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	William Mahone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Mahone was born in Monroe in Southampton County, Virginia on December 1, 1826 to Fielding Jordan Mahone and Martha (née Drew) Mahone.
		William Mahone was widely regarded as the hero of the Battle of the Crater on July 30, 1864 during the Siege of Petersburg in 1864-1865.
		Mahone led the successful effort to elect the Readjuster candidate William E. Cameron as the next governor, and he himself was elected to served as a Senator in the U.S. Congress from 1881 to 1887, when he lost his seat to Democrat John W. Daniel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Mahone (2206 words)

	Encyclopedia: William Mahone
		William Mahone (1826-1895) This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years.
		William Mahone was born in Monroe in Southampton County, Virginia on December 1, 1826 to Fielding Jordan Mahone and Martha (Drew) Mahone.
		Mahone led the successful effort to elect the Readjuster candidate William E. Cameron as the next governor, and he himself was elected to served as a Senator in the U.S. Congress from 1881 to 1887.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/William-Mahone (4689 words)

	And Then A.P. Hill Came Up - Biography of General William Mahone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		William Mahone was born on December 1, 1826 in South-hampton country Virginia.
		Mahone was successful with engineering in the railroads, and by 1861 he was the president of the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad.
		Mahone was held in high regard by R.E. Lee, who termed him of all the young men who survived the one that made the largest contribution to organization and command.
	www.aphillcsa.com /mahone.html (743 words)

	Southampton County, Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Mahone (1826-1895) was born in Southampton County, in the tiny community of Monroe, which was located on the Nottoway River about 8 miles south of present-day Courtland.
		Otelia Mahone is said to have tapped the Scottish Clan "McIvor" for the name of Ivor.
		William Mahone became a Major General in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, while his wife Otelia served as a nurse in Richmond.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Southampton_County,_Virginia (824 words)

	William Mahone Biography / Biography of William Mahone Biography
		William Mahone (1826-1895), American political leader and Confederate Army officer, led a movement of reformers in Virginia known as the Readjustors, with whose backing he won election to the U.S. Senate.
		William Mahone was born on Dec. 1, 1826, in Monroe, Va. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute and decided to become an engineer.
		In 1879 Mahone emerged as the leader of a movement of reformers known as the Readjustors, who gained control of the Virginia Legislature in 1879 and of the governorship in 1881.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-william-mahone (512 words)

	AllRefer.com - William Mahone (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		William Mahone[muhOn´] Pronunciation Key, 1826–95, Confederate general in the American Civil War and Virginia politician, b.
		Mahone joined (1861) the Confederate army and fought in most of the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia.
		Mahone became the leader of the Readjusters, Virginia Democrats who advocated the partial repudiation of the state debt and popular social and economic reforms.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Mahone-W.html (275 words)

	Old Dominion Brigade: From the Wilderness to Petersburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Mahone was the senior brigadier and had overall command of the grouping.
		Mahone's Brigade had done its work and spent the remainder of May 6 behind breastworks at the intersection of the Orange Plank and Brock roads facing Hancock's men sheltering behind their own earthworks.
		Mahone was justly proud of his men and reported their attack "complete as it was brilliant." He also noted the "long lines of [Union] dead and wounded which lay in the wake of our swoop."
	www.thehistorynet.com /acw/blold_dominion_brigade/index1.html (1059 words)

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		Mahone was a Brigadier General in Robert E. Lee's army, where he served as quartermaster general and was celebrated as the hero of the Battle of Petersburg Crater.
		Mahone first became involved in politics as as a Virginia Conservative (Democrat), but split to become leader of an independent party, the Readjuster Party of Virginia.
		With Mahone as party chairman, the party capitalized on dissatisfaction engendered by the ruling Conservatives decision to honor their pre-war and post-war debt at the expense of programs like the fledgling public schools.
	www.duke.edu /~rml5/files/readj.txt (1233 words)

	William Mahone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Born in 1826 in Virginia, William Mahone graduated from the Virginia Military Institute, taught at a military academy, and by 1861 was the president of the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad.
		During the course of the siege Mahone was one of the most effective divisional commanders of either side.
		With the surrender, Mahone returned to the presidency of the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad, served as mayor of Petersburg, and served as a U.S. Senator for a term.
	www.nps.gov /pete/mahan/edbioswm.html (161 words)

