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The Daily Dispatch: January 25, 1862., [Electronic resource] | 26 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: April 10, 1862., [Electronic resource] | 24 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: July 6, 1864., [Electronic resource] | 23 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee | 22 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) | 18 | 2 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 16 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: January 10, 1861., [Electronic resource] | 15 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1 | 15 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Browsing named entities in Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). You can also browse the collection for Andrew Jackson or search for Andrew Jackson in all documents.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chalmette plantation, La. (search)
Chalmette plantation, La.
A few miles below New Orleans on the Mississippi River, where General Jackson repulsed an advance of the British Dec. 28. 1814.
See Jackson, Andrew; New Orleans.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chancellorsville , battle of (search)
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Chantilly, battle of
On the morning after the second battle at Bull Run Pope was joined at Centreville by the corps of Franklin and Sumner.
The next day (Sept. 1, 1862), Lee, not disposed to make a direct attack upon the Nationals, sent Jackson on another flanking movement, the latter taking with him his own and Ewell's division.
With instructions to assail and turn Pope's right, he crossed Bull Run at Sudley Ford, and,. after a while, turning to the right, turned down the Little River pike, and marched towards Fairfax Court-house.
Pope had prepared to meet this movement.
Heintzelman and Hooker were ordered to different points, and just before sunset Reno met Jackson's advance (Ewell and Hill) near Chantilly.
A cold and drenching rain was falling, but it did not prevent an immediate engagement.
Very soon McDowell, Hooker, and Kearny came to Reno's assistance.
A very severe battle raged for some time, when Gen. Isaac J. Stevens, leading Reno's second division in person, wa
Civil service reform.
The civil service is a name applied to the duties rendered to the government other than naval and military service.
That is, all persons employed by the government outside of the army and navy are in the civil service.
By civil service reform is meant the doing away with many objectionable customs and abuses that had found their way, through the influence of politicians, into the civil service.
Away back in President Jackson's time the custom was introduced of making appointments to this service a reward for party effort, and not in consequence of any particular fitness for the positions.
The change of the political character of an administration would, of course, under this plan, cause an entire change in the civil service, no faithful performance of tasks assigned or acquired experience counting as of any value in competition with party service.
It can readily be seen how a system like this would demoralize most branches of the public service, how pat
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil War in the United States . (search)
Coffee, John 1772-
Surveyor; born in Nottaway county, Va., in 1772.
In December, 1812, he was colonel of Tennessee volunteers under Jackson, and was with him
John Coffee. in all his wars with the Creek Indians.
He was with him also in his expedition to Pensacola (q. v.), and in the defence of New Orleans.
In 1817 he was surveyor of public lands.
He died near Florence, Ala., July 7, 1833.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), entry 1598 (search)