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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Louisiana, (search)
o 1880 Louis Alfred Wiltz 1880 to 1881 Samuel D. McEnery1881 to 1888 Francis T. Nicholls1888 to 1892 Murphy J. Foster 1892 to 1900 William W. Heard1900 to — United States Senators. Name.No. of Congress. Term. Thomas Posey 12th 1812 James Brown12th to 14th 1813 to 1817 Allan B. Magruder12th 1812 Eligins Fromentin13th to 15th1813 to 1819 Henry Johnson15th to 18th 1818 to 1824 James Brown16th to 18th 1819 to 1823 Dominique Bouligny18th to 20th 1824 to 1829 United States SenatoJames Brown16th to 18th 1819 to 1823 Dominique Bouligny18th to 20th 1824 to 1829 United States Senators-continued. Name.No. of CongressTerm. Josiah S. Johnston18th to 23d 1824 to 1833 Edward Livingston 21st to 22d 1829 to 1831 George A. Waggaman 22d1832 Alexander Porter 23d to 24th1834 to 1837 Alexander Mouton 24th to 27th 1837 to 1842 Robert C. Nicholas 24th to 26th 1836 to 1841 Charles M. Conrad 27th 1842 to 1843 Alexander Barrow 27th to 29th 1841 to 1846 Alexander Porter 28th 1843 to 1844 Henry Johnson 28th to 30th 1844 to 1849 Pierre Soule 29th 1847 Solomon W. Downs 30th to
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lundy's Lane, battle of. (search)
Canada. With a force about one-third greater than that of Brown, Drummond pushed forward to meet the latter. In the mean time Brown, after burying the dead and caring for the wounded, had moved forward to Queenston and menaced Fort George. He exat Sackett's Harbor, and his vessels were blockaded there. Brown waited many days for the squadron. Losing all hope of aid seizing the American stores at Schlosser, above the falls. Brown ordered Scott to march rapidly with a part of the army and ond. At the same time Scott was hotly engaged with Riall. Brown, apprised of the situation, had pressed forward with his wheen severely wounded by a musket-ball in his shoulder. General Brown was also severely wounded, and the command devolved upod the Americans fell back to Chippewa, with orders from General Brown to return after a brief rest, before the dawn, and occud one of the most brilliant of the war. The moment that General Brown met Miller afterwards, he said, You have immortalized y
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McArthur, Duncan 1772- (search)
urchasing large tracts, became possessed of much landed wealth. He was a member of the Ohio legislature in 1805, and in 1808 became major-general of the State militia. When war was kindling he was chosen colonel of the Ohio volunteers, and was second in command at the surrender of Detroit (q. v.)In the spring of 1813 he was promoted to brigadier-general, and in 1814 succeeded General Harrison in command of the Army of the West. Late in the summer of 1814, the critical situation of General Brown's army on the Niagara frontier induced General McArthur to make a terrifying raid in the western part of Canada, to divert the attention of the British. He arrived at Detroit Oct. 9, with about 700 mounted men which he had raised in Kentucky and Ohio. Late in that month he left Detroit with 750 men on fleet horses, and, with five pieces of cannon, passed up the lake and St. Clair River towards Lake Huron, to deceive the Canadians. On the morning of the 25th he suddenly crossed the riv
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), MacOMBmb, Alexander 1782- (search)
the artillery, and distinguished himself on the Niagara frontier. In January, 1814, he was promoted to brigadier-general, and when General Izard withdrew from the military post on Lake Champlain, in the summer of that year, Macomb was left in chief command of that region. In that capacity he won a victory over the British at Plattsburg, Sept. 11. For his conduct on that occasion he was commissioned a major-general and received thanks and a gold medal from Congress. On the death of General Brown, in 1835, General Macomb was appointed general-in- chief of the armies of the United States, which post he held at the time of his death, in Washington, D. C., June 25, 1841. His remains were interred, with military honors in the congressional cemetery, Washington, and over them stands a beautiful white marble monument, prop- MacOMBmb's monument. erly inscribed. He was author of a treatise on Martial law and courts-martial (see Plattsburg, battle of). His son, William Henry (born, J
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Utah, (search)
Col. John C. Fremont, with Kit Carson and three others, explores Great Salt Lake in a rubber boat......Sept. 8, 1843 Brigham Young and 142 Mormons, in search of a location for their new Zion, arrive at the site of Salt Lake City......July 21, 1847 Mormons to the number of 1,553, with 580 wagons, leave Council Bluffs, July 4, and reach Salt Lake......September, 1847 Utah included in the cession by Mexico to the United States by the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo......Feb. 2, 1848 James Brown purchases the tract where Ogden now stands from Miles M. Goodyear, who held it by Spanish grant as early as 1841......June 6, 1848 Provisional government for the State of Deseret, with capital at Salt Lake City, formed by a convention which met at Salt Lake City, March 4, and chose Brigham Young governor, March 12. First General Assembly convenes......July 2, 1849 Perpetual Emigration Fund Company organized at Salt Lake......Oct. 6, 1849 City of Provo founded......1849 First n