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Robert Lewis Dabney, Life and Commands of Lieutenand- General Thomas J. Jackson 924 2 Browse Search
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox 292 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 220 4 Browse Search
Jubal Anderson Early, Ruth Hairston Early, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , C. S. A. 168 4 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 146 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 93 3 Browse Search
Brig.-Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 2.1, Maryland (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 70 2 Browse Search
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army 58 6 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 55 1 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 54 10 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dabney, Robert Lewis, 1820- (search)
Dabney, Robert Lewis, 1820- Clergyman; born in Louisa county, Va., March 5, 1820; graduated at the University of Virginia in 1842; ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1847; and became Professor of Church History in Union Seminary, Virginia, in 1853. When the Civil War broke out he entered the Confederate army as chaplain, and later became chief of staff to Gen. Thomas J. Jackson. In 1883 he accepted the chair of Moral Philosophy in the University of Texas. His publications include Life of T. J. (Stonewall) Jackson; and Defence of Virginia and the South.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Darby, William, 1775-1854 (search)
Darby, William, 1775-1854 Geographer; born in Pennsylvania in 1775; served under General Jackson in Louisiana; and was one of the surveyors of the boundary between Canada and the United States. Among his works are Geographical description of Louisiana; Geography and history of Florida; View of the United States; Lectures on the discovery of America, etc. He died in Washington, D. C., Oct. 9, 1854.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davis, John, 1761-1847 (search)
the history of New England. In 1813 he made an address on the Landing of the Pilgrims before the Massachusetts Historical Society, over which he presided in 1818-43. His publications include an edition of Morton's New England Memorial, with many important notes; Eulogy on George Washington; and An attempt to explain the inscription on Dighton Rock. He died in Boston, Mass., Jan. 14, 1847. Statesman; born in Northboro, Mass., Jan. 13, 1787; graduated at Yale in 1812; admitted to the bar in 1815; member of Congress in 1824-34, during which time he opposed Henry Clay; and was elected to the United States Senate in 1835, and resigned in 1841 to become governor of Massachusetts. He was a strong antagonist of Jackson and Van Buren, and was re-elected to the United States Senate in 1845, but declined to serve. He protested strongly against the war with Mexico, and was in favor of the exclusion of slavery in the United States Territories. He died in Worcester, Mass. April 19, 1854.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jenkins, John Stilwell 1818-1852 (search)
Jenkins, John Stilwell 1818-1852 Author; born in Albany, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1818; educated at Hamilton College, and began the practice of law in Weedsport, N. Y. His publications include Generals of the last War with Great Britain; a condensation of Hammond's History of New York; Life of Silas Wright; History of the Mexican War; Lives of the governors of New York; Lives of Jackson, Polk, and Calhoun, etc. He died in Weedsport, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1852.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Julio, E. B. D. Fabrino -1879 (search)
Julio, E. B. D. Fabrino -1879 Artist; born on the island of St. Helena in 1843; educated in Paris; came to the United States about 1861, and after living in the North a number of years settled in New Orleans, where he engaged in portrait-painting. He is principally known through his painting, The last meeting of Lee and Jackson. He died in Georgia, Sept. 15, 1879.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McDowell, battle of. (search)
was at Harrisonburg, in the upper Shenandoah Valley, at the close of April, 1862, and Stonewall Jackson, joined by troops under Generals Ewell and Edward S. Johnson, had a force of about 15,000 men not far off. Jackson was closely watching Banks. when he was startled by news that General Milroy was approaching from Fremont's department, to join Banks or fall upon Staunton. Leaving Ewell to wat west of Staunton, whither General Schenck hastened with a part of his brigade, to assist him. Jackson also hurried to the Stonewall Jackson's letter to Ewell. assistance of Johnson, and on May ilroy), finding the position untenable, withdrew during the night to Franklin, and the next day Jackson wrote to Ewell: Yesterday God gave us the victory at McDowell. The Nationals lost 256 men, of y God gave us the victory at McDowell. The Nationals lost 256 men, of whom only nine were killed. Jackson reported a loss of 461, of whom seventy were killed. Among the latter was General Johnson.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McKinley, William 1843- (search)
re conducted and international exchanges are made by the tick of the cable. Every event of interest is immediately bulletined. The quick gathering and transmission of news, like rapid transit, are of recent origin, and are only made possible by the genius of the inventor and the courage of the investor. It took a special messenger of the government, with every facility known at the time for rapid travel, nineteen days to go from the city of Washington to New Orleans with a message to General Jackson that the war with England had ceased and a treaty of peace had been signed. How different now! Annihilation of distance. We reached General Miles in Porto Rico by cable, and he was able through the military telegraph to stop his army on the firing-line with the message that the United States and Spain had signed a protocol suspending hostilities. We knew almost instantly of the first shot fired at Santiago, and the subsequent surrender of the Spanish forces was known at Washingt
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McLane, Louis 1786-1857 (search)
1786-1857 Diplomatist; born in Smyrna, Del., May 28, 1786; son of Allan McLane; entered the navy at thirteen years of age, and served as a midshipman under Decatur in the Philadelphia, but afterwards studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1808. When Baltimore was threatened, in 1814, he was a member of a volunteer corps that marched to its defence. For ten successive years (1817-27) he represented Delaware in Congress, and was United States Senator in 1827-29. In May, 1829, President Jackson appointed him American minister to Great Britain, which post he held two years, when he was called to Jackson's cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury. In his instructions to Minister McLane, the President said, Ask nothing but what is right, and submit to nothing that is wrong. In 1833, in consequence of his declining to remove the government deposits from the United States Bank, he was transferred to the post of Secretary of State, which he held until 1834, when he resigned. In 183
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McNeill, John 1784- (search)
McNeill, John 1784- Military officer; born in Hillsboro, N. C., in 1784; entered the army as captain in March, 1812, and was brevetted lieutenant-colonel for his conduct at the battle of Chippewa. The next year he was wounded at the battle of Niagara, or Lundy's Lane, and was brevetted colonel. In 1830 he resigned his commission, and was appointed, by President Jackson, surveyor of the port of Boston, which office MacOMBmb's medal. he held until his death, in Washington, D. C., Feb. 23, 1850. His wife was a halfsister of President Pierce.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Malvern Hill, battle of. (search)
ght on a battle, which proved to be a most sanguinary one. Lee had concentrated his troops at Glendale, on the morning of July 1, but did not get ready for a full attack until late in the afternoon. He formed his line with the divisions of Generals Jackson, Ewell, Whiting, and D. H. Hill on the left (a large portion of Ewell's in reserve); Generals Magruder and Huger on the right; while the troops of A. P. Hill and Longstreet were held in reserve on the left. The latter took no part in the enll. They were met by a deadly fire of musketry and great guns; and as one brigade recoiled another was pushed forward, with a seeming recklessness of life under the circumstances. At about seven o'clock in the evening, while fresh troops under Jackson were pressing the Nationals sorely, Sickles's brigade, of Hooker's division, and Meagher's Irish brigade, of Richardson's division, were ordered up to their support. At the same time the gunboats on the James River, full 150 feet below, were hu
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