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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Auger , Christorpher Colon 1821 -1898 (search)
Auger, Christorpher Colon, 1821-1898
Military officer; born in New York July 10, 1821; was graduated at West Point in 1843.
He served as aide-de-camp to Generals Hopping and Cushing in the war with Mexico, and in 1861 was made a brigadiergeneral of volunteers, after serving under McDowell.
He took command of a division under Banks.
and was wounded at the battle of Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9, 1862; the same month he was made major-general of volunteers.
In November, 1862, he. reported to General Banks for service in a Southern expedition, and was very active in the siege and capture of Port Hudson.
From October, 1863, to August, 1866, he had command of the Department of Washington.
and in 1867 he was assigned to the Department of the Platte.
In 1869 he was made brigadier-general U. S. A., and in 188,5 was retired.
He died in Washington, D. C., Jan. 16. 1898.
Eaton, John, 1829-
Educator; born in Sutton, N. H., Dec. 5, 1829; was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1854; applied himself to educational pursuits till 1859, when he entered Andover Theological Seminary, and in 1862, after his ordination, was appointed chaplain of the 27th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
In November of the same year he was made superintendent of freedmen, and later was given supervision of all military posts from Cairo to Natchez and Fort Smith.
In October, 1863, he became colonel of the 63d United States Colored Infantry, and in March, 1865, was brevetted brigadier-general.
He was editor of the Memphis Post in 1866-67, and State superintendent of public instruction in Tennessee in 1867-69.
From 1871 to 1886 he was commissioner of the United States Bureau of Education, and then became president of Marietta College, O., where he remained until 1891; was president of the Sheldon Jackson College of Salt Lake City in 1895-98, when he was appointed inspector of public
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Leary , Richard Phillips 1860 - (search)
Leary, Richard Phillips 1860-
Naval officer; born in Baltimore, Md.; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1860; became ensign in October, 1863; master in May, 1866; lieutenant in February, 1867; lieutenant-commander in March, 1868; commander in June, 1882; and captain in April, 1897.
During 1863-65 he served on the blockading squadron off Charleston, S. C. In 1888 he was senior naval officer at Samoa during the revolution in which the Tamasese government was overthrown.
In recognition of his meritorious services at that time, the Maryland legislature voted him a gold medal.
In 1897-98 he was in command of the cruiser San Francisco, which convoyed to the United States the New Orleans, the American name of one of two vessels built for the Brazilian government in London and purchased by the United States immediately before the declaration of war against Spain.
At the close of the war with Spain he was appointed the first American governor of the island of Guam.
He wa
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pine Bluff , battle of. (search)
Pine Bluff, battle of.
Fifty miles below Little Rock, on the south side of the Arkansas River, is Pine Bluff, the county seat of Jefferson county, Ark. In October, 1863, it was occupied by Col. Powell Clayton, with about 350 men and four guns.
Marmaduke attempted to capture it with over 2,000 men and twelve guns.
He advanced upon the post in three columns.
Clayton had just been reinforced by Indiana cavalry, making the number of his fighting men about 600.
About 200 negroes had built barricades of cotton-bales in the streets.
The attack was made (Oct. 25) by Marmaduke, and was kept up for about five hours. The Confederates were repulsed with a loss of 183 men killed, wounded, and prisoners; the Nationals lost 57, of whom 17 were killed.
The town was badly shattered, and the court-house and many dwellings were laid in ashes.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rappahannock Station , battle of. (search)
Rappahannock Station, battle of.
In the pursuit of Lee, in his retreat towards Richmond from the vicinity of Bull Run, in October, 1863, the 6th Corps, under General Sedgwick, found the Confederates strongly intrenched in works cast up by the Nationals on the north side of the Rappahannock, at Rappahannock Station.
They were about 2,000 in number.
Sedgwick advanced (Nov. 7, 1863) upon each flank of the works, with the division of Gen. D. A. Russell marching upon the centre.
The first brigade, under Col. P. C. Ellmaker, was in the van of Russell's division, and just before sunset, in two columns, stormed the works with fixed bayonets.
The van of the stormers rushed through a thick tempest of canister-shot and bullets, followed by the remainder of the brigade, and after a struggle of a few moments the strongest redoubt was carried.
In that charge the slaughter of the Unionists was fearful.
At the same time two regiments of Upton's brigade charged the rifle-pits, drove the C
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sherman , William Tecumseh 1820 -1829 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Thomas , George Henry 1816 -1870 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Viele , Egbert Ludovickus 1825 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Webb , Alexander Stewart 1835 - (search)