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    William Wirt Adams (1819–1888) was a banker, planter, state legislator, and a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army. Adams was born in Frankfort...
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    William Wirt (November 8, 1772 – February 18, 1834) was an American author and statesman who is credited with turning the position of United States Attorney...
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  • Cavalry, the unit was renamed after its commander, William Wirt Adams, in December, 1861. After Adams was promoted to Brigadier general in 1863, the unit...
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    Civil War (Civil War). Adams was born in Frankfort, Kentucky, to George Adams and Anna Weisiger Adams. His brother, William Wirt Adams, also was a Confederate...
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  • (1716–1763), British naval officer William E. Adams (1939–1971), US Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient William Wirt Adams (1819–1888), Confederate States...
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    Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Crowninshield, and Attorney General William Wirt. Adams developed a strong respect for Calhoun but believed that Crawford...
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  • general Thomas Adams (British Army officer) (c. 1730–1764), British Army major posthumously promoted to brigadier-general William Wirt Adams (1819–1888)...
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    Sportsman. Until 1971, the C&O's George Washington stopped in Frankfort. William Wirt Adams (1819−88), brigadier general in the Confederate Army Thomas Carlin...
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    railroad financiers and fellow Confederate veterans, William Clark Falkner and William Wirt Adams, to revive and revise the lapsed charter for the narrow...
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    bulbs and other flowering shrubs and trees. Daniel Weisiger Adams William Wirt Adams William Barksdale Samuel Wragg Ferguson Richard Griffith James Argyle...
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    Vicksburg, are, on the other hand, two general aviation airports. William Wirt Adams, Confederate Army officer and member of the Mississippi House of Representatives...
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  • chose former U.S. attorney general William Wirt as their standard bearer in the 1832 presidential election; Wirt won 7.8% of the popular vote and carried...
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    the west via US 84 to LA-28W. Robert H. Adams, former United States senator from Mississippi William Wirt Adams, Confederate States Army officer, grew...
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    (Biloxi) James R. Williams (1936–2020), lawyer, U.S. attorney (Columbus) William Wirt Adams (1819–1888), brigadier general, CSA (Jackson) Van T. Barfoot (1919–2012)...
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    27, 2011). "Q-and-A with Bryan Adams on 'Bare Bones' tour". Observer-Dispatch. Wirt, John (June 10, 2014). "Bryan Adams brings 'Bare Bones' style to New...
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    Daniel Weisiger Adams William Wirt Adams Alpheus Baker William Beall Tyree H. Bell John C. Breckinridge Simon Bolivar Buckner Abraham Buford Thomas James...
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  • Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson (July 10, 1905 – May 28, 2002) was an American journalist and writer of children's books. She wrote some of the earliest...
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  • Armies: William Wirt Adams and Daniel Weisiger Adams.[citation needed] William Wirt Adams 1819–1888 Daniel Weisiger Adams 1821–1872 George Adams at the...
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    Calhoun and Jackson in 1824, while Wirt generally shied away from becoming involved in electoral politics. Adams chose Henry Clay as Secretary of State...
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    Rush L. Elkin King's Missouri Battery: Cpt Houston King Adams' Brigade BG William Wirt Adams 11th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment: Col John Griffith 14th Confederate...
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    William Wirt Henry (February 14, 1831 – December 5, 1900) was a Virginia lawyer and politician, historian and writer, a biographer of Patrick Henry, his...
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    President John Quincy Adams. The Anti-Masonic Party, one of the first major U.S. third parties, nominated former Attorney General William Wirt. Jackson faced...
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  • Pennsylvania Cavalry in pursuit of Wood's Mississippi Cavalry under General William Wirt Adams operating in the area. The Union expedition skirmished with Confederate...
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    Colored Cavalry ran into a Confederate force led by Brigadier General William Wirt Adams. The 11th Illinois took position on the right flank while the 4th...
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    Charles Francis Adams Jr. (May 27, 1835 – March 20, 1915) was an American author, historian, and railroad and park commissioner who served as the president...
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    Colonel Wirt Robinson (16 October 1864 – 19 January 1929) was an American army officer, naturalist, and served as a professor of chemistry, mineralogy...
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    Company, Inc., New York, 1959. ISBN 0-679-50013-8. p. 3 Faust, Patricia L. Adams, Daniel Weisiger In Historical Times Illustrated History of the Civil War...
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    homespun coat, he had no ruffled shirt: wirt-wirt, But Matt he has the golden plate, and he's a little squirt: wirt-wirt! The Whigs boasted of Harrison's military...
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    delivered his speech and eighteen years after his death, biographer William Wirt published a posthumous reconstruction of the speech in his 1817 work...
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    claims against Spain. Many notable lawyers, including Daniel Webster and William Wirt, represented claimants before the commission. Dr. Tobias Watkins served...
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