Francesco II, King of the Two Sicilies

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, December 28, 2008. 
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Francesco II, King of the Two Sicilies.
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Historical and Public Figures Collection, NYPL Digital Gallery
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Original image at NYPL Digital Gallery

Edward Johnson (American National Biography)

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Robert K. Krick, "Johnson, Edward," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/04/04-00568.html.
During his more than two decades in the army before the Civil War, Johnson also saw duty in Kansas, New York, California, and the Dakota Territory….In July [1861] Johnson assumed command of the Twelfth Georgia Infantry and turned that unit into one of the best regiments in Confederate service. That fall…he marched west from the Shenandoah Valley, taking up a position on a ridge of the Alleghany (Allegheny) Mountains.
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Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies, detail

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, December 28, 2008.  Detail size only.
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print
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Yes
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Ferdinand II
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Historical and Public Figures Collection, NYPL Digital Gallery
Source note
Original image at NYPL Digital Gallery

John Allen Campbell (American National Biography)

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Rick Ewig, "Campbell, John Allen," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/04/04-01123.html.
Campbell's real importance, however, is his role in the passage of the nation's first woman suffrage law. In 1889 Wyoming's constitutional convention included a suffrage provision in the aspiring state's constitution. When it joined the Union on 10 July 1890, Wyoming became the first state to grant women the right to vote and hold office. Wyoming became known as "the Equality State," a legacy to which Campbell contributed.
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Gordon Granger (American National Biography)

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Carl H. Moneyhon, "Granger, Gordon," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/04/04-00431.html.
[Gordon] Granger's command of the Reserve Corps [of the Army of the Cumberland] was achieved despite opposition from some other commanders within the Army of the Cumberland. In Kentucky he had earned a reputation for being highly opinionated and for criticism of his superiors that verged on insubordination. General William Rosecrans, however, considered him a good fighter and named him commander anyway.
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Daniel Butterfield (American National Biography)

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Edward G. LongacrE, "Butterfield, Daniel," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/05/05-00111.html.
Butterfield's rapid rise in the volunteer service and his regular army appointments cannot be reconciled with his limited talent as a field commander. Family prominence, high rank in the militia, and political connections appear to have been responsible. His managerial and organizational talents served him well as a staff officer, although his officiousness and his sometimes abrasive personality weakened his usefulness as a liaison between army headquarters and subordinate commanders.
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Maryland holds a Slaveholder's Convention with representatives from almost every county

The Convention of the Slaveholders of the Eastern Shore of Maryland had met in Cambridge, Maryland the previous November. This statewide Convention assembled in Baltimore with every county represented barring Alleghany in the west. The Convention sought to force the state legislature's hand on the issue of the rapidly increasing number of free blacks in Maryland. No significant progress was made at the Convention but it demonstrated the growing desperation of slaveholders in the state. (By John Osborne)
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