The Encyclopedia Americana: A Universal Reference Library Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc., of the World, Volume 3Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines Scientific American Compiling Department, 1903 |
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... battle . His funeral was celebrated amid bloody com- motion , while his troops were putting to death the men , women , and children whom they had made prisoners . Bovey , Henry Taylor , Canadian engineer : b . Devonshire , England . He ...
... battle . His funeral was celebrated amid bloody com- motion , while his troops were putting to death the men , women , and children whom they had made prisoners . Bovey , Henry Taylor , Canadian engineer : b . Devonshire , England . He ...
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... battle of Bull Run he raised a company for the 48th Illinois Infantry , but declined its captaincy on account of the taunts of former political associ- ates , and went to the front as a private . On 25 at Jan. 1862 he was detailed as a ...
... battle of Bull Run he raised a company for the 48th Illinois Infantry , but declined its captaincy on account of the taunts of former political associ- ates , and went to the front as a private . On 25 at Jan. 1862 he was detailed as a ...
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... battle , 7 Aug. 1819 , between the Spaniards and Gen. Bolivar , which resulted in the defeat of the former , and the establishment of Colombian independence . A college was established here in 1821. Pop . 7,000 . Bo'yar , or Boiar ...
... battle , 7 Aug. 1819 , between the Spaniards and Gen. Bolivar , which resulted in the defeat of the former , and the establishment of Colombian independence . A college was established here in 1821. Pop . 7,000 . Bo'yar , or Boiar ...
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... battle of Tippecanoe , November 1811 ; was made brigadier - general 26 August and held that rank throughout the War of 1812. He was at the capture of Fort George , and in the battle of Chrysler's Field , Canada . In 1816 he went to ...
... battle of Tippecanoe , November 1811 ; was made brigadier - general 26 August and held that rank throughout the War of 1812. He was at the capture of Fort George , and in the battle of Chrysler's Field , Canada . In 1816 he went to ...
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... battle of Cherubusco . He was professor of chemistry at West Point , 1848-55 , and in the University of Mississippi , 1858-61 . He wrote a History of West Point ) ( 1863 ) ; and a History of the United States Navy . Boynton , Henry Van ...
... battle of Cherubusco . He was professor of chemistry at West Point , 1848-55 , and in the University of Mississippi , 1858-61 . He wrote a History of West Point ) ( 1863 ) ; and a History of the United States Navy . Boynton , Henry Van ...
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