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WILLIAM WORTH BELKNAP (1829-189o)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 684 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WILLIAM WORTH BELKNAP (1829-189o)  ,
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American soldier and politician, was born at Newburgh, N.Y., on the 22nd of September 1829 . Entering the Union army in 1861, he took
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part in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth and
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Vicksburg, as major of the 15th
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Iowa
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volunteers . In the
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Atlanta
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campaign under Sherman he gained considerable distinction, rising successively to the rank of brigadier-general in 1864 and major-general in 1865 . During the four years that followed he was
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collector of
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internal revenue for Iowa, leaving that
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post in 1869 to become secretary of war . In 1876, in consequence of unproved accusations of corruption, he resigned . He died at Washington, D.C., on the 13th of
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October 1890 .

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