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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Byrd, William, 1674- (search)
Byrd, William, 1674- Colonial official; born in Westover, Va., March 16, 1674. Inheriting a large fortune, and acquiring a good education, he became a leader in the promotion of science and literature in Virginia. and was made a fellow of the Royal Society of London. Long receiver-general of the revenue in Virginia, he was also three times made agent of that colony in England, and was for thirty-seven years a member, and finally president, of the King's council of the colony. He was one of the commissioners, in 1728, for running the boundary-line between Virginia and North Carolina. He made notes of his operations and the incidents thereof, which form a part of the Westover manuscripts, published by Edmund Ruffin in 1841. In 1733 he laid out the cities of Richmond and Petersburg, Va. He died Aug. 26, 1744.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ruffin, Edmund 1794-1865 (search)
Ruffin, Edmund 1794-1865 Military officer; born in Prince George county, Va., Jan. 5, 1794. At the outbreak of the Civil War Edmund Ruffin. his company was ordered to Charleston, and he was chosen to fire the first shot against Fort Sumter, April 14, 1861. He wrote Anticipations of the future to serve as lessons for the present time (1860); and edited the Westover manuscripts, containing the History of the dividing line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina. He died in Redmoor, Amelia 5 Military officer; born in Prince George county, Va., Jan. 5, 1794. At the outbreak of the Civil War Edmund Ruffin. his company was ordered to Charleston, and he was chosen to fire the first shot against Fort Sumter, April 14, 1861. He wrote Anticipations of the future to serve as lessons for the present time (1860); and edited the Westover manuscripts, containing the History of the dividing line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina. He died in Redmoor, Amelia co., Va., June 15, 1865.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sumter, Fort (search)
ense excitement throughout the Confederacy, and especially at Charleston. Beauregard received a despatch from the government at Montgomery (April 10), conditionally authorizing him to demand the surrender of Fort Sumter. He determined to make the demand at 12 M. the next day. All the military and the batteries around Charleston Harbor were made ready for action. Politicians had been urging this blow for some time. Roger A. Pryor (q. v.), lately a member of Congress from Virginia, and Edmund Ruffin were among the foremost in urging an attack upon Fort Sumter. They wished it for its effect on the politics of the State. The Virginia Convention was yet full of Unionists. On the night of the 10th, while Charleston was rocked with excitement, Pryor harangued the multitude on the occasion of his being serenaded. He thanked the Carolinians for having annihilated this cursed Union, reeking with corruption, and insolent with excess of tyranny. Thank God, he said, it is at last blasted
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
he New Orleans mint, $536,000, for the Confederate government......March 7, 1861 John Forsyth, of Alabama, and Martin J. Crawford, of Georgia, present credentials as commissioners of the Confederate States to the Secretary of State......March 12, 1861 He declines official intercourse with them......March 15, 1861 Gen. P. T. G. Beauregard summons Fort Sumter to surrender......April 11, 1861 Fire opened on Fort Sumter on the morning of......April 12, 1861 [First gun fired by Edmund Ruffin, a Virginian, seventy-five years of age.] Fort Sumter surrenders on......Sunday, April 14, 1861 President by proclamation calls for 75,000 troops, and convenes Congress for July 4......April 15, 1861 Governor of North Carolina refuses to furnish quota of militia (two regiments) to the United States......April 15, 1861 Forts Caswell and Johnston, of North Carolina, taken possession of by State troops......April 16, 1861 Ordinance of secession of Virginia, adopted in convent
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Virginia, (search)
er Col. Robert E. Lee, he is captured with the survivors......Oct. 18, 1859 He is hung at Charleston, Va.......Dec. 2, 1859 Governor Letcher calls an extra session of the legislature, which orders a convention......Jan. 13, 1861 Convention rejects an ordinance of secession, 89 to 45......April 4, 1861 It chooses three commissioners to ask of the President his policy towards the Confederate States......April 4, 1861 First shot at Fort Sumter from Stevens's battery, fired by Edmund Ruffin, of Virginia, at his earnest request......April 12, 1861 Virginian commissioners present their credentials to the President......April 13, 1861 President answers the commissioners, refusing to acknowledge the Confederate States......April 15, 1861 Governor Letcher refuses to furnish troops at the call of the President......April 16, 1861 Virginia State convention passes a secession ordinance, 88 to 55, subject to a vote of the people......April 17, 1861 Governor Letcher by