The Civil War forced the U.S. government to focus on the conflict between North and South. But Native American policy could not be ignored. This became clearer as a "Manifest Destiny" captured the imagination and spirit of the post-Civil-War era....
After the Civil War, Harrison was a Colonel of the 70th VolunteerInfantry1. He became a pillar of Indianapolis business and society, enhancing his reputation as a brilliant lawyer. In the 1880's he served in the United States Senate,...
Harrison, Benjamin (1833–1901) twenty-third U.S. president; born in North Bend, Ohio. Grandson of a U.S. president and son of a U.S. senator, he took up law practice in Indianapolis in 1854. During the Civil War he raised a regiment and led it with distinction. Active thereafter ...
After the Civil War, Harrison was a Colonel of the70th Volunteer Infantry. He became a pillar of Indianapolis business and society, enhancing hisreputation as a brilliant lawyer. In the 1880's he served in the United States Senate, wherehe supported the...
Harrison attended Miami University in Ohio and read law in Cincinnati. He moved to Indianapolis, where he practiced law and campaigned for the Republican Party. He married Caroline Lavinia Scott in 1853. After the Civil War, Harrison was a Colonel of the 70th Volunteer Infantry. He became a ...
Benjamin Harrison’s Road to the White House From 1881 to 1887, Harrison represented Indiana in theU.S. Senate, arguing for the rights of homesteaders and Native Americans against the expanding railroad industry and campaigning for generous pensions for Civil War veterans, among other issues. A ...
Over time, Harrison steadily built a career as a public official. But his political path wasinterruptedby the American Civil War. Harrison rose to the rank of general in the Union Army. He fought under General William T. Sherman, and was one of the first soldiers to enter Atlanta, Georgia...
well-met days at Harvard to his brief service in the Civil War as a member of General Grant's staff to appointments as Secretary of War by President James Garfield and as Minister to Great Britain by President Benjamin Harrison, and, finally, to his lucrative and controversial presidency of ...
Benjamin Harrison Quotes I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process. Great lives never go out; they go on. I don’t think people ought to take the elevator if they (can) walk, because they don’t get to see ...
Map reading class, under the direction of Lieutenant Lawrence Curran, meets at the baseball diamond for outdoor instruction. U.S. Army chaplain school, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 3 作者: J Delano 摘要: 1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 ...