	My Mother's Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		William H. married Mary ______, born @ 1815, between 1830 and 1834 because the James City County census of 1830 lists his parents, Daniel and Elizabeth Mahone (along with a Daniel H. and a Daniel Sr.
		On December 27, 1866, William H. Mahone age 21, born __ 1842 (the son sometimes known as Henry, probably to differentiate him from his father) married Pricilla (Puss) Austin, born ___ 1851, daughter of John Austin and Harriett Caldwell Austin.
		Tax records for Warwick County in 1782 show a William Mahone with 9 whites, and in 1783 he is shown with 8 whites and was an overseer for J. Southal, also in Wawick County.
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	William Mahone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		William Mahone (1826—1895) was a railroad president before the Civil War, a general in the Confederate Army, and afterward one of the most controversial of all Virginia political leaders.
		Mahone lost the support of most Democrats because of the alliance he and the Republicans had made with the state's many fl voters.
		Mahone was one of many white Virginians who attempted to succeed in politics by accepting the enfranchisement of African Americans after the Civil War.
	www.lva.lib.va.us /whoweare/exhibits/political/william_mahone.htm (205 words)

	Mahone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Notes for Peter Mahone: From: Mary Rosier mlrosier@earthlink.net "On March 2, Peter Mahone's family was living in Baldwin Co., Ga. Peter Mahone had died by this date and his wife, Mary Ann Flournoy Mahone, her son Rowland Mahone, and her brother Peter Farmer Flournoy were appointed by the court to administer the estate.
		Mary Catherine Mahone, born 22 January 1847 in Bellview, GA; died 21 June 1904 in Talbot Co., Ga. She married Finley Owen Holmes 22 December 1869 in Talbot Co., GA; born 18 January 1847; died 5 January 1909.
		William Garrard Mahone, born 17 June 1848 in Ga; died 21 October 1888 in Talbot Co, Ga. He married Isabelle Saucey Key 20 June 1865; born 31 December 1846 in Savannah, Ga; died 17 June 1924 in Charlotte, NC.
	www.kudzufamilies.org /mahone.htm (2268 words)

	Civil War Generals. William Mahone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		William Mahone, born 1826 December 1 at on a farm near Monroe, Southampton Co., Virginia.
		Mahone's father ran a tavern in Southampton County and one day a man in great style with a fine pair of horse, carriage and servant drove up to the tavern.
		He called his young son, William, and told him to take his hand --he was going to go to sleep.
	www.vmi.edu /archives/Civil_War/mahonew.html (310 words)

	Descendants of Major Mahone
		She was shown as age 60, thus born in 1810, (but based on the birthday 1850 census she was born in 1808 and Indiana Shepp says she was born in 1804), still living in Williamsburg, but had been reduced to a domestic servant with no property.
		There is a James Mahone, age 19, living with a Mary Hurt, age 42 and her children, one of whom is named Cornelius, the name of James' younger brother.
		Mahone who is 28, and a carpenter born in James City County.
	familytreemaker.genealogy.com /users/k/e/l/Leroy-A-Keller-jr/FILE/0001page.html (3390 words)

	THE BATTLE GROUND GUARDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		William Gibson, a private in the Georgia Light Guards, was elected Colonel of the 48th Georgia.
		Mahone counted eleven hundred prisoners and was given permanent command of his division for his actions during the affair.
		WILLIAM GIBSON, of Richmond County, elected Colonel on March 4, 1862, captured at Gettysburg, Pa. on July 2, 1863, resigned on Nov. 12, 1864.
	www.5thgacavalry.info /johnson/history48.htm (8370 words)

	Old Dominion Brigade: From the Wilderness to Petersburg
		Mahone and Colston graduated from the Virginia Military Institute, while Chambliss was a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy.
		Mahone proved tougher than anticipated, however, and was back with his men by December.
		Mahone's men were only lightly engaged at Fredericksburg, but Anderson and army commander General Robert E. Lee commented favorably on the brigade's conduct at Chancellorsville.
	www.thehistorynet.com /acw/blold_dominion_brigade (1306 words)

	Civil War General of the Day
		Mahone, because of his reputation as a swift builder, was first called to aid in the defense of Drewry's Bluff against the Federal flotilla.
		Mahone's failure is one of the most impenetrable mysteries in a day full of Confederate mistakes.
		Mahone's report of the battle is Sphinx-like; in little more that 100 words, he reveals nothing about his orders or his actions.
	www.rocemabra.com /~roger/tagg/generals/general60.html (1662 words)

	wilson - pafg04 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Virgil Hamlin Mahone [Parents] [image] was born on 27 Feb 1846 in unknown.
		John Nicolas Mahone was born on 14 Jan 1876.
		Almeda Adrene Mahone [Parents] was born on 8 Jan 1856.
	users.mstar2.net /clwilson911/familyhis/pafg04.htm (211 words)

