Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography: Lodge-PickensJames Grant Wilson, John Fiske D. Appleton, 1888 |
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... civil war , when he returned to the presi- dency of the University of Mississippi . In 1844 he was a member of the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church , and was conspicuous in the discussions that led to a rupture of ...
... civil war , when he returned to the presi- dency of the University of Mississippi . In 1844 he was a member of the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church , and was conspicuous in the discussions that led to a rupture of ...
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... civil war , and Lopez , declaring himself the protector of the " equilibrium " of the Plata river , demanded that the Brazilian forces should retire . This summons remaining unheeded , he began hostilities in No- vember , 1864 , by ...
... civil war , and Lopez , declaring himself the protector of the " equilibrium " of the Plata river , demanded that the Brazilian forces should retire . This summons remaining unheeded , he began hostilities in No- vember , 1864 , by ...
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... civil engineering , when he was appointed to the U. S. military acad- emy . After his graduation in 1856 he was on the frontier till the civil war , in the early part of which he was disabled by a wound at Blackburn's ford , and saw no ...
... civil engineering , when he was appointed to the U. S. military acad- emy . After his graduation in 1856 he was on the frontier till the civil war , in the early part of which he was disabled by a wound at Blackburn's ford , and saw no ...
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... civil war as a colonel on the staff of the Confederate Gen. Sterling Price , and was for some time a prisoner . After the war he practised law in St. Louis , Mo. , superintended the land - sales of the Iron Mountain railway , removing ...
... civil war as a colonel on the staff of the Confederate Gen. Sterling Price , and was for some time a prisoner . After the war he practised law in St. Louis , Mo. , superintended the land - sales of the Iron Mountain railway , removing ...
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... civil war he entered the army as a three months ' volunteer , and served as sergeant and sergeant - major . On his discharge he re - enlisted , and was commissioned 1st lieutenant in the 44th N. Y. infantry . He was promoted cap- tain ...
... civil war he entered the army as a three months ' volunteer , and served as sergeant and sergeant - major . On his discharge he re - enlisted , and was commissioned 1st lieutenant in the 44th N. Y. infantry . He was promoted cap- tain ...
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