Suchergebnisse
Suchergebnisse:
Francis Preston Blair Jr. (* 19. Februar 1821 in Lexington, Kentucky; † 9. Juli 1875 in St. Louis, Missouri) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und Generalmajor der Unionsarmee während des Sezessionskrieges . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Familie. 2 Leben. 3 Literatur. 4 Weblinks. 5 Einzelnachweise. Familie.
Francis Preston Blair Jr. (February 19, 1821 – July 8, 1875) was a United States Senator, a United States Congressman and a Union Major General during the Civil War. He represented Missouri in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and was active in preventing the State of Missouri from being absorbed into the ...
- 1861–1865
Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (born Feb. 19, 1821, Lexington, Ky., U.S.—died July 9, 1875, St. Louis, Mo.) was a Missouri politician of the antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction eras who opposed slavery and secession but later came out against Radical Reconstruction and black suffrage.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
16. März 2024 · Date of Death: July 9, 1875. Place of Burial: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri. Significance: Francis Preston Blair, Jr. is more commonly known as Frank Blair. Frank Blair was the youngest child of Francis Preston and Eliza Gist Blair.
- Harry Searles
16. März 2024 · February 19, 1821–July 9, 1875. U.S. Senator and Congressman from Missouri, Frank P. Blair was one of President Abraham Lincoln's more successful political generals, rising to command the 15th and 17th Army Corps during most of the major campaigns in the Western Theater of the Civil War.
- Harry Searles
Francis P. Blair, Jr. was a Union general who served in Missouri and West. A Republican congressman from Missouri (1857-58, 1861, 1864) at the outset of the war, he organized pro-Union military units among German-Americans which were instrumental in keeping Missouri in Union.
Highlights. As the Civil War began to loom, Frank Blair Jr. became the center of the emerging Republican Party in Missouri. During the election of 1860, he organized the Wide Awakes, a group dedicated to Abraham Lincoln’s campaign.
