared civil, criminal, and mining laws, which were later generally adopted in the new Western States.
In 1857 he was elected a justice of the Supreme Court of California, for the term of six years, but before his term began a vacancy occurred in the court and he was
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fires, Great. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fortifications. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Geary , John White 1819 - (search)
Geary, John White 1819-
Military officer; born in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland co., Pa., Dec. 30, 1819; became a civil engineer, and served as lieutenant-colonel of a Pennsylvania regiment of volunteers in the war with Mexico, wherein he was wounded, and for gallant services was made colonel of his regiment.
He was first commander of the city of Mexico after its capture.
He went to San Francisco in 1848, and was the first mayor of that city.
Returning to Pennsylvania, he was appointed territorial governor of Kansas in July, 1856, an office he held one year.
Early in 1861 he raised and equipped the 28th regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers.
In the spring of 1862
Emily Geiger's arrest. he was promoted brigadier-general, and did good service throughout the war, becoming, at the end of Sherman's march from Atlanta to the sea, military governor of Savannah and brevet major-general.
In 1866 he was elected governor of Pennsylvania, and held the office till within two weeks of hi
George, Henry 1839-
Political economist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 2, 1839; was educated in the public school of his native place, and after working in a store for a short time, went to sea and served as a cabin-boy for fourteen months. Later he shipped as an ordinary seaman on a coasting vessel running between Philadelphia and Boston.
In 1858 he went to British Columbia in search of gold, but, meeting with disappointment, went to San Francisco in 1860, and with two others established a paper called the Journal.
His inability to secure news from the Eastern States because he was not a member of the press association led to the speedy failure of this enterprise.
After various other unsuccessful projects he was offered a place on the staff of the San Francisco Times, of which he later became managing editor.
He was subsequently connected with the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Herald, and the Oakland Recorder.
In 1872 he was a delegate to the convention whic
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grand army of the republic , the. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Greenhow , Robert 1800 -1854 (search)
Greenhow, Robert 1800-1854
Author; born in Richmond, Va., in 1800; graduated at William and Mary College in 1816; removed to California in 1850.
He published History of Tripoli, and a Report on the discovery of the Northwest coast of North America, which was later enlarged and republished under the title of History of Oregon and California.
He died in San Francisco, Cal., in 1854.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gwin , William McKendree 1805 -1885 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Halleck , Henry wager 1815 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harte , Francis Bret 1839 - (search)
Harte, Francis Bret 1839-
Author; born in Albany, N. Y., Aug. 25, 1839; went to California early in life and took up mining, but later engaged in newspaper work.
In 1864-67 he was secretary of the United States branch mint at San Francisco, and afterwards editor of the Overland monthly.
In 1878 he was appointed United States consul at Crefeld, Germany, where he served two years, and held the similar office at Glasgow, Scotland, till 1885.
He is the author of many works, among them The luck of roaring camp; The outcasts of Poker flat; The heathen Chinee; Echoes of the foot-hills; Drift from two shores; A Waif of the Plains; In a hollow of the Hills; Narker's luck;
Trinity College, Hartford. Tales of trail and town; Mr. Jack Hanland's Meditations, and other stories, etc. A new edition of his complete poetical works was published in 1899.