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  Alphabetical List of All Civil War Records held by the New York State Library
Letters addressed to Adsit's wife concerning the poor state of his health because of various diseases and ultimately from wounds inflicted at the battle of Antietam.
These papers include correspondence with government and military leaders at both the state and federal levels; orders and documents concerning enrollment quotas, vouchers and requisitions for military equipment and supplies; contracts for military clothing; proceedings of court-martial cases at Fort Hamilton, and coast and harbor defense survey report.
Listings include, rank, company, nature of illness or wound, hospital admission, and date of return to active duty, discharge from service or death.
www.nysl.nysed.gov /mssc/allcwrec.htm   (11930 words)

  
  Chronicles of Oklahoma
Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation in the fall of 1866 serving until the fall of 1870.
He was one of the principal negotiators and a signer of the treaty of April 28, 1866,
The treaty of April 28, 1866, featured an adjustment of financial differences provoked by the Civil War.
digital.library.okstate.edu /chronicles/v019/v019p314.html   (3593 words)

  
  1866   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
May 16 - The United States Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel.
July 25 - The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army (now called "5-star general") Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to have this rank.
July 28 - The Metric Act of 1866 becomes law and legalizes the standardization of weights and measures in the United States.
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/1/18/1866.html   (472 words)

  
 List of state leaders in 1865 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of state leaders in 1864 - Events of 1865 - List of state leaders in 1866 - State leaders by year
Confederate States of America - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States (1861-1865)
Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States (1861-1865)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_state_leaders_in_1865   (647 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: 1866
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A U.S. state is any one of the 50 states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America.
The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the United States – forces coming mostly from the 23 northern states of the Union – and the newly-formed Confederate States of America, which consisted of 11 southern states that had declared their secession.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1866   (4817 words)

  
 SSC - TEKS and TAKS - TEKS Glossary - Grade 8
It declared that all persons born or naturalized in the United States (except Indians) were citizens, that all citizens were entitled to equal rights regardless of their race, and that their rights were protected at both the state and national levels by due process of the law.
In 1866, ten of the eleven Confederate states refused to ratify, but the Military Reconstruction Act, passed by Congress on March 2, 1867, required all seceded states to ratify the amendment as a condition of their re-admission into the union.
Citizens disagreed over the way the document divided power between the states and the national government, the degree to which the rights of states were protected, and the degree to which the rights of citizens were protected.
www.tea.state.tx.us /ssc/teks_and_taas/teks/gloss8.htm   (4335 words)

  
 Eastern Patriarchates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In 544, Jacob Baradaeus (a Monophysite leader) consecrated Sergius of Tella as Patriarch in opposition to the Imperial-backed Orthodox candidate.
With the establishment of an independent Armenian state in Cilicia in 1058, the Armenian patriarchate was transferred to Sivas, eventually settling in the city of Sis.
During the ascendancy of the Mongols, many notable leaders, including Hulegu (the first Ilkhan), belonged to this church, and though reliable statistics are not available, it is likely that this church, whose remnants today number at most a few million, boasted the largest population of any Christian denomination.
www.hostkingdom.net /orthodox.html   (1948 words)

  
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Neither the list method of designating assault weapons in section 12276 nor the add-on provision of section 12276.5 was abandoned or textually modified by the 1999 amendments.
Plaintiffs contend the AWCA violates the principles of equal protection embodied in the state and federal Constitutions because the Legislature failed to include in the section 12276 list certain weapons that are identical to, or indistinguishable from, listed weapons.
The task it delegated--amending the list of assault weapons to capture the protean modifications of the weapons--was one it could not reasonably be expected to perform itself.
www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/cs/usr/wbardwel/public/nfalist/kasler_v_lockyer.txt   (13484 words)

  
 World Almanac for Kids
The state is roughly rectangular in shape, and its extreme dimensions are about 305 km (about 190 mi) from E to W and about 180 km (about 110 mi) from N to S. Elevations range from sea level, along the Atlantic Ocean, to 1064 m (3491 ft), atop Mt. Greylock, in the NW.
The state is usually struck by several tornadoes each year; a particularly damaging tornado battered the Worcester area in 1953.
What set Massachusetts off from the other northeastern states was the emergence of a remarkably talented group of men and women who became national figures in a wide spectrum of activities, from art to literature to social reform.
www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/states/massachusetts.html   (4304 words)

  
 1868   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
February 24 - After Andrew Johnson tried to dismiss United States Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, he becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives.
May 30 - Memorial Day is observed in the United States for the first time (it was proclaimed on May 5 by General John Logan).
July 28 - The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is adopted guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/1/18/1868.html   (507 words)

