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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bissell , William , -1860 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brown , Joseph Emerson , 1821 -1894 (search)
Brown, Joseph Emerson, 1821-1894
Jurist; born in Pickens county, S. C., April 15, 1821; removed to Georgia in 1836; admitted to the bar in 1845; elected to the State Senate in 1849; and was governor of Georgia in 1857-65.
During the Civil War he threw his influence on the side of the Confederacy, but antagonized some of the war measures of Jefferson Davis and refused to allow State troops to be sent out of the State to check Sherman's march.
When peace was concluded he favored the reconstruction policy of the federal government, though the Democratic party of Georgia opposed it. In 1880-91 he held a seat in the United States Senate, and during his last term in that body was a member of the committees on civil service, retrenchment, foreign relations, and railroads.
He died in Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 30, 1894.
Chestnut, James, Jr.
Senator; born near Camden, S. C., in 1815; graduated at Princeton College in 1835; elected United States Senator from South Carolina, Jan. 5, 1859.
When it became evident that his State would secede he resigned his seat, but his resignation was not accepted, and on July 11, 1861, he was expelled.
He was a member of the Confederate Provisional Congress; entered the Confederate army; became aide to Jefferson Davis; and was promoted brigadiergeneral in 1864.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chickamauga , battle of (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil War in the United States . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Clay , Clement Claiborne 1819 - (search)
Clay, Clement Claiborne 1819-
Lawyer; born in Huntsville, Ala., in 1819; graduated at the University of Alabama in 1835; admitted to the bar in 1840; elected United States Senator in 1853 and 1859; was expelled in 1861; and elected to the Confederate Senate.
In 1864 he was a secret Confederate agent to Canada, and participated in laying the plans for the raids on the northern border.
At the close of the war, hearing that a reward was offered for his capture, he surrendered himself, and was a prisoner with Jefferson Davis in Fort Monroe; was released in 1866; and resumed the practice of law at Huntsville, Ala., where he died, Jan. 3, 1882.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Confederate States of America (search)
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