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	Andrew Gregg Curtin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Andrew Gregg Curtin (April 22, 1817 - October 7, 1894) was a U.S. politician who served as Governor of Pennsylvania during the American Civil War.
		During the Civil War, Curtin organized the Pennsylvania reserves into combat units, and oversaw the construction of the first Union military camp for training militia.
		Curtin was very active during the Gettysburg Campaign, working with Major General Darius N. Couch and Major Granville O. Haller to delay Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and prevent it from crossing the Susquehanna River.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andrew_Gregg_Curtin (241 words)

	ANDREW CURTIN - LoveToKnow Article on ANDREW CURTIN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		During the Civil War he was one of the closest and most constant advisers of President Lincoln, and one of the most efficient, most energetic and most patriotic of the war governors of the North.
		Pennsylvania troops were the first to reach Washington after the presidents call, and from first to last the state, under Governor Curtins guidance, furnished 387,284 officers and men to the Northern armies.
		In 1868 he was one of the counsel for President Andrew Johnson in his impeachment trial, and opened for the defence in a remarkable two-days speech.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CU/CURTIN_ANDREW.htm (816 words)

	PHMC: Governors of Pennsylvania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Andrew Gregg Curtin was governor through one of Pennsylvania's darkest periods of history, the American Civil War.
		Born April 22, 1815, in Bellefonte, Centre County, Curtin was the son of Roland Curtin, a Scotch-Irish immigrant iron founder, and his second wife, Jane Gregg, who was the daughter of a major Pennsylvania politician and president pro tem of the U.S. Senate, Andrew Gregg.
		The Curtins placed a high value on education for their seven children and young Andrew was sent to preparatory school, first in Harrisburg, then to the academy at Milton, an institution of exceptional reputation and operated by Rev. David Kirkpatrick.
	www.phmc.state.pa.us /bah/dam/governors/curtin.asp?secid=31 (828 words)

	Andrew Gregg Curtin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Curtin did much toward reforming and perfecting the school system of the state, in his annual report of 1855 he recommended to the legislature the establishment of normal schools, and his suggestion was adopted.
		Curtin was elected by a majority 32, 000 In his inaugural address he advocated the forcible suppression of secession, and throughout, the contest that followed he was one of the" war governors" who were most earnest in their support of the national government.
		Governor Curtin was untiring in his efforts for the comfort of the soldiers, answering carefully the numerous letters sent him from the field, and originated a system of care and instruction for the children of those slain in battle, making them wards of the state.
	www.famousamericans.net /andrewgreggcurtin (726 words)

	Andrew Gregg Curtin, Governor of Pennsylvania, 1861-1867
		Andrew Gregg Curtin, a lawyer of Scotch-Irish descent, was 43 years old when he defeated Henry D. Foster of Westmoreland County and became Pennsylvania's chief executive on January 15, 1861.
		Curtin was responsible for establishing the first and largest Civil War camp (named in his honor) and was the first governor to send troops to defend the nation's capital.
		Born on April 22, 1817 in Bellefonte, Centre County, Governor Curtin was the son of Roland Curtin, a Scots Irish immigrant who had begun an iron manufacturing concern in Centre County, and his second wife, Jean Gregg, who was the daughter Andrew Gregg, a major Pennsylvania politician and president pro tem of the U.S. Senate.
	www.pa-roots.com /~pacw/acurtin.html (294 words)

	Andrew Gregg Curtin Biography / Profile of Andrew Gregg Curtin Biographies
		The American politician Andrew Gregg Curtin (1815-1894) was the influential governor of Pennsylvania during the Civil War and one of Abraham Lincoln's most powerful supporters.
		Andrew Gregg Curtin's father was an Irish immigrant who settled in Pennsylvania in 1793 and became one of the first manufacturers of iron in that state.
		Curtin was born on April 23, 1815, at Bellefonte in Center County.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/andrew-gregg-curtin (204 words)

	Andrew Gregg Curtin, class of 1837
		Andrew Gregg Curtin was born April 22, 1817 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
		By 1854, he was regarded highly enough to be offered the Whig nomination for governor, which he refused in favor of his friend James Pollock.
		His work on public schooling added to his name and he stood for governor himself in the pivotal election of 1860 as a strong supporter of Lincoln.
	chronicles.dickinson.edu /encyclo/c/ed_curtinAG.htm (311 words)

	Andrew G. Curtin Association of Army Nurses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Citation: Andrew G. Curtin Association of Army Nurses Records, Center for The Study of The History of Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
		The Andrew G. Curtin Association of Army Nurses was composed of Philadelphia-area nurses who served in the Civil War.
		The Association was founded as the Army Nurse Association of Philadelphia on 24 May 1895 to provide for members in need and to hold social activities supporting such work.
	www.nursing.upenn.edu /history/collections/agcarmy.htm (201 words)

	History
		Curtin Middle School was named after Andrew Gregg Curtin, a governor of Pennsylvania during the Civil War.
		Born April 22, 1817, Andrew Curtin later taught in a Pennsylvania University.
		Curtin was offered a diplomatic position abroad by President Lincoln.
	www.wasd.org /curtin/History/history.html (291 words)

	Department of Applied Chemistry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		I am part of the Nanochemistry Research Institute at Curtin University, and am a Project Leader within the A.J. Parker Cooperative Research Centre for Hydrometallurgy and the Centre for Sustainable Resource Processing.
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	chemistry.curtin.edu.au /staff/alr (78 words)

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