  
 [CTRL] [15a] Treason in America -- From Aaron Burr to Averell
State Chairman Schell was a close friend of Commodore Vanderbilt, and would serve as Vanderbilt's broker, financial manager and representative on corporate boards for the next two decades.
Thus Schell was in charge of the United States Customs operations for New York, and was in a position to notice, or not to notice, that ships were embarking from his bailiwick for the enslavement of tens of thousands of fls, and the included, usual deaths of thousands of them in transit.
In stating this argument in favor of freedom, "peacefully if we can, forcibly if we must," let me not be misunderstood....(31) New York in Wartime The city council rejected Wood's proposal for treason, and it may be said with confidence that the vast majority of New Yorkers, merchants and workers, were loyal to the Union.
www.mail-archive.com /ctrl@listserv.aol.com/msg11717.html   (7458 words)

  
 SSC - TEKS and TAKS - TEKS Glossary - Grade 5
In 1866, ten of the eleven Confederate states refused to ratify, but the Military Reconstruction Act, passed by Congress on March 2, 1867, required all seceded states to ratify the amendment as a condition of their readmission into the union, and to extend the right to vote to the freedmen.
In 1868, the required number of states ratified the 14th Amendment which declared that all persons born in the United States (except Indians) were citizens, that all citizens were entitled to equal rights regardless of their race, and their rights were protected by due process of the law.
Representation is proportional to each state's population in the House of Representatives while states have equal representation in the Senate.
www.tea.state.tx.us /ssc/teks_and_taas/teks/gloss5.htm   (3943 words)

  
 Whitford's History of New York Canals. Chapter II, Building the Erie.
To it may be ascribed in New York State, besides the essays of Hawley and the report of Geddes, the writings of Dr. Hugh Williamson, and in the country at large, the excellent report of Mr.
The commissioners were empowered to make application in behalf of the State to Congress or to the Legislature of any State or Territory to co-operate and aid in the undertaking, and aid also to the proprietors of the land, through which the contemplated canal would pass, for cessions or grants.
The commissioners also stated in their report that on the middle section, the inside slope of the banks had generally been one foot rise to eighteen inches horizontal base, but that they had determined to use a flatter slope in the future.
www.history.rochester.edu /canal/bib/whitford/1906/Chap02.html   (17815 words)

  
 Chronicles of Oklahoma
It was listed as "fl-tail" buckskin and was assumed to be from the Rocky Mountain country.
He was a prominent member of the Agency community before the opening of the Comanche-Kiowa lands and he was recognized as a community leader even after that community was superseded by the municipality of Anadarko in the early years of the 20th Century, serving for years as president of one of the local banks.
He was commissoned captain of the 9th cavalry at its organization, in 1866, promoted to major of the 3d Cavalry, in 1883 and to lieutenant colonel of the same regiment in 1892.
digital.library.okstate.edu /Chronicles/v014/v014p135.html   (7980 words)

  
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The Texas State Cemetery is located approximately one mile east of the State Capitol between Navasota and Comal streets and consists of 18 acres.
From 1856 to 1866 there were a number of burials that included some of Texas’ most widely known leaders, Civil War generals, and other soldiers from Texas’ fight for independence and the Civil War.
In 1866, Albert Sidney Johnston’s body was brought to the Cemetery from New Orleans.
www.cemetery.state.tx.us /html/history.htm   (1034 words)

  
 NCPI Assessment Toolkit: Association Reports
State departments of higher education in states within the Commission’s region are notified annually of institutions being evaluated by the Commission and often a staff member of the department accompanies the NEASC accreditation team as an observer.
NCA states that implicit in the values of higher education is the mastery of a rigorous body of knowledge and students’ abilities to conceptualize, analyze, and integrate; use their intellect; examine their values; consider divergent views; and engage with their peers and teachers in the exchange of ideas and attitudes.
An extensive list of procedures and measures is provided, including such suggestions as structured interviews, focus groups, surveys of recent graduates, change in students’ values as measured by standard instruments or self-reporting, and peer evaluation of educational programs.
www.stanford.edu /group/ncpi/unspecified/assessment_states/associationReports.html   (7370 words)

  
 Oklahoma State History and Information
The highest point in the state is Black Mesa in Cimarron County (4,973 feet); the lowest is due east of Idabel in McCurtain County (287 feet).
Oklahoma is bordered by six states: Texas to the south and west, Arkansas and Missouri to the east, Kansas to the north and Colorado and New Mexico at the tip of the northwestern Oklahoma panhandle.
The official song and anthem of the State of Oklahoma is "Oklahoma," composed and written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.
www.state.ok.us /osfdocs/stinfo2.html   (3802 words)

