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Page 117 - Kansas, where he strenuously opposed the introduction of slavery, and was a member of the convention that framed the State Constitution. He entered the Federal Army as lieutenant-colonel at the outbreak of the Civil War, and in 1862 was made brigadier-general-, and placed in command of the Department of Kansas. On December 7, at Prairie Grove, he defeated a force under General Hindman, and thus checked the advance of the Confederates into Missouri.
Page 130 - He was captured and when exchanged served to the close of the war. He was a member of the Cincinnati of Maryland.
Page 151 - Tell them they will live to see the hour when they shall acknowledge my signing of the Declaration of Independence to have been the most glorious service that I ever rendered my country.
Page 222 - THOMAS, JOHN, 1725-76; b. Mass.; became eminent as a physician, and was a member of Shirley's medical staff in 1747. He was made a col. of the provincial forces in 1759, led a regiment at Crown Point the next year, and was at the capture of Montreal. He was one of the "sons of liberty," and a member of the provincial congress.
Page 345 - He was officer of the day when Washington took command of the army, and afterwards became personally acquainted with his commander-in-chief, who held him in high esteem.
Page 343 - NJ records seem to show that he continued with the 1st regiment till the close of the War. He was an original member of the Cincinnati and attended its meetings in 1785, 6, 7, 9 and 98.
Page 65 - He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Long Island and confined in one of the British prison ships where he contracted consumption.
Page 239 - August, 1776, and by his later attainments and service rose to the rank of brigadier general. At the close of the war he was elected first United States marshal of Eastern Pennsylvania. He died in Pennsylvania February 13, 1812. This distinguished' early American was the "Teat-great-grandfather of George E.
Page 254 - Boston in 1776, had read the Declaration of Independence from the balcony of the State House, or begun reading it, till a cry went up from the crowd, "Read louder! louder!