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CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG (1839-76) Union Major General of Cavalry – Michigan; Lieutenant Colonel – 7th U.S. Cavalry – Killed-in-Action at Little Big Horn # custergeorgea
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CUSTER, THOMAS W. (1845-76) U.S. Army Officer; Twice awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for service during the American Civil War; Younger brother of George Armstrong Custer, in whose command he was killed-in-action at the Battle of Little Big Hor# custerthomasw
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CUSTIS, GEORGE WASHINGTON PARKE (1781-1857) American Author; Grandson of Martha Washington; Father-in-Law of Robert E. Lee; Owner of Arlington House # custisgeorgewashingtonparke
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CUTLER, AUGUSTUS W. (1827-97) U.S. Congressman – New Jersey – 1875-79# cutleraugustusw
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D'ANNUNZIO, GABRIELE, PRINCE OF MONTENEVOSO (1863-1938) Italian Poet, Orator, Journalist, Politician, and Army Officer during World War I# dannunziogabriele
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DACIER, ANNE LE FEVRE (1651-1720) French Scholar, Translator, and Editor # dacierannelefevre
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DADE, FRANCIS L. (ca.1793-1835) U.S. Army Officer; Ambushed and killed during the Second Seminole War near present-day Ocala, Florida, in what came to be known as the "Dade Massacre"# dadefrancisl
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DAGUERRE, LOUIS (1787-1851) French Artist & Photographer, recognized for his invention of the Daguerreotype# daguerrelouis
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DAHLGREN, JOHN A. (1809-70) Union Rear Admiral - Pennsylvania# dahlgrenjohna
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DAHLGREN, MADELEINE VINTON (1825-89) American Writer, Translator, and Anti-Suffragist; Married U.S. Admiral John A Dahlgren in 1865# dahlgrenmadeleinevinton
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DALE, RICHARD (1756-1826) American Revolutionary War, Officer in the Continental Navy; U.S. Navy Commodore – First Barbary War# dalerichard
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DALLAS, ALEXANDER J. (1759-1817) U.S. Treasury Secretary - 1814-16; Acting U.S. Secretary of War - 1815 # dallasalexanderj
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DALLAS, GEORGE M. (1792-1864) U.S. Vice President – 1845-49; U.S. Senator – Pennsylvania – 1831-33; Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 1828-29; Namesake of Dallas Counties in Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, and Texas # dallasgeorgem
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DALTON, TRISTRAM (1738-1817) U.S. Senator - Massachusetts - 1789-91; Close friend of George Washington# daltontristram
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DANIELS, JOSEPHUS (1862-1948) U.S. Navy Secretary – 1913-21; American Diplomat and Newspaper Editor# danielsjosephus
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DARROW, CLARENCE S. (1857-1938) American Attorney, most remembered for his role as defense attorney in the “Scopes Monkey Trial”# darrowclarences
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DARWIN, CHARLES (1809-82) English Naturalist, Geologist, and Biologist; Proponent of the Theory of Evolution# darwincals
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DAVENPORT, BAILEY (1823-90) Early Settler & Wealthy Landowner in Rock Island, Illinois; Mayor of Rock Island, Illinois – 1861-66, 1873-74, and 1875-76; Son of Colonel George Davenport # davenportbailey
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DAVENPORT, GEORGE (1783-1845) English-Born American Explorer, Frontiersman, and Indian Trader; U.S. Army Soldier, served in the War of 1812# davenportgeorge
Early settler of the Iowa Territory and Rock Island, Illinois; Namesake of Davenport, Iowa, part of the present-day “Quad Cities”; Murdered at his home in Rock Island, Illinois by members of a Midwestern ruffian gang, the “Banditti of the Prairie,” on July 4, 1845
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DAVIDSON, HENRY BREVARD (1831-99) Confederate Brigadier General – Tennessee# davidsonhenrybrevard
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