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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...

Antietam National Battlefield

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

Missionary Ridge

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

Peach Tree Creek

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

Ferdinand VII, king of Spain

(Encyclopedia)Ferdinand VII, 1784–1833, king of Spain (1808–33), son of Charles IV and María Luisa. Excluded from a role in the government, he became the center of intrigues against the chief minister Godoy an...

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. ...

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 ...

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...