Description:Kapitel: Judah Philip Benjamin, John Cabell Breckinridge, George Wythe Randolph, Leroy Pope Walker, Gustavus Woodson Smith, James Alexander Seddon. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821 - May 17, 1875) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Kentucky and was the 14th Vice President of the United States, to date the youngest vice president in U.S. history, inaugurated at age 36. In the 1860 presidential election, he ran as one of two candidates of the fractured Democratic Party, representing Southern Democrats. Breckinridge came in third place in the popular vote, behind winner Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, and Stephen Douglas, a Northern Democrat, but finished second in the Electoral College vote. Following the outbreak of the American Civil War, he served in the Confederate States Army as a general and commander of Confederate forces prior to the 1863 Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana, and of the young Virginia Military Institute cadets, at the 1864 Battle of New Market in Lexington, Virginia. He also served as the fifth and final Confederate Secretary of War. A member of the prominent Breckinridge family of Kentucky, Breckinridge was the grandson of John Breckinridge (1760-1806), who served as a Senator and Attorney General; the father of congressman and diplomat Clifton Rodes Breckinridge; and the great-grandfather of actor John Cabell "Bunny" Breckinridge. Breckinridge was born at Cabell's Dale near Lexington, Kentucky, to Joseph Cabell Breckinridge and Mary Clay Smith. He graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky in 1839 and later attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). He then studied law at Transylvania University in Lexington and was admitted to the bar in 1840. He moved to Burlington, Iowa but soon returned to Lexington and commenced the practice of law there. He was married to Mary C...http: //booksllc.net/?l=dWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Kriegsminister (Konfoderierte Staaten): Judah Philip Benjamin, John Cabell Breckinridge, George Wythe Randolph, Leroy Pope Walker. To get started finding Kriegsminister (Konfoderierte Staaten): Judah Philip Benjamin, John Cabell Breckinridge, George Wythe Randolph, Leroy Pope Walker, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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2010
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Kriegsminister (Konfoderierte Staaten): Judah Philip Benjamin, John Cabell Breckinridge, George Wythe Randolph, Leroy Pope Walker
Description: Kapitel: Judah Philip Benjamin, John Cabell Breckinridge, George Wythe Randolph, Leroy Pope Walker, Gustavus Woodson Smith, James Alexander Seddon. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821 - May 17, 1875) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Kentucky and was the 14th Vice President of the United States, to date the youngest vice president in U.S. history, inaugurated at age 36. In the 1860 presidential election, he ran as one of two candidates of the fractured Democratic Party, representing Southern Democrats. Breckinridge came in third place in the popular vote, behind winner Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, and Stephen Douglas, a Northern Democrat, but finished second in the Electoral College vote. Following the outbreak of the American Civil War, he served in the Confederate States Army as a general and commander of Confederate forces prior to the 1863 Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana, and of the young Virginia Military Institute cadets, at the 1864 Battle of New Market in Lexington, Virginia. He also served as the fifth and final Confederate Secretary of War. A member of the prominent Breckinridge family of Kentucky, Breckinridge was the grandson of John Breckinridge (1760-1806), who served as a Senator and Attorney General; the father of congressman and diplomat Clifton Rodes Breckinridge; and the great-grandfather of actor John Cabell "Bunny" Breckinridge. Breckinridge was born at Cabell's Dale near Lexington, Kentucky, to Joseph Cabell Breckinridge and Mary Clay Smith. He graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky in 1839 and later attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). He then studied law at Transylvania University in Lexington and was admitted to the bar in 1840. He moved to Burlington, Iowa but soon returned to Lexington and commenced the practice of law there. He was married to Mary C...http: //booksllc.net/?l=dWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Kriegsminister (Konfoderierte Staaten): Judah Philip Benjamin, John Cabell Breckinridge, George Wythe Randolph, Leroy Pope Walker. To get started finding Kriegsminister (Konfoderierte Staaten): Judah Philip Benjamin, John Cabell Breckinridge, George Wythe Randolph, Leroy Pope Walker, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.