Elisha Hunt Rhodes was an American soldier who served in the Union Army of the Potomac for the entire duration of the American Civil War,rising from corporal to colonel of his regiment by war's end. Rhodes' illustrative diary of his war service was quoted prominently in Ken Burns's PBS documentary The Civil War.
Theodore Francis Green was an American politician from Rhode Island. A Democrat,Green served as the 57th Governor of Rhode Island (1933–1937) and in the United States Senate (1937–1961). He was a wealthy aristocratic Yankee from an old family who was a strong supporter of Wilsonian internationalism during the Democratic administrations of Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman (1933–53). He served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1957 to 1959. At the time of his retirement in 1961,he set the record at age 93 of the oldest person to serve in the Senate;the record was subsequently broken by Strom Thurmond.
William Sprague IV was the 27th Governor of Rhode Island from 1860 to 1863,and U.S. Senator from 1863 to 1875. He participated in the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War while he was a sitting Governor.
Robert Brown Potter was a United States lawyer and a Union Army general in the American Civil War.
Major General Thomas Henry Dodds,was an Australian Army colonel in the First World War. He was promoted major general in 1930 and retired in 1934.
James Henry Higgins was an American politician and the 50th Governor of Rhode Island from 1907 to 1909.
Asa Bird Gardiner was a controversial American soldier,attorney,and district attorney for New York County from 1898 to 1900.
The Taft family of the United States has historic origins in Massachusetts;its members have served Ohio,Massachusetts,Vermont,Rhode Island,Utah,and the United States in various positions such as U.S. Representative (two),Governor of Ohio,Governor of Rhode Island,U.S. Senator (three),U.S. Secretary of Agriculture,U.S. Attorney General,U.S. Secretary of War (two),President of the United States,and Chief Justice of the United States.
The state of Rhode Island during the American Civil War remained loyal to the Union,as did the other states of New England. Rhode Island furnished 25,236 fighting men to the Union Army,of which 1,685 died. The state used its industrial capacity to supply the Union Army with the materials needed to win the war. Rhode Island's continued growth and modernization led to the creation of an urban mass transit system and improved health and sanitation programs.
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Frederick Townsend was a Union officer in the American Civil War. He founded and was Colonel of the 3rd New York Infantry Regiment,and later served with the US Army's 18th and 9th Infantry regiments,where he was brevetted a brigadier general. Townsend served three terms as Adjutant General of New York from 1857–1861,and again in 1880.
The Society of Colonial Wars is a hereditary society composed of men who trace their descents from forebears who,in military,naval,or civil positions of high trust and responsibility,by acts or counsel,assisted in the establishment,defense,and preservation of the mainland American colonies of Great Britain.
John Schuyler Crosby was an American military officer and government official. He was most notable for his service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. After leaving the Army,he served as United States Consul in Florence,Italy and as the fifth Governor of the Montana Territory.
The Adjutant General of Maryland is the head military official of the Maryland National Guard,the Maryland Defense Force,and any other military or paramilitary units that may be maintained by the State of Maryland. The adjutant general is responsible for the military department's budget and maintains all State-owned armories in Maryland.
The 1862–63 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states,occuring during the American Civil War. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913,senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1862 and 1863,and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections,terms were up for the senators in Class 1.
Edwin Eustace Bryant was an American lawyer,Republican politician,and Union Army officer. He was dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School,served as a private secretary to Wisconsin Governor Lucius Fairchild,and was appointed an assistant attorney general for the United States Postal Service by President Grover Cleveland.
Charles Wheaton Abbot Jr. (1860–1923) was an American military officer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was commander of the 1st Rhode Island Volunteer Regiment during the Spanish–American War and served as Adjutant General of Rhode Island from 1911 until his death in 1923. He was also a veteran of the Indian Wars,Philippine Insurrection and the First World War.
The Adjutant General of New York is the highest-ranking military official in the New York National Guard as the state adjutant general. The adjutant general is part of the state government's executive branch,and serves as head of the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs,which includes the New York Army National Guard,New York Air National Guard,the New York Guard,and the New York Naval Militia.
Charles Henry Cole was an American military and government official who served as commissioner of the Boston police and fire departments as well as Adjutant General of Massachusetts. During World War I,he commanded the 52nd Infantry Brigade of the 26th Infantry Division. In 1928,he was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Massachusetts.
