Memoirs, 1848-1852.

Bailey, Jacob Whitman, 1811-1857

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Jacob Whitman Bailey (1811–1857) was an American naturalist, known as the pioneer in microscopic research in America. Jacob Whitman Bailey was born in Auburn, Massachusetts on April 29, 1811, and in 1832 graduated at West Point, where, after 1834, he was successively assistant professor, acting professor, and professor of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology. At West Point he studied with John Torrey. He devised various improvements in the construction of the microscope and made an extensive co...

Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888

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Sheridan claimed he was born in Albany in the State of New York, the third child of six of John and Mary Meenagh Sheridan, Irish Catholic immigrants from the parish of Killinkere in County Cavan, Ireland. He grew up in Somerset, Ohio. Fully grown, he reached only 165 cm (5 feet 5 inches) tall, a stature that led to the nickname, "Little Phil." Abraham Lincoln described his appearance in a famous anecdote: "A brown, chunky little chap, with a long body, short legs, not enough neck to hang him, an...

Warren, G. K. (Gouverneur Kemble), 1830-1882

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Warren was born in Cold Spring, Putnam County, New York, and named for Gouverneur Kemble, a prominent local Congressman, diplomat, industrialist, and owner of the West Point Foundry. His sister, Emily Warren Roebling, would later play a significant role in the building of the Brooklyn Bridge. He entered the United States Military Academy across the Hudson River from his hometown at age 16 and graduated second in his class of 44 cadets in 1850. He was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in th...

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

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Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River. His father, Charles Robert Sherman, a successful lawyer who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court, died unexpectedly in 1829. He left his widow, Mary Hoyt Sherman, with eleven children and no inheritance. After his father's death, the nine-year-old Sherman was raised by a Lancaster neighbor and family friend, attorney Thomas Ewing, Sr., a prominent member of the Whig Party who served as senator from Ohio and as the first S...

Inge, William

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Cullum, George Washington, 1809-1892

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Cullum was born in New York City on 25 February 1809, to Arthur and Harriet Sturges Cullum. He was raised in Meadville, Pennsylvania. His father worked as a lawyer and an agent of a land company. Cullum attended the United States Military Academy, from 1 July 1829 to 1 July 1833, when he graduated third in the Class of 1833. He designed the Independent Congregational Church at Meadville and it was built in 1835–1836. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Cullum ...

Guesnon, Louis Phillippe, Jr.

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Stanley, David Sloane, 1828-1902

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Staneley was born (1828) in Chester, Ohio; graduated from West Point (1852); served at various army posts (1852-1861) in Texas, California, Kansas, and Arkansas; and fought in the Civil War, with major engagements at Corinth (1862), the Atlanta Campaign, and in Tennessee (1864). Stanley was mustered out in 1866, served in Indian campaigns in the West, and led an expedition (1873) to the Yellowstone River. He retired from the army in 1892 and died in Washington, D.C. in 1902. His military promoti...

Campbell, Archibald, 1813-1887

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Vogdes, Israel, 1816-1889.

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Nephew of Isaac Wayne; cousin of William Evans. From the description of Letters to Isaac Wayne, 1833-1841. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 79478754 ...

Twiggs, David Emanuel, 1790-1862

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American general. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Matamoros, to Lt. H.H. Sibley, 1846 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573661 U.S. and Confederate army officer. From the description of David Emanuel Twiggs correspondence and price estimate, 1849-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980672 ...

Todd, John W., 1830-1878.

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Kinsley, Zebina James Duncan, 1802-1849

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Tevis, Washington Carroll, 1828-1900.

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Magruder, William Thomas, 1825-1862.

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Jones, John Marshall, 1821-1864

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Eddy, Asher Robbins, 1824-1879.

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Baker, Charles Tainter, 1821-1881.

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Alden, Bradford Ripley, 1811-1870.

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Hallonquist, James Henry, 1835-1884.

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McIntosh, James McQueen, 1828-1862

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Brig. General James McQueen McIntosh, CSA (1828-1862) was of the McIntosh family of McIntosh County, Georgia, a descendant of Col. William McIntosh. He was the son of Colonel James Simmons McIntosh, USA (1787-1848) who was mortally wounded at the battle of Molino del Rey in the Mexican War. Gen. James M. McIntosh commanded the cavalry unit of General Ben McCulloch's wing of General Earl Van Dorn's army at Elkhorn on March 7, 1862, where both he and McCulloch were killed. He is buried at the Nati...

Jones, Samuel, 1819-1887

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Army officer. From the description of Papers of Samuel Jones, 1841-1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455150 ...

Appelles, August, fl. 1848-1852.

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Reno, Jesse Lee, 1823-1862

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U.S. Army officer during the Mexican War and Civil War; killed at the Battle of South Mountain, Md., in 1862; Reno, Nev., is named after him. From the description of Jesse Lee Reno papers, 1846-1862. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 166428627 Brevet Captain, Ordnance. From the description of Letter, Camp Floyd, Utah Territory, 1858 December 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122480066 Brevet Captain, Ordance. From the gu...

Church, Albert E. (Albert Ensign), 1807-1878

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Anderson, George Burgwyn, 1831-1862

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The Mohonk Mountain House, located in New Paltz, N.Y., was purchased by Albert K. Smiley in 1869. Smiley was a Quaker civic leader, educator, and philanthropist as well as a hotel proprietor. From the description of [Letter] 1906 May 8, New York : [to] Albert K. Smiley, Lake Mohonk Mountain House / [from] Geo. B. Anderson. (American Textile History Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 60548696 George Burgwyn Anderson was a general in the army of the Confederate States of Ame...