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Thompson, Jacob
(Encyclopedia)Thompson, Jacob, 1810–85, U.S. Representative (1839–51) and Secretary of the Interior (1857–61), b. Caswell co., N.C. Thompson was a prosperous lawyer and prominent Democrat of Oxford, Miss. He ...Doubleday, Abner
(Encyclopedia)Doubleday, Abner, 1819–93, once credited as originator of baseball and Union general in the American Civil War, b. Saratoga co., N.Y., grad. West Point, 1842. The A. G. Mills commission (1905–8) i...Floyd, John Buchanan
(Encyclopedia)Floyd, John Buchanan, 1807–63, U.S. Secretary of War (1857–60) and Confederate general, b. Smithfield, Va. After failing as a lawyer and cotton planter in Arkansas, he returned to Virginia and pra...Duquesne, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Duquesne, Fort: see Fort Duquesne. ...Abercrombie, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Abercrombie, Fort: see Fort Abercrombie. ...Dix, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Dix, Fort: see Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. ...Donelson, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Donelson, Fort: see Fort Donelson. ...Dearborn, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Dearborn, Fort: see Fort Dearborn. ...Albany, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Albany, Fort: see Fort Albany, Canada. ...Fisher, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Fisher, Fort: see Fort Fisher.Browse by Subject
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