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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hay, John 1838- (search)
aide-decamp. In the same year he was appointed assistant adjutant-general, and assigned to the staff of Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore (q. v.), and was subsequently ordered to duty at the White House, where he remained until President Lincoln's assassination. Later he was brevetted colonel of volunteers. In 1865-67 he was secretary of legation in Paris; in 1867-68 at Vienna; and then till 1870 at Madrid. During 1870-75 he was an editorial writer on the New York Tribune; then removed to Cleveland. He was active in the Republican Presidential campaigns of 1876, 1880, and 1884; was first assistant Secretary of State in 1879-81; in the latter year was president of the international sanitary congress in Washington; in 1897-98 was ambassador to Great Britain; and in September of the latter year was appointed Secretary of State to succeed Judge William R. Day (q. v.). His publications include Castilian days; Pike county ballads; and Abraham Lincoln: a history (with John G. Nicolay). John Hay
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hazen, William Babcock 1830-1887 (search)
giment, he joined Buell at Louisville in December; and in January had command of a brigade, with which he took a conspicuous part in the battle of Shiloh. After that he was very active in Kentucky, Tennessee, and northern Mississippi and Alabama, and did excellent service in the battle at Stone River or Murfreesboro, in protecting the left wing of the army from being turned by attacks in front and flank at the same time. He was commissioned brigadiergeneral of volunteers, Nov. 29, 1862. At Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge he was actively engaged, and he served through the Atlanta campaign. In Sherman's march to the sea he commanded a division, with which he captured Fort McAllister (December, 1864). He was engaged in the operations which ended in the surrender of Johnston's army; was brevetted major-general in 1865, and in 1880 was appointed chief signal-officer. He introduced the cold-wave signal, and published several military works. He died in Washington, D. C., Jan. 16, 1887.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Heintzelman, Samuel Peter 1805-1880 (search)
Heintzelman, Samuel Peter 1805-1880 Military officer; born in Manheim, Pa., Sept. 30, 1805; graduated at West Point in 1826; served in the war with Mexico, organizing at Vera Cruz a battalion of recruits and convalescents, with whom he marched to the city of Mexico. After the war he commanded in the southern district of California, and effectually suppressed Indian hostilities. Soon after the treachery of Gen. David E. Samuel P. Heintzelman. Twiggs he left Texas, and was made inspector-general in Washington, D. C. In May he was commissioned a brigadier-general of volunteers, and commanded a Johanna Maria Heckewelder. division under McDowell in the battle of Bull Run, where he was severely wounded. In the campaign on the Peninsula he commanded an army corps, having been made major-general of volunteers in May. General Heintzelman commanded the right wing of Pope's army in the battle of Manassas, or second battle of Bull Run, and afterwards took command of the defences of Wa
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hoar, George Frisbie 1826- (search)
Hoar, George Frisbie 1826- Legislator; born in Concord, Mass., Aug. 29, 1826; graduated at Harvard in 1846; studied law, and practised in Worcester, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1852, and of the Senate in 1857; city attorney in 1860; member of Congress in 1869-77; and became United States Senator in the latter year. He was a delegate to the National Republican Conventions of 1876, 1880, and 1884; and one of the managers George Frisbie Hoar. on the part of the House of Representatives in the Belknap impeachment case in 1876.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hobson, Edward Henry 1825- (search)
enburg, Ky., July 11, 1825; received a common-school education; enlisted in the Kentucky Volunteers in 1846, for the war with Mexico, and was mustered out of service in June, 1847. In 1861 he organized and was commissioned colonel of the 13th Kentucky Volunteers; served at Camp Hobson till February, 1862; commanded his regiment at the battle of Shiloh with such skill that he was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers by President Lincoln. He took part in the siege of Corinth; commanded a brigade at Perrysville; and was ordered to Mumfordsville, Ky., to protect the lines of communication and to discipline new troops. Placed in command of the Southern Division of Kentucky, he was ordered to Marrowbone, Ky., to watch the movements of Gen. John Morgan. He pursued Morgan through Kentucky and Indiana, and attacked him in Ohio. He was mustered out of the service in September, 1865. General Hobson was a delegate to the National Republican Convention in 1880, and was its vice-president.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hollister, Gideon Hiram 1817-1881 (search)
