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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)
d at least 12 miles. Meanwhile, Slocum and Jackson had met and struggled fiercely on the plank r successfully resist the furious onslaught of Jackson, ordered its withdrawal behind his works at Cilling to risk a direct attack on Hooker, and Jackson advised a secret flank movement with his enti executor that he consented. With 25,000 men Jackson made the perilous movement, marching swiftly . The Nationals now held the road over which Jackson was moving. Disposition was made to pursue the supposed fugitives, when Jackson made a quick and startling movement towards Chancellorsville, cnfederate commander, in the loss of Stonewall Jackson, the strong right arm of his power. Jackson Jackson had sent for Hill, and was anxious to follow up the advantage he had gained by extending his lines ing, May 3. When he heard of the movement of Jackson on Saturday morning, he had called from Sedgwhe Nationals he shouted, Charge, and remember Jackson! With thirty pieces of artillery presently i[1 more...]
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chantilly, battle of (search)
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
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cherokee Indians, (search)
had ceded large portions of their lands, and their domain was mostly confined to northern Georgia. They were then making rapid progress in civilization; but the Georgians coveted their lands. The Cherokees were yet powerful in numbers, and were then considerably advanced in the arts and customs of civilization. They had churches and schools and a printing-press, issuing a newspaper; and they were disposed to defend their rights against the encroachments of their white neighbors. President Jackson favored the Georgians, and the white people then proceeded to take possession of the lands of the Cherokees. Trouble ensued, and the southern portion of the republic was menaced with civil war for a while. The United States troops had been withdrawn from Georgia, and the national government offered no obstacle to the forcible seizure of the Indian territory by the Georgians. Some missionaries laboring among the Cherokees were arrested and imprisoned for residing in their country con
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil service reform. (search)
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)
he Confederate steamer Fair Play, containing a large quantity of smallarms and ammunition, also four fieldguns, and another laden with tents and baggage, and, proceeding up the Yazoo River, captured a Confederate battery of four guns, with a large quantity of powder, shot, shells, and grape.—27. Skirmish near Rienzi, Miss. Confederates routed by General Hooker at Kettle Run, near Manassas, Va.—28. Battle near Centreville, Va., by Nationals under McDowell and Sigel, and Confederates under Jackson, when the latter were defeated with a loss of 1,000 made prisoners and many arms. Skirmish near Woodbury, Tenn.; Confederates defeated.—29. City Point, on the James River, shelled and destroyed by Union gunboats.—30. Buckhannon, Va., entered and occupied by Confederates. Battle of Bolivar, Tenn.; Confederates routed.—31. Skirmish at Weldon, Va.; Confederates defeated.—Sept. 1. The legislature of Kentucky, alarmed by Confederate raids, adjourned from Frankfort to Louisville. Batt
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Clay, Henry 1777-1852 (search)
secret history of Clay's Compromise Bill in 1832, which quieted rampant nullification, seems to be as follows: Mr. Calhoun, as leader of the nullifiers, had proceeded to the verge of treason in his opposition to the national government, and President Jackson had threatened him with arrest if he moved another step forward. Knowing the firmness and decision of the President, he dared not take the fatal step. He could not recede, or even stand still, without compromising his character with his ph I had been instrumental with other Southern votes in putting down the Bank of the United States, I changed my opinion and cooperated in the establishment of the bank of 1816. The same bank was again put down by the Southern counsels, with General Jackson at their head, at a later period. Again, with respect to the policy of protection. The South in 1815—I mean the prominent Southern men, the lamented Lowndes, Mr. Calhoun, and others—united in extending a certain measure of protection to do
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Coffee, John 1772- (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), Congress, National (search)
inger-post to guide them to definite action, Congress opened the business of the session. The Attorney-General (Black, of Pennsylvania) had infused into the message the only portion that pleased the extreme Southern wing—namely, the assertion that the national government possessed no power to coerce a State into submission in case of rebellion. Patriotic men had watched with intense interest for a few weeks the gathering storm, and instinctively drew the marked line of distinction between Jackson and Buchanan under similar circumstances. See Buchanan, James. In the House of Representatives open declarations of disunion sentiments were made at the beginning. In the Senate, also, Senator Clingman boldly avowed the intention of the slave-labor States to revolt. I tell those gentlemen [his political opponents] in perfect frankness that, in my judgment, not only will a number of States secede in the next sixty days, but some of the other States are holding on merely to see if prope
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), entry 1598 (search)
shington would be as useless to a usurper as to hold Duluth. Self-government cannot be usurped. A French writer has said that the autocratic ascendency of Andrew Jackson illustrated anew the long-credited tendency of democracies to give themselves over to one hero. The country is older now than it was when Andrew Jackson deliAndrew Jackson delighted in his power, and few can believe that it would again approve or applaud childish arrogance and ignorant arbitrariness like his; but even in his case, striking and ominous as it was, it must not be overlooked that he was suffered only to strain the Constitution, not to break it. He held his office by orderly election; he exenroe. A nation that can quietly reabsorb a vast victorious army is no more safely free and healthy than is a nation that could reabsorb such a President as Andrew Jackson, sending him into seclusion at the Hermitage to live without power, and die almost forgotten. A huge, stalwart body politic like ours, with quick life in e
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