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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Baltimore, (search)
. The train moved up the Patapsco Valley about 2 miles, and then backed slowly to the relay house and past it. At dark it was in the Camden Street station. in Baltimore. A heavy thunder-storm was about to burst upon the city, and, few persons being about, little was known of this portentous arrival. Butler marched his troops from the station to Federal Hill in a drenching shower. He sat down in his wet garments at past midnight and wrote a proclamation, dated Federal Hill, Baltimore, May 14, 1861, in which it was announced that troops under his command occupied the city for the purpose of enforcing respect and obedience to the laws, as well of the State as of the United States, which were being violated within its limits by some malignant and traitorous men. This proclamation, published in the Baltimore Clipper in the morning, was the first intimation to the citizens that National troops were in possession of their town. The conquest was complete, and the hold thus taken on Balt
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maryland, State of. (search)
in the same body a bill to suspend the operations of the criminal laws, and that the grand jury should be estopped from finding indictments against any of the offenders. These measures. alarmed the best friends of the commonwealth, and added strength to the sympathy for the Union cause in that State. When General Butler, by a single, bold stroke, revealed the real weakness of the Confederate element in Maryland, the Unionists breathed freer, and very soon manifested their strength. May 14, 1861, was a memorable one in the annals of Maryland. On that day the legislature adjourned, and Governor Hicks, relieved of the presence of the Confederate element, and assured by the Secretary of War that National troops would remain in Maryland as long as seeming necessity demanded their presence, issued a proclamation calling for Maryland's quota of troops (four regiments) in response to the President's call. On that day the veteran Maj. W. W. Morris, commander of Fort McHenry, first ga
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sprague, John Titcomb 1810-1878 (search)
Sprague, John Titcomb 1810-1878 Military officer; born in Newburyport, Mass., July 3, 1810; entered the United States marine corps in 1834; served in the Indian campaign in Florida in a manner that won him two promotions; commissioned major of the 1st United States Infantry, May 14, 1861; and while stationed in Texas was captured by General Twigg and released on parole. He was adjutantgeneral of New York till 1865, when he was commissioned colonel of the 7th United States Infantry; served for a time in Florida; then became military governor there, and retired from the army in 1870. He published Origin, progress, and conclusion of the Florida War. He died in New York City, Sept. 6, 1878.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Missouri, (search)
1861 United States arsenal at Liberty seized and garrisoned by State troops under order from Governor Jackson......April 20, 1861 Captain Lyon, at the head of the United States forces in St. Louis, by a sudden move upon Camp Jackson, compels an unconditional surrender of the State militia there......May 10, 1861 General Harney, commandant at St. Louis, addresses the people of Missouri, denouncing a military act of the legislature as indirect secession and unconstitutional......May 14, 1861 Governor Jackson calls for 50,000 militia, for the purpose of repelling invasion, and for the protection of the lives, liberty, and property of citizens of the State ......June 12, 1861 Governor Jackson, with the State troops, proceeds to Booneville, leaving the capital to fall into the hands of Lyon......June 15, 1861 General Lyon defeats the State troops under Colonel Marmaduke in battle at Booneville......June 17, 1861 An indecisive battle is fought at Carthage between Stat
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wade, James F. 1843- (search)
Wade, James F. 1843- military officer; born in Ohio, April 14, 1843; was commissioned first lieutenant 6th United States Cavalry, May 14, 1861; promoted captain and major in 1866; lieutenant-colonel 10th Cavalry in 1879; colonel 5th Cavalry on April 21, 1887; and brigadier-general, May 26, 1897. In the volunteer service he was commissioned colonel, Sept. 19, 1864; brevetted brigadier-general, Feb. 13, 1865; and mustered out of the service, April 15, 1866. On May 4, 1898, he was commissioned a major-general of volunteers for the war against Spain, and was honorably discharged from this service, June 12, 1899. General Wade was chairman of the American commission to arrange and supervise the evacuation of Cuba (Jan. 1, 1899), and subsequently was appointed commander of the Military Department of Dakota.