(Encyclopedia) Fort Pillow, fortification on the Mississippi River, N of Memphis, Tenn.; built by Confederate Gen. Gideon Pillow in 1862. Evacuated by the Confederates after the fall of Island No. 10…
(Encyclopedia) Crazy Horse, d. 1877, war chief of the Oglala Sioux. He was a prominent leader in the Sioux resistance to white encroachment in the mineral-rich Black Hills. When Crazy Horse and his…
(Encyclopedia) de Gaulle, Charlesde Gaulle, Charlesshärl də gōl [key], 1890–1970, French general and statesman, first president (1959–69) of the Fifth Republic.
De Gaulle was reelected to a second…
(Encyclopedia) Magruder, John BankheadMagruder, John Bankheadməgr&oomacr;ˈdər [key], 1810–71, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. Winchester, Va. His reckless daring in the Mexican…
(Encyclopedia) TempelhofTempelhoftĕmˈpəlhôf [key], district of Berlin, Germany. A workers' residential quarter and a film-production center, it became part of the U.S. occupation sector after 1945.…
(Encyclopedia) Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849–1916, American poet, b. Greenfield, Ind., known as the Hoosier poet. He was at various times a traveling actor, a sign painter, and a newspaperman. Under…
(Encyclopedia) Couve de Murville, MauriceCouve de Murville, Mauricemōrēsˈ k&oomacr;v də mürvēlˈ [key], 1907–99, French politician and diplomat. After World War II he served as ambassador to Egypt…
(Encyclopedia) Cushman, Pauline, 1835–93, Union spy in the Civil War, b. New Orleans. She became an actress at 18 in New York City. In 1863 she was banished to Confederate lines as a supposed…
(Encyclopedia) Gordon, Lord George, 1751–93, English agitator, whose activities resulted in the tragic Gordon riots of 1780 in London. In 1779, Gordon assumed leadership of the Protestant Association…
(Encyclopedia) Tromp, CornelisTromp, Corneliskôrnāˈlĭs trômp [key], 1629–91, Dutch admiral in the second and third of the Dutch Wars; son of Maarten Tromp. In 1665 he was made commander of the Dutch…
