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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Abercrombie , John Joseph , 1802 -1877 (search)
Abercrombie, John Joseph, 1802-1877
Military officer; born in Tennessee in 1802; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1822.
Entering the 1st Infantry, he was its adjutant from 1825 to 1833.
Serving in Florida and Mexico, he was promoted to brevet lieutenant-colonel for gallantry in the battle of Monterey, where he was severely wounded.
He was commissioned lieutenant-colonel in May, 1852, and colonel in February, 1861, and was brevetted brigadier-general, U. S. A., March 13, 1865.
In June following he retired.
He was a brigadier-general of volunteers in the Civil War, and commanded a brigade in Patterson's division on the Upper Potomac in 1861.
He was transferred to Bank's division in July.
Early in 1862 he joined the Army of the Potomac, and was slightly wounded in the battle of fair Oaks (q. v.). He died in Roslyn, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1877.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Acquisition of Territory. (search)
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Amnesty proclamations. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Averill , William woods , 1832 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Balch , George Beall , 1821 - (search)
Balch, George Beall, 1821-
Naval officer; born in Tennessee, Jan. 3, 1821.
He entered the navy in 1837: engaged in the war against Mexico, and was wounded in a naval engagement at Shanghai, China.
He was engaged actively and successfully in the South Atlantic blockading squadrons and in other naval operations.
He became rear-admiral in 1878, and retired in 1883.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Benton , Thomas Hart , -1858 (search)
Benton, Thomas Hart, -1858
Statesman; born near Hillsboro, N. C., March 14, 1782.
Before finishing his studies at Chapel Hill University, North Carolina, he removed to Tennessee, studied law, and obtained great eminence in his profession.
In the legislature of that State he procured the enactment of a law giving to slaves the benefit of a jury trial, and also succeeded in having a law passed which reformed the judicial system of the State.
He had been on intimate terms with General Jackson at Nashville (1813), when a quarrel ensued, and in a personal encounter in that town with deadly weapons both parties gave and received severe wounds.
He was colonel of a Tennessee regiment from December, 1812, to April, 1813, and lieutenant-colonel in the regular army from 1813 to 1815.
Removing to St. Louis in 1813, he established the Missouri inquirer there, and practised his profession.
He took an
Thomas Hart Benton. active part in favoring the admission of Missouri as a State of th