Hollister, Gideon Hiram 1817-1881 Author; born in Washington, Conn., Dec. 14, 1817; graduated at Yale College in 1840, studied law and practised in Litchfield, Stratford, Bridgeport, and Woodbury, Conn. He was clerk of courts in Litchfield in 1843-52; elected State Senator in 1856; and was appointed consul-general and United States minister to Haiti by President Johnson in 1868. In 1880 he was elected to the legislature, and there delivered a speech on the New York boundary question. He was author of Andersonville (a poem); Mount hope, a historical romance of King Philip's War; and History of Connecticut. He died in Litchfield, Conn., March 24, 1881.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Howard, Oliver Otis 1830- (search)
at Gettysburg (q. v.), Lookout Valley, and Missionary Ridge; also in the relief of Knoxville, late in the year. In 1864 he was in command of the Army of the Tennessee, and was in all of the battles in the Atlanta campaign. The right of Sherman's army, on its march to the sea, was commanded by him, as well as in the march through the Carolinas afterwards. In December, 1864, he was made a brigadier-general in the regular army, and was afterwards brevetted major-general. At the conclusion of the war General Howard was made commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau, and held the office until the bureau was closed, in June, 1872. Trustee and president of Howard University, he resigned in April, 1873. In 1877 he commanded the expedition against the Oliver Otis Howard, during the Civil War. Nez Perces Indians; in 1878 the campaigns against the Bannocks and Piutes; in 1880-82 was superintendent of the Military Academy; in 1886 was promoted to major-general; and, Nov. 8, 1894, was retired.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hurst, John Fletcher 1834- (search)
Hurst, John Fletcher 1834- Clergyman; born in Dorchester county, Md., Aug. 17, 1834; graduated at Dickinson in 1854; ordained in 1858; elected a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1880; founded the American University in Washington, D. C., in 1891. Among his works are Our Theological century; Short history of the Christian Church; Indika; Bibliotheca Theologica, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Idaho, (search)
rop alone exceeding in value $4,280,000. For 1900 the equalized valuation of all taxable property was $47,545,905, and the total bonded debt was $425,500, largely incurred for the construction of wagon-roads. The population in 1890 was 84,385; in 1900, 161,772. See United States, Idaho, vol. IX. Territorial governors. Name.Date. Wm. H. Wallace1863 to 1864 Caleb Lyon1864 to 1866 David W. Ballard1866 to 1867 Samuel Bard1870 Gilman Marston1870 to 1871 Alexander Connor1871 Thomas M. Bowen1871 Thomas W. Bennett1871 to 1876 Mason Brayman1876 to 1880 John B. Neil1880 to 1883 John N. Irwin1883 Wm. N. Burn1884 to 1885 Edwin A. Stevens1885 to 1889 State governors. Name.Date. George L. Shoup1890 N. B. Willey3890 to 1893 Wm. J. McConnell1893 to 1897 Frank Steunenberg1897 to 1901 Frank W. Hunt1901 to 1903 United States Senators. Name.No. of Congress.Date. George L. Shoup51st to —1890 Fred. T. Dubois51st to 54th1890 to 1895 Henry Heitfeld55th to 58th1897 to 19
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Immigration. (search)
100,135; Norway, 9,575; Sweden, 18,650; Rumania, 6,459; Russian Empire and Finland, 90,787; England, 9,951; Ireland, 35,730; Scotland, 1,792; Wales, 764; Japan, 12,635; Turkey in Asia, 3,962; West Indies, 4,656; all other countries, 20,122; total, 448,572. High-water mark was reached in 1882, when the immigrants numbered 788,992. In 1892 the steady decline was checked, with a total of 623,084. The lowest number of arrivals in the period of 1867-1900 was 141,857 in 1877, and in the period 1880-1900, 229,299 in 1898. Immigration act of 1891. This measure, in amendment of the various acts relative to immigration and the importation of aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor, was introduced in the House by Mr. Owen, of Indiana, and referred to the committee on immigration and naturalization. It was reported back, discussed, and amended, and passed the House Feb. 25, 1891, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., that the following classes of aliens shall be excluded f
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