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Crosby, Peirce
Naval officer; born near Chester, Pa., Jan. 16, 1823; entered the navy as midshipman in 1844; was engaged in the war with Mexico; and was very active as commander on the coast of North Carolina during portions of the Civil War. He was specially brave and skilful in the capture of the forts at Cape Hatteras, at the passage of the forts on the lower Mississippi in the spring of 1862, and at Vicksburg in June and July the same year.
He was in command of the Metacomet during the operations which led to the capture of Mobile in 1865.
In 1882 he was promoted to rearadmiral, and in the following year was retired.
He died near Washington, D. C., June 15, 1899.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cushing , Caleb 1800 -1879 (search)
Cushing, Caleb 1800-1879
Jurist; born in Salisbury, Mass., Jan. 17, 1800; graduated at Harvard University in 1817; became a distinguished lawyer, in which profession he began practice at Newburyport, Mass. He served in the State legislature, and was in Congress from 1835 to 1843, as a Whig Representative, when, with Mr. Tyler, he became an active member of the Democratic party. President Tyler sent him as commissioner to China, where, in 1844, he negotiated an important treaty.
He advocated the
Caleb Cushing. policy of war with Mexico, and led a regiment to the field.
In 1853 President Pierce called Mr. Cushing to his cabinet as Attorney-General.
In 1860 he was president of the Democratic convention at Charleston.
In 1866 he was one of three commissioners appointed to codify the laws of the United States; in 1871 was one of the counsel on the part of the United States before the Geneva Arbitration Tribunal; and in 1873-77 was minister to Spain.
He died in Newburyport, Mas
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Custer , Elizabeth Bacon 1844 - (search)
Custer, Elizabeth Bacon 1844-
Author; born in Michigan, about 1844; married to General Custer in 1864; and shared army life with him till his death.
She has published Boots and Saddles; Tenting on the Plains; Following the Guidon, etc.
Custer, Elizabeth Bacon 1844-
Author; born in Michigan, about 1844; married to General Custer in 1864; and shared army life with him till his death.
She has published Boots and Saddles; Tenting on the Plains; Following the Guidon, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Daly , Charles Patrick , 1816 - (search)
Daly, Charles Patrick, 1816-
Jurist; born in New York City, Oct. 31, 1816; admitted to the bar in 1839; elected to the New York Assembly in 1843; became justice in 1844, and chief-justice of the Court of Common Pleas in 1871; president of the American Geographical Society for more than forty years. Among his writings are History of Naturalization; First settlement of Jews in North America; What we know of maps and Map-Making before the Time of Mercator, etc. He died on Long Island, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1899.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De bow , James Dunwoody Brownson , 1820 -1867 (search)
De bow, James Dunwoody Brownson, 1820-1867
journalist; born in Charleston, S. C., July 10, 1820; became editor of the Southern quarterly review in 1844, but withdrew the next year and established De bow's commercial review in New Orleans, which was successful until the Civil War, when it was discontinued.
After the war the Review was resumed at first in New York City, subsequently in Nashville, Tenn. He died in Elizabeth, N. J., Feb. 22, 1867.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Delano , Columbus , 1809 -1896 (search)
Delano, Columbus, 1809-1896
Statesman; born in Shoreham, Vt., June 5, 1809; settled in Mount Vernon, O., in 1817; admitted to the bar in 1831, and became prominent as a criminal lawyer.
He was a member of Congress in 1844-64 and 1866-68; was appointed United States commissioner of internal revenue in 1869, and later by reorganizing the bureau increased the receipts in eight months more than 100 per cent.; and was Secretary of the Department of the Interior in 1870-75.
He died in Mount Vernon, O., Oct. 23, 1896.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De long , George Washington , 1844 - (search)
De long, George Washington, 1844-
Explorer; born in New York City, Aug. 22, 1844; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1865, and promoted ensign in 1866; master in 1868; lieutenant in 1869; and lieutenant-commander, Nov. 1, 1879.
He was with Capt. Daniel L. Braine on the Juniata, when he was ordered, in 1873, to search for the missing Arctic steamer Polaris and her crew.
On July 8, 1879, he was given command of the Jeannette, which had been fitted out by James Gordon Bennett, Jr. (q. v.), for a three years exploration trip via Bering Strait.
By an act of Congress the vessel was placed under the authority of the government.
After touching at Ounalaska, St. Michael's and St. Lawrence Bay, the Jeannette sailed to Cape Serdze Kamen, Siberia, in search of Professor Nordenskjold, the Swedish explorer.
Sailing northward the vessel was caught in the pack-ice, Sept. 5, 1879, off Herald Island, and, after drifting 600 miles to the northwest in a devious course, was crushed b
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dexter , Henry Martyn , 1821 -1890 (search)
Dexter, Henry Martyn, 1821-1890
Clergyman; born in Plympton, Mass., Aug. 13, 1821; graduated at Yale in 1840; became pastor of the Congregational Church in Manchester in 1844; removed to Boston as pastor of the Berkeley Street Church in 1849.
He is the author of Congregationalism of the last 300 years; As to Roger Williams and his banishment from the Massachusetts colony; History of old Plymouth colony; and the editor of Church's Eastern expeditions; Entertaining passages relating to Philip's War.
He died in New Bedford, Mass., Nov. 13, 1890.