	Ivor Mairants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Popular legend has it that William Mahone (1826-1895), builder of the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad (now Norfolk Southern), and his cultured wife, Otelia Butler Mahone (1837-1911), who had been raised in Smithfield, traveled along the newly completed Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad naming stations.
		William Mahone was born in Southampton County, in the tiny community of Monroe, which was located on the Nottoway River about 8 miles south of present-day Courtland.
		Mahone headed the state's Readjuster Party after the War and later was elected as a Senator in the United States Congress.
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/106/ivor-mairants.html (1579 words)

	Major General William Mahone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Major General William Mahone was born at Monroe, Southampton county, Va., December 1, 1826.
		When his division commander was called to fill Longstreet's place, Mahone was given command of Anderson's division, and Longstreet added his voice to that of A. Hill in recommending the promotion of the dashing infantry chieftain.
		Before the close of the war General Mahone had served in the Virginia Senate in addition to his duties in the field, and during the reconstruction period he exerted a very powerful influence toward the comparatively peaceful restoration of home rule which was brought about in his State.
	members.aol.com /jweaver300/grayson/mahone.htm (740 words)

	The Washington Times: William Mahone: A 5-foot-1 Rebel `every inch a soldier'.(Saturday)(The Civil War)@ HighBeam ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		William Mahone: A 5-foot-1 Rebel `every inch a soldier'.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
		Of Confederate generals who wrested postwar prominence and success in the defeated South of Reconstruction, William Mahone is among the memorable.
		Born Dec. 1, 1826, in Southampton County, Va., near the Nottoway River and the Dismal Swamp, Mahone was a delicate child who never grew tall but who would establish himself as one of the most significant Virginians of all time.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:75415105&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (229 words)

	AU Archives -- Transcription of the William Mahone Letter, RG 242
		Biographical Sketch: Mahone, educated as an engineer, served as a general in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
		Mahone’s Division aggregating at that time about four thousand muskets, at that time escaped that portion of the Confederate line between the James and Appomattox rivers commonly called the Chesterfield front.
		Mahone I have no troops and you will have to go to Sailor’s Creek — and by then the left flank the Division charged for the direction of Sailor’s Creek.
	www.lib.auburn.edu /archive/find-aid/242.htm (5602 words)

	Documenting the American South: The Southern Experience in 19-th Century America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		William Mahone was born in Virginia in one of the counties south of the James River, between Petersburg and Norfolk.
		Mahone was a splendid organizer and looked after his men with the most careful attention, so that the brigade was always in first-class condition.
		Mahone went to Norfolk and was there arrested on the charge of being about to engage in a duel, and was bound over to keep the peace.
	docsouth.unc.edu /royall/royall.html (20904 words)

	Harless Homepage - Person Page 124
		William Mahone Smith was born on 28 January 1890 at Giles County, Virginia.
		William Mahone Smith married Margaret Lou Woods, daughter of Thomas Jesse Woods and Mary Celia Kirk, 9 February 1921 at Giles County, Virginia.
		Margaret Lou Woods married William Mahone Smith, son of Russell Smith and Mary Ann Brown, 9 February 1921 at Giles County, Virginia.
	www.genealogy-quest.com /Harless-Homepage/tree/p124.htm (888 words)

	VUSCSA Companies
		General William "Billy" Mahone, Company "A", United Sons of Confederate Soldiers, Virginia Association.
		We are a brave few that decided to leave the Sons of Confederate Veterans due to the direction the SCV was headed in and it was one that we did not want to travel.
		You might say were just like General Mahone after the War Between the States, when he developed and under his leadership ran the "Readjuster" Party, but this is another story you can read further in this site.
	www.generalmahone.com (172 words)

	U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > George C. Gorham, Secretary of the Senate, 1868-1879
		Virginia's William Mahone owed his Senate election to support from a breakaway faction within his state's Democratic party.
		If they could win Mahone's support, the Senate balance would be set at 38 votes apiece, with Vice President Chester Arthur breaking any ties on behalf of his Republican colleagues.
		For his support, Mahone received the chairmanship of the Agriculture Committee—an assignment of great importance to his Virginia constituents—and control over selection of the Secretary of the Senate and the Sergeant at Arms.
	www.senate.gov /artandhistory/history/common/generic/SOS_George_Gorham.htm (1797 words)

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