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Henry Mosler, Preparations for Defense at Cincinnati, sketch, Harper’s Weekly, September 20, 1862. Cincinnati's mayor, George Hatch, ordered all businesses closed. Union Major General Lew Wallace declared martial law, seized sixteen steamboats and had them armed, [2] and organized the citizens of Cincinnati, Covington, and Newport, Kentucky for defense.
2nd Duke of Normandy r. 996–1027: Robert Count of Évreux, Archbishop of Rouen: Mauger c. 988 –1032 m. Germain, Countess of Corbeil: Geoffrey d. c. 1010 Count of Eu: William I 978–after 1057 Count of Eu and Hiémois: House of Clare: Richard III 997/1001–1027 3rd Duke of Normandy r. 1026–1027: Robert I "the Magnificent" 1000–1035 4th ...
Mary Todd Lincoln. Among the well known of Lexington's families were the Todds. Abraham Lincoln's wife Mary Todd Lincoln was born there on December 13, 1818. She left in 1839 from the family home to live with her sister in Springfield, Illinois, where she would meet Abraham Lincoln in 1842.
The Ohio History Center is the headquarters of the Ohio History Connection, which also operates dozens of state historic sites across Ohio. [1] [2] Extensive exhibits cover Ohio's history from the Ice Age to the present. The Center includes state archives and library spaces, a gift shop, and administrative and educational facilities.
He is sometimes referred to as a "duke of Normandy", though the title duke (dux) did not come into common usage until the 11th century. [2] Longsword was known at the time as count (Latin comes) of Rouen. [3] [4] Flodoard—always detailed about titles—consistently referred to both Rollo and his son William as principes (chieftains) of the ...
Library employee Clarissa Thomas saw the Undesign exhibit in Dayton, Ohio, and started working on bringing a similar exhibit to Lexington, with the help of the Lexington Public Library Foundation.
The Battle of Augusta was an engagement during the American Civil War that took place on September 27, 1862, in Augusta, Kentucky, between the Bracken County Home Guard (Union) and the Confederate Second Kentucky Cavalry Regiment under command of Colonel Basil W. Duke, a brother-in-law of John H. Morgan.
His successors gained the title Duke of Normandy from Richard II. After the rise of the Capetian dynasty, they were forced to vacate the title, for there could be only one duke in Neustria, and the Robertians carried the title. These dukes increased the strength of Normandy, although they had to observe the superiority of the King of France ...