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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Craven , John Joseph 1822 - (search)
Craven, John Joseph 1822-
Physician; born in Newark, N. J., in September, 1822; superintended the erection of the first telegraph line between New York and Philadelphia, using many original devices, in 1846; was the first to insulate telegraph wires with gutta-percha, to perfect a submarine cable, and to use glass on telegraph poles to prevent the grounding of the wires.
In 1861 he was appointed surgeon of the 1st New Jersey Volunteers; soon afterwards became brigade surgeon; was appointed medical director of the Department of the South, and in January, 1865, was assigned to duty at Fort Monroe, where he had full charge of Jefferson Davis during his imprisonment.
After the war he published The prison life of Jefferson Davis.
He died on Long Island, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1893.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Crittenden , George Bibb 1812 -1880 (search)
Crittenden, George Bibb 1812-1880
Military officer; born in Russellville, Ky., March 20, 1812; graduated at West Point in 1832.
He resigned the next year, served in the war against Mexico (1846-48) under General Scott, joined the Confederates, and became a major-general and, with Zollicoffer, was defeated in the battle at Mill Spring, in January, 1862.
He was a son of John J. Crittenden.
He died in Danville, Ky., Nov. 27, 1880.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Curry , Jabez Lamar Monroe 1825 - (search)
Curry, Jabez Lamar Monroe 1825-
Educator; born in Lincoln county, Ga., June 5, 1825; graduated at the University of Georgia in 1843; served with the Texas Rangers in the Mexican War in 1846; member of the United States Congress in 1857-61, and of the Confederate Congress in 1861-63; was lieutenant-colonel of cavalry in the Confederate army in 1863-65; president of Howard College, Alabama, 1866-68; Professor of Constitutional and International Law in Richmond College, Virginia, in 1868-81; and United States minister to Spain in 1885-88.
His publications include The Southern States of the American Union in their relation to the Constitution and the resulting Union; Establishment and disestablishment in the United States; History of the Peabody education fund; and Civil history of the Confederate States.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Curtis , George William 1824 - (search)
Curtis, George William 1824-
Editor; born in Providence, R. I., Feb. 24, 1824; became a member of the Brook farm Association (q. v.) in 1842.
In 1846 he went abroad, and, after spending a year in Italy, entered the University of Berlin, where he saw the revolutionary movements of 1848.
He spent two years in travelling in
George William Curtis. Europe, Egypt, and Syria, returning to the United States in 1850, in which year he published Nile notes of a Howadji.
He joined the editorial staff of the New York Tribune, and was one of the original editors of Putnam's monthly.
He was for many years an eloquent and successful lyceum lecturer, and was generally regarded as one of the most accomplished orators in the United States.
In 1867 he became editor of Harper's weekly, and was extremely influential.
In his writings and speeches he was a very efficient supporter of the Republican party for nearly a generation.
He contributed a vast number of very able short essays through H
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davidson , John Wynn ,1824 -1881 (search)
Davidson, John Wynn, 1824-1881
Military officer; born in Fairfax county, Va., Aug. 18, 1824; graduated at West Point in 1845, entering the dragoons.
Accompanying Kearny to California in 1846, he was in the principal battles of the war with Mexico.
He was also active in New Mexico, afterwards, against the Indians.
In 1861 he was made major of cavalry, and early in 1862 brigadiergeneral of volunteers, commanding a brigade in the Army of the Potomac.
After serving in the campaign on the Peninsula, he was transferred (August, 1862) to the Department of the Mississippi, and cooperated with General Steele in the capture of Little Rock, Ark. He was brevetted major-general of volunteers in March, 1865; promoted to lieutenant-colonel, 10th Cavalry, in 1866; was Professor of Military Science in Kansas Agricultural College in 1868-71; promoted to colonel, 2d Cavalry, in 1879.
He died in St. Paul, Minn., June 26, 1881.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davis , Jefferson ,1808 -1889 (search)
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Statesman; born in Christian county, Ky., June 3, 1808; graduated at West Point in 1828; served as lieutenant in the Black Hawk War (q. v.) in 1831-32, and resigned in 1835 to become a cotton-planter in Mississippi.
He was a member of Congress in 1845-46, and served as colonel of a Mississippi regiment in the war with Mexico.
He was United States Senator from 1847 to 1851, and from 1857 to 1861.
He was called to the cabinet of President Pierce as Secretary of War in 1853, and remained four years. He resigned his seat in the Senate in January, 1861, and was chosen provisional President of the Southern Confederacy in February.
In November, 1861, he was elected permanent President for six years. Early in April, 1865, he and his associates in the government fled from Richmond, first to Danville, Va., and then towards the Gulf of Mexico.
He was arrested in Georgia, taken to Fort Monroe, and confined on a charge of treason for about two years, when he wa
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Decatur , Stephen ,1779 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dickinson , Don M. ,1846 - (search)
Dickinson, Don M., 1846-
Lawyer; born in Port Ontario, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1846; settled in Michigan in 1848; graduated at the Law Department of the University of Michigan in 1866; began practice in Detroit; member of the Democratic National Committee in 1884-85; served as Postmaster-General of the United States in 1888-89.
He was appointed senior counsel for the United States before the Bering Sea Claims Commission in 1896.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Donelson , Andrew Jackson ,1800 -1871 (search)
Donelson, Andrew Jackson, 1800-1871
Statesman; born in Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 25, 1800; graduated at West Point in 1820; resigned from the army in 1822; appointed minister to the republic of Texas in 1844; minister to Prussia in 1846; and to the Federal Government of Germany in 1848.
He abandoned the Democratic party, joined the American party, and was its candidate for Vice-President on the ticket with Millard Fillmore in 1856.
He died in Memphis, Tenn., June 26, 1871.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Doniphan , Alexander William ,1808 -1887 (search)
Doniphan, Alexander William, 1808-1887
Military officer; born in Kentucky, July 9, 1808; graduated at Augusta College in 1826; admitted to the bar in 1830.
In addition to his legal studies he was interested in military matters and became brigadier-general in the Missouri State militia.
In 1838 he compelled the Mormons (q. v.)under Joseph Smith, to give up their leaders for trial, lay down their arms, and leave the State.
In 1846 he entered the United States service as colonel of the 1st Missouri Regiment; in December of that year he defeated a superior force of Mexicans at Brazito River (q. v.); two days later he occupied El Paso.
In February, 1847, with less than 1,000 men, after a march of over 200 miles through a sterile country, he met a force of 4,000 Mexicans at the pass of Sacramento.
He attacked with such vigor that the Mexicans were soon overpowered, having lost over 800 in killed and wounded, Doniphan's own loss being one man killed, eleven wounded. He subsequently