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Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888

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Ephraim George Squier (1821-1888) and Dr. Edwin Hamilton Davis (1811-1888) of Chillicothe, Ohio were antiquarian authors who became authorities in the field of Indian antiquities. Mr. Squier was editor of the Scioto Gazette in Ohio when he began investigating the moundbuilders of the Scioto Valley under the tutelage of Dr. Davis, an Ohio physician who wrote for several historical and medical journals. Squier was later appointed Charge d'affaires to Guatemala and other Central American states and...

Orr & Co.

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Davis, E. H.

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Orr, Nathaniel

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P.G.T. Beauregard of New Orleans, La., graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1838. He served in the Mexican War and directed the building of the Federal customs house in New Orleans. Beauregard was a full general in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, serving at Fort Sumter, the First Battle of Manassas, the Battle of Shiloh, and the Second Battle of Petersburg, among others. After the war, he served as president of two Louisiana railway companies and as manager of t...