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

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