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Samuel Francis Du Pont (American National Biography)
Ralph Kirshner, "Du Pont, Samuel Francis," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/04/04-00329.html.
In 1863 the Abraham Lincoln administration, in desperate political need of a victory, ordered Du Pont to attack Charleston. Du Pont's civilian superiors, unfamiliar with Charleston Harbor's hydrography, did not understand that the tactics of Port Royal or New Orleans could not be used in Charleston, where no room was available to maneuver. He doubted that a purely naval attack relying on monitors, which mounted only two guns and were offensively weak, could succeed against miles of fortifications and obstructions. On 7 April 1863, from 2:50 p.m.
Franz Sigel (American National Biography)
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Earl J. Hess, "Sigel, Franz," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/05/05-00716.html.
Throughout the early part of his public life, Sigel's motives were sincere. Inspired by the liberal themes of the French Revolution of 1848, he genuinely supported the Baden revolution and the war against the Confederacy. However, by 1862 he began to manipulate the press and the public that had showered him with undeserved praise. By 1865 most of his supporters and all of his superior officers abandoned him because they came to realize his accomplishments did not match the promise of his publicity.
Charles Clark (American National Biography)
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William L. Barney, "Clark, Charles," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/04/04-00234.html.
[Charles Clark] was appointed Jefferson Davis's replacement as major general of Mississippi state troops and on 22 May 1861 accepted a commission as a brigadier general in the Confederate army. He commanded a division under Albert Sidney Johnston at Shiloh, where he was wounded in the shoulder. He later took part in Breckinridge's, assault on the Union lines at Baton Rouge. Here, in August 1862, a bullet shattered his right thigh, crippling him for the rest of his life. He was taken prisoner and paroled in late 1862.
Henry Watterson (Congressional Biographical Directory)
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"Watterson, Henry," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000209.
WATTERSON, Henry, (son of Harvey Magee Watterson and nephew of Stanley Matthews), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Washington, D.C., February 16, 1840; completed preparatory studies under private tutors; attended the Academy of the Diocese of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pa.; engaged in newspaper work as correspondent and editorial writer; his first newspaper employment was on the Washington States, a Democratic paper, 1858-1861; became editor of the Republican Banner in Nashville, Tenn., in 1861; during the Civil War entered the Confederate service; aide to
John Morrissey officially relinquishes his U.S. heavyweight boxing title and retires from the ring
John "Old Smoke" Morrissey, so called because of a famous barroom brawl during which he had rolled in the coals of a fire, was an Irish-born enforcer for the New York City bosses. He had won the heavyweight boxing championship of the United States the previous year against John C. Heenan in Canada. His wife persuaded him to retire and he began a career as a gambling proprietor and politician. He helped found the Saratoga Racetrack and served two terms in Congress. (By John Osborne)
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Amherst beats Williams in the first ever intercollegiate baseball game by a score of 73-22
On the grounds of the Maplewood Female Institute in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the college teams of Amherst and Williams, each thirteen men strong, met in the first intercollegiate baseball game. The game lasted for twenty-six innings played over three hand a half hours with Henry D. Hyde pitching every inning for Amherst. Under Massachusetts rules, though, each inning ended after only one out. Few of Hyde's fellow students saw his feat, however, since their faculty had refused to release them from classes that day. The final score was 73-22 with Amherst victorious. (By John Osborne)
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James Patton Anderson (Congressional Biographical Directory)
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"Anderson, James Patton," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000192.
ANDERSON, James Patton, a Delegate from the Territory of Washington; born near Winchester, Franklin County, Tenn., February 16, 1822; was graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., in 1842; moved to Kentucky; studied law at Montrose Law School, Frankfort, Ky.; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Hernando, Miss., from 1842 to 1846; raised a company of volunteers for the Mexican War; elected lieutenant colonel of the Second Battalion, Mississippi Rifles, and served in that capacity until the close of the war; member of the State house of representatives in 1850