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Parkhurst, Charles Henry

(Encyclopedia)Parkhurst, Charles Henry, 1842–1933, American clergyman and reformer, b. Framingham, Mass., grad. Amherst 1866, and studied theology at Halle and Leipzig. He was pastor of the Congregational Church ...

Reinach, Joseph

(Encyclopedia)Reinach, Joseph zhôzĕfˈ rĕnäkˈ [key], 1856–1921, French publicist and lawyer. An associate of Léon Gambetta, he waged (1889) a campaign against General Boulanger in the journal République fr...

Missionary Ridge

(Encyclopedia)Missionary Ridge: see Chattanooga campaign. ...

Antietam National Battlefield

(Encyclopedia)Antietam National Battlefield: see Antietam campaign. ...

Peach Tree Creek

(Encyclopedia)Peach Tree Creek: see Atlanta campaign. ...

Hobkirks Hill, battle of

(Encyclopedia)Hobkirks Hill, battle of: see Carolina campaign. ...

Freeman's Farm, battle of

(Encyclopedia)Freeman's Farm, battle of: see Saratoga campaign. ...

Bemis Heights, battle of

(Encyclopedia)Bemis Heights, battle of: see Saratoga campaign. ...

Meade, George Gordon

(Encyclopedia)Meade, George Gordon, 1815–72, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Cádiz, Spain. Graduated from West Point in 1835, he resigned from the army the next year and became a civil engineer. In 1...

Comey, James Brien, Jr.

(Encyclopedia)Comey, James Brien, Jr., 1960–, American law enforcement official, b. Yonkers, N.Y., grad. William and Mary, 1982, Univ. of Chicago Law School, 1985. He was assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern ...