NAME. Loco-Focos, New York, 1835; a branch of the Democratic party. Liberal Republicans, 1872; Republicans who joined with the Democrats in support of Greeley for president. Temperance, or Prohibition, from 1830 down, in many States; in favor of preventing or restricting the sale of liquors. The total Prohibition vote at the Presidential election in 1888 was 249,937 Woman's Rights, from 1860 down; those who favored granting to women the right of suffrage. John Adams.. Fed. Mount Vernon, 17.9 Fed. .Quincy, Mass., 1826 Rep.. Monticello, Va. 1826 Rep.. Montpelier. Va. 1836 Rep.. New York City, 1731 Rep.. Washington, 1848 Dem.. Hermitage, Ten,'45 Dem.. Kinderhook NY.'62 Whig. Washington, 1841 Dem.. Richmond, Va, 1862 Dem.. Nashville, Ten, 1849 Whig. Washington, 1850 Whig Buffalo, N. Y., 187 Dem.. Concord, N. H, 1869 Dem.. Wheatland, Pa, 1868 Rep.. Washington, 1865 Rep.. Greenville, Ten, '75 Rep.. MtM'Gregor NY'85 Rep... Goorge Washington. Va.... English... Va.... 1789 57 Rep.. Long Branch, 1881 Rep.. IF A RAILWAY were built to the sun, and trains upon it were run at the rate of 30 miles an hour, day and night, without a stop. it would require 350 years to make the journey from the earth to the sun. 169 Statement of the Number of United States Troops Engaged. War of the Revolution... Apr 19, 1775 Apr 11, 1783 130,711 War with France.. July 9, 1798 Sept 30, 1800 *4.593 June 10, 1801 June 4, 1805 *3,330 July 27, 1813 Aug 9, 1814 War 1812 with Gt Britain Seminole Indian war... June 18, 1812 Feb 17, 1815 Black Hawk Indian war. Apr 21, 1831 Sept 31, 1832 Cherokee disturbance or *Naval forces engaged. † The number of troops on the Confederate side was about 600,oco. The number of casualties in the volunteer and regular armies of the United States, during the war of 1861-65, was reported by the Provost Marshal General in 1866: Killed in battle, 61,362; died of wounds, 34,727; died of disease, 183,287; total died, 279,376; total deserted, 199,105. Number of soldiers in the Confederate service who died of wounds or disease (partial statement), 133.821. Deserted (partial statement), 104,428. Number of United States troops captured during the war, 212,608; Confederate troops captured, 476,169. Number of United States troops paroled on the field, 16,431; Confederate troops paroled on the field, 248,599. Number of United States troops who died while prisoners, 29,725; Confederate troops who died while prisoners, 26,774. The Bible. It com There is no date from beginning to end in the Bible. prises some 60 documents, and is supposed to have been written by about 40 men; 54 miracles are recorded in the Old and 51 in the New Testament; total, 105. The shortest verse in the Old Testament is "Remember Lot's wife." There is one in the New Testament as short as John xi. 35, in point of words, but not in letters, viz: Thessalonians v. 16, "Rejoice evermore." Then there are 2 chapters in the Bible alike verbatim, and I book, Esther, in which the Deity is not mentioned. Number of Men in the Union Army Furnished by Each State and Territory, from April 15, 1861, to Close of War. The armies of the United States were commanded during the war of the Rebellion by President Lincoln as commander-inchief under the constitutional provision; and under him, as general commanders, by Brevet Lieutenant General Winfield Scott until Nov. 6, 1861; by Major General George B. McClellan from Nov. 6, 1861, to March 11, 1862; by Major General Henry W. Halleck from July 11, 1862, to March 12, 1864 (there being no general commander between March 11 and July 11, 1862); and Lieutenant General and General U. S. Grant from March 12, 1864, to March 4, 1869. The first of the principal armies into which the force of the United States was divided was the Army of the Potomac. This army called into existence in July, 1861, and was organized by Major General George B. McClellan, its first commander; Nov. 5, 1862, Major General A. E. Burnside took command of it; Jan. 25, 1863, Major General Joe Hooker was placed in command, and June 27, 1863, Major General George G. Meade succeeded him. The Army of the Ohio was organized by General D. C. Buell, under a general order from the was War Department dated Nov. 9, 1861, from troops in the military department of the Ohio. General Buell remained in command until Oct. 30, 1862, when he was succeeded by General W. S. Rosecrans. At this time the Army of the Ohio became the Army of the Cumberland and a new department of the Ohio was formed and Major General H. G. Wright assigned to the command thereof. He was succeed by Major General Burnside, who was relieved by Major General J. G. Foster of the command of both department and army. Major General Schofield took command Jan. 28, 1864, and Jan. 17, 1865, the department was merged into the Department of the Cumberland. The Army of the Cumberland was formed of the Army of the Ohio, as above noted. It continued under the command of General Rosecrans until October, 1863, when General George H. Thomas took command of it. The Army of the Tennessee was originally the Army of the District of Western Tennessee, fighting as such at Shiloh. It became the Army of the Tennessee on the concentration of troops at Pittsburgh Landing under General Halleck, and when the Department of the Tennessee was formed, Oct. 16, 1862, the troops serving therein were placed under command of Major General U. S. Grant. Oct. 27, 1863, Major General William T. Sherman was appointed to the command of this army; March 12, 1864, Major General J. B. McPherson succeeded him; July 30, 1864, McPherson having been killed, Major General O. O. Howard was placed in command, and May 19, 1852, Major General John A. Logan succeeded him. Other minor armies were the Army of Virginia, which was formed by the consolidation of the forces under Major Generals Fremont, Banks and McDowell, by order of the War Department, Aug. 12, 1862. Major General John Pope was placed in command, but after the disastrous defeat of this general at Manassas the army as such was discontinued and its troops transferred to other organizations. The Army of the James was formed of the Tenth and Fourteenth corps and cavalry, and was placed under the command of Major General Butler. Its operations were carried on in conjunction with the Army of the Potomac. Other temporary arrangements of the troops formed the Army of the Mississippi in the Mississippi River operations in 1862; the Army of the Gulf in Louisiana in May, 1863; the Army of West Virginia, in the valley of the Shenandoah, in May, 1864, and the army of the Middle Military Division in Virginia in the fall of 1864. A HORSE will live 25 days without solid food, merely drinking water; 17 days without either eating or drinking; and only 5 days when eating solid food without drinking. 8 Pea Ridge, Ark.. 14 Newbern, N. C. 23 Winchester, Va 6-7 Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. 10 Island No. 10... 5 Williamsburg, Va. 25 Winchester, Va... 29 Hanover C. H, Va. Corinth, Minn. Fair Oaks, Va. Fair Oaks, Va. 8 Cross Keys, Va. 9 Port Republic, Va. 26 Chickahominy, Va. 27 Gaines Mills, Va 1 Malvern Hill, Va. 5 Baton Rouge, La. 9 Gedar Mountain, Va. 22 Gallatin, Tenn. 27 Kettle Run, Va. 29 Groveton, Va.. 30 Bull Run 2nd. Richmond, Ky. 1 Chantilly, Va. 14 South mountain, Md. 15 Harper's F'y, 3 d'ys' siege 17 Antietam, Md. 19-20 Iuka, Miss. 3-5 Corinth, Miss 8 Perryville, Ky. 7 Prairie Grove, Ark. 13 Fredericksburg, Va. Vicksburg 27-29 Jan. 2, 1863 Stone River, Tenn. 66 Feb. 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