(Encyclopedia) Mountain Meadows, small valley in extreme SW Utah, where in 1857 a party of some 140 emigrants bound for California were massacred. It was a period when friction between Mormons and…
REEVES Albert Lee, Jr. , a Representative from Missouri;
born in Steelville, Crawford County, Mo., on May 31, 1906;
attended the public schools of Kansas City, Mo.;
was graduated from William…
BEALE Richard Lee Turberville , a Representative from Virginia; born in Hickory Hill, Westmoreland County, Va.,
May 22, 1819; attended private schools in Westmoreland County, Northumberland…
ALLEN Robert Edward Lee , a Representative from West Virginia; born in Lima, Tyler County, W.Va.,
November 28, 1865; attended the country schools, Fairmont Normal School, and Peabody College,…
BLACKBURN Robert E. Lee , a Representative from Kentucky; born on a farm near Furnace, Estill County, Ky., April 9, 1870; as an infant moved with his parents to Stanton, Powell County, Ky.; attended…
Senate Years of Service: 1835-1837
Party: Jacksonian EWING William Lee Davidson , a Senator from Illinois; born in Paris, Ky., August 31, 1795; pursued academic studies; studied law; admitted to…
(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Stonewall (Thomas Jonathan Jackson), 1824–63, Confederate general, b. Clarksburg, Va. (now W.Va.), grad. West Point, 1846.
With the diversion in the Shenandoah Valley a…
(Encyclopedia) Bull Run, small stream, NE Va., c.30 mi (50 km) SW of Washington, D.C. Two important battles of the Civil War were fought there: the first on July 21, 1861, and the second Aug. 29–30,…
(Encyclopedia) Gettysburg campaign, June–July, 1863, series of decisive battles of the U.S. Civil War.
The Gettysburg battles included more than 160,000 soldiers and many camp laborers. These…
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