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James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 1 1 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 4: The Cavalry (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 1 1 Browse Search
James Russell Lowell, Among my books 1 1 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 1 1 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) 1 1 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 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
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: Introduction., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fur-trade. (search)
ssed a fortune of $250,000, when he embarked in a scheme for making a great fur depot on the Pacific coast. He was then competing with the great fur companies of the Northwest, under a charter in the name of the American Fur Company, for which he furnished the entire capital. Mr. Astor made an earnest effort to carry on the business between the Pacific coast of America and China, founding the town of Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River. Through the bad faith of a business partner in 1813, that establishment was sold for a nominal sum and placed under British control. After that Mr. Astor carried on his operations in the region of the Rocky Mountains, with his chief post at Mackinaw. Alaska, acquired in 1867 by purchase, opened a new field for the American fur-trade. The furs from that region are mainly those of the fur-seal; there are also those of the beaver, ermine, fox, otter, marten, and other animals. From 1870 to 1890 the monopoly of the trade was in the hands of th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gaines, Myra Clark 1805-1813 (search)
Gaines, Myra Clark 1805-1813 Claimant; wife of Edmund Pendleton Gaines; daughter of Daniel Clark, who was born in Sligo, Ireland, and emigrated to New Orleans, where Myra was born in 1805. Her father inherited a large estate from his uncle in 1799, and died in New Orleans, Aug. 16, 1813, devising all his property to his mother, Mary Clark. Myra married first W. W. Whitney in 1832, and on his death General Gaines in 1839. She claimed the estate of her father, who was reputed a bachelor at the time of his death, and after a litigation of over fifty years she succeeded in establishing her rights. She died in New Orleans, Jan. 9, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gallatin, Albert 1761- (search)
r Democratic, party, he even went so far, in a speech in Congress (1796), as to charge Washington and Jay with having pusillanimously surrendered the honor of their country. This, from the lips of a young foreigner, exasperated the Federalists. He was a leader of the Democrats in the House, and directed his attention particularly to financial matters. Mr. Gallatin remained in Congress until 1801, when President Jefferson appointed him Secretary of the Treasury, which office he held until 1813, and obtained the credit of being one of the best financiers of the age. The opponents of Jefferson's administration complained vehemently, in 1808, that the country was threatened with direct taxation at a time when the sources of its wealth, by the orders and decrees of Great Britain and France, were drying up. Gallatin replied to these complaints by reproducing a flattering but delusive suggestion contained in his annual report the preceding year. He suggested that, as the United State
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gentry, Meredith Poindexter 1809-1866 (search)
Gentry, Meredith Poindexter 1809-1866 Legislator; born in North Carolina, Sept. 15, 1809; removed with his father to Tennessee in 1813; elected to the State legislature in 1835; to Congress in 1839. When his State seceded he entered the Confederate Congress. He died at Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 2, 1866.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
Matthews1793-96 Jared Irwin1796-98 James Jackson1798-1801 David Emanuel1801 Josiah Tattnall1801-2 John Milledge1802-6 Jared Irwin1806-9 David B. Mitchell1809-13 Peter Early1813-15 David B. Mitchell1815-17 William Rabun1817-19 Matthew Talbot, acting1819 John Clark1819-23 George M. Troup1823-27 John Forsyth1827-29 Geo1813-15 David B. Mitchell1815-17 William Rabun1817-19 Matthew Talbot, acting1819 John Clark1819-23 George M. Troup1823-27 John Forsyth1827-29 George R. Gilmer1829-31 Wilson Lumpkin1831-35 William Schley1835-37 George R. Gilmer1837-39 Charles J. McDonald1839-43 George W. Crawford1843-47 George W. B. Towns1847-51 Howell Cobb1851-53 Herschel V. Johnson1853-57 Joseph E. Brown1857-65 James Johnson1865 Charles J. Jenkins1865-67 Gen. T. H. Ruger1867-68 Rufus B. Bulloh1807 to 1813 United States Senators (continued). NameNo. of Congress.Date. Charles Tait11th1809 William B. Bullock13th1813 Williams Wyatt Bibb13th to 14th1813 to 1816 George M. Troup14th to 15th1816 to 1819 John Forsyth15th1819 John Elliott16th to 18th1819 to 1824 Freeman Walker16th1819 to 1821 Nicholas Ware17th to