  
 The Constitution of North Carolina
Following the precedent established in amending the United States Constitution, the 1835 amendments were appended to the Constitution of 1776, not incorporated in it as is the modern practice.
Approved by the voters in 1980, it required that all justices and judges of the State courts be licensed lawyers as a condition of election or appointment to the bench.
An amendment to shift the elections for state legislative, executive, and judicial officers and for county officers from even-numbered to odd-numbered years (beginning in 1989 for legislators and 1993 for Governors and other state executives) was submitted by the General Assembly of 1985 to the voters, who rejected it on May 6, 1986.
statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /nc/stgovt/preconst.htm   (6110 words)

  
 Volunter State Community College | 2006-2007 College Catalog
Volunteer State Community College is a public two-year community college in Gallatin, Tenn., serving a twelve-county region including the counties of Clay, Davidson, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale and Wilson.
Volunteer State provides quality innovative educational programs; strengthens community and workforce partnerships; addresses the needs of a global society; promotes cultural and economic development; inspires lifelong learning and prepares students for successful careers, university transfer, and meaningful civic participation through the use of exemplary faculty and staff.
The definition of residency is determined by the State Board of Regents, and all decisions concerning resident classification are made in the Office of Records and Registration.
www.volstate.edu /Catalog/0607Catalog/about.html   (2302 words)

  
 List of United States military history events Information
The second Barbary War was declared against the United States by the Dey of Algiers of the Barbary states, an act not reciprocated by the United States.
Four United States vessels demonstrated and landed various parties (one of 200 marines and sailors) to discourage piracy and the slave trade along the Ivory Coast, and to punish attacks by the natives on American seamen and shipping.
Invasion of Dominican Republic The United States intervened to protect lives and property during a Dominican revolt and sent 20,000 US troops as fears grew that the revolutionary forces were coming increasingly under Communist control.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/List_of_United_States_military_history_events   (9014 words)

  
 Andy's Trip
One of the vignettes (bottom right) shows Johnson handing a pardon to Mayor John Monroe of New Orleans, while stating: "Hang Jeff Davis" "Then I would ask you why not hang (Congressman) Thad Stevens and (abolitionist) Wendell Phillips?" Stevens and Phillips are shown hanging in the background.
They must not be smothered by inches."…"These rebel leaders must feel the power of the Government; treason must be made odious, and traitors must be punished and impoverished."…"You have been deeply pained by so me things that come under your observation.
The State institutions are prostrated, laid out on the ground, and they must be taken up and adapted to the progress of events: this can not be done in a moment.
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 Denmark (03/07)
No 'short list' of famous Danes would be complete without the entertainer and pianist Victor Borge (1909-2000), who emigrated to the United States under Nazi threat in 1940, and had a worldwide following when he died a naturalized U.S. citizen in Greenwich, Connecticut, at the age of 91.
However, she must consult with parliamentary leaders to determine the public's will, since the cabinet may be dismissed by a vote of no confidence in the Folketing (parliament).
The Department of State encourages all U.S citizens who traveling or residing abroad to register via the State Department's travel registration website or at the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate abroad.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3167.htm   (5474 words)

  
 The Complete List of Old West Native Americans - Page 4
When the United States defeated Mexico, to acquire the lands of New Mexico and Arizona, Mangas Coloradas signed a peace treaty, respecting them as conquerors of the hated Mexican enemies.
However, the peace was tenuous and conflict began as numerous white settlers encroached upon Apace lands and Mangas was personally attacked by a group of miners who tied him to a tree and severely beat him near Pinos Altos, New Mexico in 1851.
After Kiowa and Comanche leaders invited the Chiricahua Apaches to share their reservation, Naiche and 295 other Apaches relocated to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, on October 4, 1895.
www.legendsofamerica.com /we-nativeamericanlist-4.html   (1141 words)

  
 Sweden (01/07)
In this way voters would be able to support the June List on the issue of the EU while not altogether abandoning their usual party.
It was widely believed that the June List's success in the European elections might increase pressure on the government to consider holding a national referendum on the ratification of the EU constitutional treaty, which had finally been approved by the Council of the EU in June 2004.
Instead, the government chose to present the treaty for approval (or otherwise) in the Riksdag; legislation was to be presented by September 2005, with a view to adoption in December of that year.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2880.htm   (4980 words)

  
 New Hampshire Fast Facts and Trivia
New Hampshire’s State House is the oldest state capitol in which a legislature still meets in its original chambers.
The Christa McAuliffe Planetarium in Concord is a state-of-the art planetarium dedicated to the memory of New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe, who died in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.
As leaders in the revolutionary cause, New Hampshire delegates received the honor of being the first to vote for the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
www.50states.com /facts/newhamp.htm   (1343 words)

  
 Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Genealogy : birth, death, cemetery, history, marriage and military
Settlers to Manitowoc, County in 1800's (partial list)
List of Wisconsin towns and the county they are in from an 1895 map.
Letters at the Post Office for people to pick up were listed in the newspaper.
www.2manitowoc.com   (1358 words)

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