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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 2 | 2 | Browse | Search |
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dale , Samuel , 1772 -1841 (search)
Dale, Samuel, 1772-1841
Pioneer; born in Rockbridge county, Va., in 1772.
His parents emigrated to Georgia in 1783.
In 1793, after the death of his parents, he enlisted in the United States army as a scout, and subsequently became well known as Big Sam.
In 1831 he supervised the removal of the Choctaw Indians to the Indian Territory.
He died in Lauderdale county, Miss., May 24, 1841.
Haanel, Eugene 1841-
Educator; born in Breslau, Germany, May 24, 1841; came to the United States in 1859; taught in Adrian, Hillsdale, and Albion colleges in Michigan; was professor in Victoria College, Coburg, Ontario, in 1873-88; then became Professor of Physical Science in Syracuse University.
He resigned the last charge in June, 1901, on being appointed superintendent of mines in Canada.
Professor Haanel is a charter member of the Royal Society of Canada.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 7 (search)
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina . (search)