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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 3 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: December 3, 1860., [Electronic resource] | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Wallace, Lewis 1827-
Military officer and author; born in Brookville, Ind., April 10, 1827; son of Gov. David Wallace; studied law, and began practice in Crawfordsville, Ind. He served as lieutenant of Indiana volunteers in the war with Mexico, and afterwards resumed his profession.
He served one term in the State Senate; and when the Civil War broke out he was appointed adjutant-general of Indiana.
Soon afterwards he was made colonel of the 11th (Zouave) Indiana Volunteers, with which he performed signal
Lewis Wallace. service in western Virginia (see Romney, skirmish at). When he fell back to Cumberland, after his dash on Romney, the Confederates took heart and advanced, 4,000 strong—infantry, cavalry, and artillery—under Colonel McDonald.
They pushed on to New Creek and destroyed the bridge of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway there.
They pressed on, destroyed all communication between Cumberland and Grafton, and completely isolated Wallace.
He had neither cannon nor cava