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See also:HUMPERDINCK, ENGELBERT (1854- ) , See also:German musical composer, was See also:born at See also:Siegburg, in the See also:Rhine See also:Province, and studied under F. See also:Hiller at See also:Cologne, and F. Lachner and J. See also:Rheinberger at See also:Munich. In 1879, by means of a scholarship, he went to See also:Italy, where he met See also:Wagner at See also:Naples; and on the latter's invitation he went to See also:Bayreuth and helped to produce See also:Parsifal there next See also:year. He travelled for the next few years in Italy and See also:Spain but in 1890 became a See also:professor at See also:Frankfort, where he remained till 1896. In 'goo he became the See also:head of a
school in See also:Berlin. His fame as a composer was made by his I See also:Mississippi, and, with Lieut. H. L. See also:Abbott, produced in 1861 charming See also:children's See also:opera Hansel and Gretel in 1893, founded a valuable See also:Report on the Physics and See also:Hydraulics of the Mississippi very largely (like his later operas) on folk-tunes; but his See also:works See also:River. In connexion with this See also:work he visited See also:Europe in 185r.
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In the earlier See also:part of the See also:Civil See also:War See also:Humphreys was employed as a topographical engineer with the See also:Army of the See also:Potomac, and rendered conspicuous services in the Seven Days' Battles. It is stated that he selected the famous position of See also:Malvern See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, before which See also:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
Lee's army was defeated. Soon after this he was assigned to command a See also:division of the V. See also:corps, and at the See also:battle of Fredericksburg he distinguished himself greatly in the last attack of Marye's heights. See also:General See also:Burnside recommended him for promotion to the See also:rank of See also:major-general U.S.V., which was not however awarded to Humphreys until after See also:Gettysburg. He took part in the battle of See also:Chancellorsville, and at Gettysburg commanded a division of the III. corps under See also:Sickles. Upon Humphreys' division See also:fell the brunt of Lee's attack on the second See also:day, by which in the end the III. corps was dislodged from its advanced position. His handling of his division in this struggle excited See also:great See also:attention, and was compared to See also:Sheridan's work at See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
Stone river. A few days later he became See also:chief of See also:staff to General See also:Meade, and this position he held throughout the See also:Wilderness See also:campaign. Towards the end of the war General Humphreys succeeded General See also:Hancock in command of the famous II. corps. The See also:short campaign of 1865, which terminated in Lee's surrender, afforded him a greater opportunity of showing his capacity for leadership. His corps played a conspicuous part in the final operations around See also:Petersburg, and the See also:credit of the vigorous and relentless pursuit of Lee's army may be claimed hardly less for Humphreys than for Sheridan. After the war, now See also:brevet major-general, he returned to See also:regular engineer See also:duty as chief engineer of the U.S. army, and retired in 1879. He was a member of the See also:American Philosophical Society (1857) and of the American See also:Academy of Arts and Sciences (1863), and received the degree of LL.D. from Harvard University in 1868. He died at See also:Washington on the 27th of See also:December 1883. Amongst his works may be mentioned From Gettysburg to the Rapidan (1882) and The See also:Virginia See also:Campaigns of 1864-1865 (1882).
See See also:- WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
- WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
- WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
- WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
- WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
- WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
- WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
- WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
- WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
- WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
- WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
- WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
- WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
- WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
- WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )
Wilson, See also:Critical Sketches of some Commanders (See also:Boston, 1895).
End of Article: HUMPERDINCK, ENGELBERT (1854- )
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