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gilmer, George Rockingham 1790-1859 (search)
Gilmer, George Rockingham 1790-1859 Lawyer; born in Wilkes (now Oglethorpe) county, Ga., April 11, 1790. He was made lieutenant of the 43d Infantry in 1813, and sent against the Creek Indians; was governor of Georgia in 1829-31 and 1837-39. He was the author of Georgians (a historical work). He died in Lexington, Ga., Nov. 15, 1859.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gorrie, Peter Douglas 1813-1884 (search)
Gorrie, Peter Douglas 1813-1884 Clergyman; born in Glasgow, Scotland, April 21, 1813; came to the United States in 1820, and was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was the author of The churches and sects in the United States; Black River conference Memorial, etc. He died in Potsdam, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1884.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hale, Sarah Josepha (Buell) 1788-1879 (search)
Hale, Sarah Josepha (Buell) 1788-1879 Author; born in Newport, N. H., Oct. 24, 1788; was educated by her mother; married David Hale in 1813; was left a widow in 1822, and engaged in literature as a means of support. In 1828-37 she conducted the Ladies' magazine in Boston. In the latter year this paper was united with Godey's Lady's book in Philadelphia, of which Mrs. Hale became editor. She was an early and influential advocate of higher education for women. In 1860 she suggested that Thanksgiving Day be instituted by the national government as a national holiday, and in 1864 President Lincoln established this holiday. She continued in active editorial work till 1877. Her writings include the poems, The light of home; Mary's Lamb; It snows, etc. Among her other works are Woman's record, or sketches of all distinguished women from the creation to the present day; Northwood; Sketches of American character; Traits of American life; Flora's interpreter; The Ladies' wreath; The
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hamilton, Frank Hastings 1813-1886 (search)
Hamilton, Frank Hastings 1813-1886 Surgeon; born in Wilmington, Vt., Sept. 10, 1813; graduated at Union College in 1830. and in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1835. In 1839 he became Professor of Surgery in the Western College of Physicians and Surgeons, and in the following year in the medical college at Geneva. In 1846 he was appointed Professor of Surgery in the medical college in Buffalo, of which he later became dean. When the Long Island Hospital College was established in 1859, he became Professor of the Principles and Practice of Surgery there and also surgeon-in-chief. In 1861 he was made Professor of Military Surgery, and at the outbreak of the Civil War went to the front with the 31st New York Volunteers. During the first battle of Bull Run he was director of the general field hospital in Centreville. In 1862 he was appointed a medical director in the army, and in 1863 a medical inspector, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He, however, soon res
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hampton, (search)
ans, fired his musket at one of the tenders. This was the The burning of Hampton. first gun fired at the British in Virginia. It was followed by a volley. Boats sunk in the channel retarded the British ships, and, after a sharp skirmish the next day, Oct. 27, the blockaders were driven away. One of the tenders was taken, with its armament and seamen, and several of the British were slain. The Virginians did not lose a man. This was the first battle of the Revolution in Virginia. In 1813 the British, exasperated by their repulse at Craney Island, proceeded to attack the village of Hampton. It was defended at the time by about 450 Virginia soldiers, commanded by Maj. Stapleton Crutchfield. They were chiefly militia infantry, with a few artillerymen and cavalry. They had a heavy battery to defend the water-front of the camp and village, composed of four 6, two 12, and one 18 pounder cannon, in charge of Sergt. William Burke. Early on the morning of June 25, about 2,500 Brit
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