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(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,…
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(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…
(Encyclopedia) Arlington National Cemetery, 420 acres (170 hectares), N Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.; est. 1864. More than 60,000 American war dead, as well as notables…
(Encyclopedia) WatervlietWatervlietwôˌtərvlētˈ, wôˈtərvlētˌ, wŏˈ– [key], industrial city (1990 pop. 11,061), Albany co., E N.Y., on the Hudson River, opposite Troy, near the terminus of the Erie…
(Encyclopedia) Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905–82, American poet, critic, and translator, b. South Bend, Ind. A resident of San Francisco, he was briefly associated with the beat generation, although he…
(Encyclopedia) Chinese music, the classical music forms of China.
Throughout the political and social turmoil following World War I, Western (classical and popular) and Japanese sources dominated…
