Pelham A. Barrows
Pelham Anderson Barrows (March 13, 1861 – November 30, 1939) served as lieutenant governor for the United States state of Nebraska from 1919 to 1923 under Governor Samuel Roy McKelvie. He also served a stint as commander of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. A native of Massachusetts, he later moved to California, where he died in 1939.
USS Julia (1863)
USS "Julia" (1863) was a sloop captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a tender ship in support of the Union Navy.
USS Kalmia (1863)
USS "Kalmia" (1863) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a tugboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.
Robert Byington Mitchell
Robert Byington Mitchell (April 4, 1823January 26, 1882) was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and the Governor of the New Mexico Territory from 1866 to 1869.
USS Great Western (1857)
USS "Great Western" (1857) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as an ammunition ship in support of the Union Navy.
USS Stonewall (1863)
USS "Stonewall" (1863) was a small 30-ton blockade-running schooner captured by the Union Navy during the Union blockade of the American Civil War.
USS Swift (1864)
USS "Swift" (1864) was a small 12-ton schooner captured by the Union Navy during the Union blockade of the American Civil War.
Wager Swayne
Wager Swayne (November 10, 1834December 18, 1902) was a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War who eventually was appointed as the last major general of volunteers of the Union Army. Swayne received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Second Battle of Corinth. He also was effectively the military governor of Alabama from March 2, 1867 to July 14, 1868 after the passage of the first Reconstruction Act by the U.S. Congress until Alabama was readmitted to the Union. Robert M. Patton remained the nominal governor during this period but as the local army commander, Swayne controlled the State government.
Pledge of Allegiance
The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States is an expression of allegiance to the Flag of the United States and the republic of the United States of America. It was originally composed by Captain George Thatcher Balch, a Union Army Officer during the Civil War and later a teacher of patriotism in New York City schools. The form of the pledge used today was largely devised by Francis Bellamy in 1892, and formally adopted by Congress as the pledge in 1942. The official name of The Pledge of Allegiance was adopted in 1945. The most recent alteration of its wording came on Flag Day in 1954, when the words ``under God ''were added.
Roswell Farnham
Roswell Farnham (July 23, 1827January 5, 1903) was an American politician of the Republican Party, an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, a lawyer, and the 38th Governor of Vermont.
Charles Shambaugh
Charles Shambaugh (August 25, 1839 – October 13, 1913) was born in Prussia and was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Charles City Crossroads.
Jacksonville, Florida
During the American Civil War, Jacksonville was a key supply point for hogs and cattle being shipped from Florida to aid the Confederate cause. The city was blockaded by Union forces, who gained control of the nearby Fort Clinch. Though no battles were fought in Jacksonville proper, the city changed hands several times between Union and Confederate forces. The Skirmish of the Brick Church in 1862 just outside Jacksonville proper resulted in the first Confederate victory in Florida. In February 1864 Union forces left Jacksonville and confronted a Confederate Army at the Battle of Olustee resulting in a Confederate victory. Union forces then retreated to Jacksonville and held the city for the remainder of the war. In March 1864 a Confederate cavalry confronted a Union expedition resulting in the Battle of Cedar Creek. Warfare and the long occupation left the city disrupted after the war.
Zebulon Baird Vance
Zebulon Baird Vance (May 13, 1830 – April 14, 1894) was a Confederate military officer in the American Civil War, the 37th and 43rd Governor of North Carolina, and U.S. Senator. A prolific writer, Vance became one of the most influential Southern leaders of the Civil War and postbellum periods. As a leader of the "New South", Vance favored the rapid modernization of the southern economy, railroad expansion, school construction, and reconciliation with the North.
Henry Morris Naglee
Henry Morris Naglee (January 15, 1815 – March 5, 1886) was a civil engineer, banker, vintner, and a Union General in the American Civil War.
USS Susan Ann Howard (1863)
USS "Susan Ann Howard" (1863) was a schooner requisitioned from the prize court by the Union Navy during the Union blockade of the American Civil War.
Edwin Stanton McCook
Edwin Stanton McCook (March 26, 1837 – September 11, 1873) was an American soldier and politician. A Union Army officer during the American Civil War and a postbellum politician in the Dakota Territory, he was assassinated in office while serving as acting governor on September 11, 1873.
North Carolina
State of North Carolina Flag Seal Nickname (s): Old North State; Tar Heel State Motto (s): Esse quam videri: ``To be, rather than to seem ''(official); First in Flight: First in Freedom Official language English Spoken languages As of 2000 English 90.70% Spanish 6.18% Demonym North Carolinian (official); Tar Heel (colloquial) Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro Charlotte metro area Area Ranked 28th Total 53,819 sq mi (139,390 km) Width 170 miles (261 km) Length 560 miles (901 km)% water 9.5 Latitude 33 ° 50 ′ N to 36 ° 35 ′ N Longitude 75 ° 28 ′ W to 84 ° 19 ′ W Population Ranked 9th Total 10,146,788 (2016 est.) Density 208.7 / sq mi (80.6 / km) Ranked 15th Median household income $50,797 (38th) Elevation Highest point Mount Mitchell 6,684 ft (2037 m) Mean 700 ft (210 m) Lowest point Atlantic Ocean sea level Before statehood Province of North Carolina Admission to Union November 21, 1789 (12th) Governor Roy Cooper (D) Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest (R) Legislature General Assembly Upper house Senate Lower house House of Representatives U.S. Senators Richard Burr (R) Thom Tillis (R) U.S. House delegation 10 Republicans 3 Democrats (list) Time zone Eastern: UTC - 5 / - 4 ISO 3166 US - NC Abbreviations NC, N.C. Website www.nc.gov
Raleigh, North Carolina
After the Civil War began, Governor Zebulon Baird Vance ordered the construction of breastworks around the city as protection from Union troops. During General Sherman's Carolinas Campaign, Raleigh was captured by Union cavalry under the command of General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick on April 13, 1865. As the Confederate cavalry retreated west, the Union soldiers followed, leading to the nearby Battle of Morrisville. The city was spared significant destruction during the War, but due to the economic problems of the post-war period and Reconstruction, with a state economy based on agriculture, it grew little over the next several decades.
William D. Wood
William D. Wood (December 14, 1822 – February 2, 1867) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War. He began the war serving as aide-de-camp to Hamilton Gamble, governor of Missouri, in the Missouri militia. On December 14, 1863, Wood was appointed colonel of the 11th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. He resigned his commission in the volunteers on April 8, 1865.
Beriah Magoffin
Beriah Magoffin (April 18, 1815 – February 28, 1885) was the 21st Governor of Kentucky, serving during the early part of the Civil War. Personally, Magoffin adhered to a states' rights position, including the right of a state to secede from the Union, and he sympathized with the Confederate cause. Nevertheless, when the Kentucky General Assembly adopted a position of neutrality in the war, Magoffin ardently held to it, refusing calls for aid from both the Union and Confederate governments.
When was the city where the governor during the Civil War died added to the union?
Who was the governor during the Civil War?
Zebulon Baird Vance
In what city did #1 die?
North Carolina
when was #2 added to the union
November 21, 1789