Word: virginia
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Jersey, 59; Connecticut, 56; Missouri, 56; Iowa, 46; Indiana, 43; Minnesota, 33; District of Columbia, 31; Maryland, 26; Vermont, 26; Colorado, 25; Kentucky, 23; Wisconsin, 22; Michigan, 20; Tennessee, 20; Kansas, 19; Georgia, 16; Washington, 16; Texas, 15; North Carolina, 14; Oregon, 12; Alabama, 11; Nebraska, 11; Virginia, 10; South Carolina, 9; Oklahoma, 8; South Dakota, 8; Utah 8; Montana, 7; West Virginia, 7; Delaware, 5; Mississippi, 5; North Dakota, 4; Wyoming, 4; Arkansas, 3; Louisiana, 3; Florida, 2; Arizona, 1; Idaho, 1; Nevada, 1; New Mexico...
...Aigiers in turn, but finally returned to America and went to take charge of a newly constructed railroad at Burlington. Coming east again he took charge of some iron mills in Maryland, where he remained till he enlisted. As captain in the sixth Massachusetts cavalry he was ordered to Virginia, where he was given a place in General McClellan's staff. After the battle of Antietam, Colonel Lowell received the honor of carrying the captured flags to Washington. While fighting with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, he was wounded in the chest. Despite this wound he charged a village held...
Major Higginson served in the United States Volunteers during the Civil War, first as second lieutenant of the Second Massachusetts Infantry and later as lieutenant and then as major of the First Massachusetts Cavalry. He received severe wounds at the battle of Aldie in Virginia in 1863. Later in recognition of his gallant service, he was brevetted lieutenant-colonel...
After leaving Harvard, Major Higginson served as a volunteer in the Civil War, becoming major and brevet lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Massachusetts cavalry. He was severely wounded at Aldie, Virginia, in June...
Professor Toy received the degree of Master of Arts from the University of Virginia in 1856. In 1860 and 1861 he held the position of professor of Greek in Richmond University, Va. In 1864 he accepted the chair of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy at the University of Alabama, where he remained one year. He held the professorship of Greek in Furman University for the years 1868 and 1869, when he was appointed professor of Old Testament Interpretation in the Southern Baptist Theological School. After ten years' service in this position, Professor Toy received from Harvard in 1880 appointments as Dexter...