CHINIQUY, CHARLES (1809-99) Canadian-Born Catholic Priest; Settled in Kankakee, Illinois; Was defended in an 1855 libel lawsuit by Abraham Lincoln# chiniquycharles
Denounced the Catholic Church in mid-life, warning that importing thousands of immigrants from Ireland, Germany, and France, the American Civil War, and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln were Vatican plots to take over the United States.
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SIBLEY, HENRY HASTINGS (1811-91) Union Brigadier General; First Governor of Minnesota – 1858-60; U.S. Representative – Minnesota Territory – 1849-53; U.S. Representative – Wisconsin Territory – 1848-49; Veteran of the Dakota War of 1862# sibleyhenryhastings
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SHOUP, GEORGE LAIRD (1836-1904) Union Colonel – 3rd Colorado Cavalry; Governor of Idaho Territory – 1889-90; First Governor of Idaho – 1890; U.S. Senator – Idaho – 1890-1901 # shoupgeorgelaird
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SIDELL, WILLIAM HENRY (1810-73) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Staff officer to Generals William S. Rosecrans & Don Carlos Buell# sidellwilliamhenry
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SHERRILL, ELIAKIM (1813-63) Union Colonel - 126th New York Infantry; Led a brigade in the Army of the Potomac; Mortally wounded during Pickett’s Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg – July 3, 1863; U.S. Representative – New York – 1847-49# sherrilleliakim
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GEARY, JOHN WHITE (1819-1873) Union Brigadier General – Pennsylvania; First Mayor of San Francisco, California – 1850-51; Governor of Kansas Territory – 1856-57; Governor of Pennsylvania – 1867-73# gearyjohnwhite
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LEOPOLD I OF BELGIUM/LEOPOLD GEORGE CHRISTIAN FREDERICK, PRINCE OF SAXE COBURG (1790-1865) First King of Belgium – 1831-65# leopoldIofbelgium
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FREEMAN, JOHN D. (1817-86) U.S. Representative – Mississippi – 1851-53; Attorney General of Mississippi – 1841-50# freemanjohnd
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FRELINGHUYSEN, FREDERICK THEODORE (1817-85) U.S. Secretary of State - 1881-85; U.S. Senator – New Jersey – 1866-69 & 1871-77 # frelinghuysenfreericktheodore
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CARR, JOSEPH BRADFORD (1828-95) Union Brigadier General - New York# carrjosephbradford
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HEYWARD, THOMAS, JR. (1746-1809) Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation – South Carolina; Delegate to the Continental Congress – South Carolina - 1775-78; Officer in the South Carolina Militia# heywardthomasjr
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WASHINGTON, JOHN AUGUSTINE, III (1821-61) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Cheat Mountain – September 13, 1861# washingtonjohnaugustineIII
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WATIE, STAND (1806-71) Confederate Brigadier General – Indian Territory; Cherokee politician who served as the second principal chief of the Cherokee Nation - 1862-66# watiestand
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WATSON, JOHN WILLIAM CLARK (1808-90) Confederate Senator – Mississippi – 1864-65# watsonjohnwilliamclark
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WATTS, THOMAS HILL, SR. (1819-92) Governor of Alabama – 1863-65 # wattsthomashillsr
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CARROLL, CHARLES OF CARROLLTON (1737-1832) Signer of the Declaration of Independence – Maryland – the Only Catholic & Last-Surviving Signer; Delegate to the Continental Congress – Maryland – 1776-78; U.S. Senator - Maryland – 1789-92# carrollcharlesofcarrollton
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GOEBBELS, JOSEPH (1897-1945) German Nazi Politician; Reich Minister of Propaganda – 1933-45; Chancellor of Germany – April 30 - May 1, 1945# goebbelsjoseph
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WILSON, WILLIAM (1823-74) English-born Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 6th New York Infantry# wilsonwilliam
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STARKWEATHER, JOHN CONVERSE (1829-90) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Wisconsin Infantry# starkweatherjohnconverse
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RUNKLE, BENJAMIN PIATT (1836-1916) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 45th Ohio Infantry # runklebenjaminpiatt
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