The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . ADAM J. SLEMMER. Bom in Montgomery co., Pa., about 1828. Graduateat the U. S. Military Academy. ;0. Served againstSeminole Indians and on the California frontier, fouryears. Appointed Assistant Professor U. S. Militaryicademy, 185,5. Transferred to Fort Pickens, Jan. 1(1,1861, wtiich he held against all assaults until May !l,1861. Major, May, 1861; , Nov., 1862, , U. S. A., Dec, 1862; brevet Colonel March, 180.). Severely wounded at StoneRiver. On g
The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . ADAM J. SLEMMER. Bom in Montgomery co., Pa., about 1828. Graduateat the U. S. Military Academy. ;0. Served againstSeminole Indians and on the California frontier, fouryears. Appointed Assistant Professor U. S. Militaryicademy, 185,5. Transferred to Fort Pickens, Jan. 1(1,1861, wtiich he held against all assaults until May !l,1861. Major, May, 1861; , Nov., 1862, , U. S. A., Dec, 1862; brevet Colonel March, 180.). Severely wounded at StoneRiver. On garrison duty after the war. and in com-mand at Fort Laramie, D, T. Died Oct. 7, JOHN CRITTENDEN. Horn in Woodford county, Ky., about 1785. Served inWar of 1812. Besan practice of law in Frankfort, ). S. Senator, 1817. Devoted himself to his professionuntil 1835. when he again became U. S. Senator. Ap-])oiuted Attorney-General of the U. 1841, serving buta few weeks. Elected U. S. Senator, 1842 ; Governor ofKentucky. 1848. Appoiuted Attorney-General of theV. 1850. Ke-elected U. S. Senator. for termending March 4. 1861. Author of the Crittenden Com-promise, proposed to adjust the secessioi: difficulties,but rejected by Congress. Died July 26, 1863.
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