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See also:NEWTON, See also:JOHN (1823-1895) , See also:American See also:general and engineer, was See also:born in See also:Norfolk, See also:Virginia, on the 24th of See also:August 1823, and graduated second in his class at the U.S. Military See also:Academy in 1842. From 1842 to 1861 he was engaged in the construction of See also:coast defences and the improvement of waterways; he was assistant See also:professor of See also:engineering in the Military Academy from 1843 to 1846, became a See also:captain in 1856, and took See also:part as See also:chief engineer in the See also:Utah expedition of 1857-1858. He served as an engineer in the Virginian See also:campaign of ,86,, and was promoted brigadier-general, U.S.V., in See also:September. He especially distinguished himself in the Seven Days' See also:battle and at See also:Antietam, and after the battle of Fredericksburg was made See also:major-general, U.S.V. In the See also:Chancellorsville campaign Newton took part in the storming of Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg, on the 3rd of May 1863, and at the battle of See also:Gettysburg he was for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time in command of the I. See also:corps. He had already received the See also:brevet of See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel for his services at Antietam, and he now became brevet colonel for his services at Gettysburg. Later he was transferred to See also:Sherman's See also:army, and as a See also:division See also:commander under General See also:Oliver O. See also:Howard took part in the See also:Atlanta campaign. For gallant conduct at See also:Peach See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
Tree See also:Creek he was made brevet brigadier-general, and at the See also:close of the See also:war was made brevet major-general, U.S.A. Returning to See also:regular engineering See also:duty after the war, he was stationed at New See also:York from 1866 to 1884. His most important See also:work there was the improvement of the See also:Hudson See also:river, and especially the removal of the obstructions to See also:shipping in the dangerous entrance to the See also:East river from See also:Long See also:Island See also:Sound, known as See also:Hell See also:Gate. Under two of the largest obstructions—Hallet's Point and See also:Flood See also:Rock, with a See also:surface of three acres and nine acres respectively—shafts were sunk from the See also:shore, and tunnels were bored in every direction. In these tunnels thousands of pounds of See also:explosives were placed, and the rocks were blown into fragments. In See also:March 1884 he became Chief of See also:Engineers, with the See also:rank of brigadier-general, and held this position until his retirement from the army, at his own See also:request, in August ,886, In 1887-1888
he was See also:commissioner of public See also:works in New York See also:City, and from 1888 until his See also:death, on the 1st of May 1895, he was See also:president of the See also:Panama railway.
End of Article: NEWTON, JOHN (1823-1895)
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