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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Broke , Sir Philip bowes vere 1841 (search)
Broke, Sir Philip bowes vere, -1841
An English admiral: born Sept. 9, 1776; entered the British navy in 1792, and became post-captain in 1801.
His most conspicuous exploit was his capture of the American frigate Chesapeake in June, 1813.
(See Chesapeake and Shannon.) This affair caused him to receive knighthood;
Sir Philip bowes Vere broke. and at the time of his death he held the commission of rear-admiral of the Red. In the action with the Chesapeake he was so badly wounded that he was never fit for service afterwards.
He died in London, Jan. 2, 1841.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brook farm Association .
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brooks , William Thomas harbaugh 1821 -1870 (search)
Brooks, William Thomas harbaugh, 1821-1870
Military officer: born in New Lisbon.
O., Jan. 28, 1821; graduated at West Point in 1841; served under Scott in the war against Mexico, and became brigadier-general of volunteers in 1861, serving in the Army of the Potomac.
In July, 1864, he was temporarily in command of the 10th Army Corps, and resigned the same month.
He died in Huntsville.
Ala., July 19, 1870.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brown , Nicholas 1769 -1841 (search)
Brown, Nicholas, 1769-1841
Philanthropist; born in Providence, R. I.. April 4, 1769: son of Nicholas Brown, 1st; was graduated at Rhode Island College (afterwards Brown University in 1786; became a very successful merchant in 1791; was a member of the Rhode Island legislature, and giving money liberally to his alma mater, the name of Brown University was given to it. He gave in all about $100,000 to that college, and liberally patronized other institutions of learning.
He gave nearly $10,000 to the Providence Athenaeum, and bequeathed $30,000 for an insane asylum in Providence.
He died in Providence, Sept. 27, 1841.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Buchanan , Franklin 1800 -1874 (search)
Buchanan, Franklin, 1800-1874
Naval officer; born in Baltimore, Md., Sept. 17, 1800: entered the navy in 1815; became lieutenant in 1825, and master-commander in 1841.
He was the first superintendent of the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Sympathizing with the Confederate movement, and believing his State would secede, he sent in his resignation.
Finding that Maryland did not secede, he petitioned for restoration, but was refused, when he entered the Confederate service, and superintended( the fitting-out of the old Merrimac (rechristened the Virginia) at Norfolk.
In her he fought the Monitor and was severely wounded.
He afterwards blew up his vessel to save her from capture.
In command of the ironclad Tennessee, in Mobile Bay, he was defeated and made prisoner.
He died in Talbot county. Md., May 11, 1874.
See monitor and Merrimac.
Buchanan, James
Buell, Don Carlos,
Military officer; born near Marietta, O., March 23, 1818; was graduated at West Point in 1841; engaged in the war with Mexico, in which he won the brevets of captain and major, and was severely wounded; became lieutenant-colonel in the regular army, and brigadier-general of volunteers in May, 1861; major-general of volunteers in March, 1802; and, with an army, arrived on the battle-field of Shiloh (q. v.) in time to assist in the defeat of the Confederates.
In command of the District of Ohio, he confronted Bragg's invasion of Kentucky and drove him out of the State.
On Oct. 24 he transferred his command to General Rosecrans; was mustered out of the volunteer service May 23, 1864; and resigned his commission in the regular Army June 1, 1865, when he became president of the Green River Iron Company.
in Kentucky.
He died near Rockport, Ky., Nov. 19, 1898.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Butler , Benjamin Franklin 1818 -1893 (search)
Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893
Lawyer and soldier; born in Deerfield, N. H., Nov. 5, 1818; was graduated at Waterville College, Me., in 1838: was admitted to the bar in 1841; and continued the practice until 1861, with a high reputation as a criminal lawyer.
He was an active politician in the Democratic party until its
Benjamin Franklin Butler. disruption at Charleston in 1860; and he had served as a member of both Houses of the Massachusetts legislature.
As brigadier-general of militia he hastened towards Washington, on the call of the President, with troops, in April, 1861, and landed at Annapolis.
He was placed in command of the Department of Annapolis, which included Baltimore (q. v.). At the middle of May he was made major-general of volunteers, and put in command of the Department of Virginia, with headquarters at Fort Monroe, where he held as contraband all fugitive slaves.
In August (1861), an expedition which he commanded captured forts Hatteras and Clarke;
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), Campbell , Alexander 1786 -1866 (search)
Campbell, Alexander 1786-1866
Clergyman; born in County Antrim, Ireland, in June, 1786; educated at the University of Glasgow; came to the United States in 1809; and became pastor of a Presbyterian church in Washington county, Pa. In 1810 with his father he left the Presbyterian Church and founded in 1827 the sect which he named the Disciples of Christ (q. v.), and which is now known as the Campbellites.
Mr. Campbell established Bethany College in 1840-41, and was its first president.
He died in Bethany, W. Va., March 4, 1866.
Legislator; born in Concord, Pa., Oct. 4, 1814; member of the State legislature in 1858-59; and member of Congress in 1875-77.
He obtained wide repute as the Father of the greenbacks.
He died in La Salle, Ill., Aug. 9, 1898.