See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN CODMAN See also:

• JOHN CODMAN ROPES (1836–1899)

ROPES (1836–1899)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American military historian and lawyer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg on the 28th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1836, the son of a leading See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant of See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston who was engaged in business in See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fourteen, his See also:

• FAMILY

family having meantime returned to See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, he See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed an See also:

• AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection of the spine which eventually became a permanent deformity . His courage and See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy, however, did not allow him to yield to his affliction . He entered Harvard in 1853, and graduated in 1857 . His interests as a See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man were chiefly religious, legal and See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical, and these remained with him throughout See also:

• LIFE

life, his career as a lawyer being conspicuous and successful . But it was the outbreak of the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War in 1861 which fixed his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention principally on military See also:

• HISTORY

history . He ceaselessly assisted with business and See also:

• PERSONAL

personal help and friend-See also:

• SHIP

ship the See also:

• OFFICERS

officers and men of the loth Massachusetts See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment, in which his See also:

• BROTHER

brother, See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• ROPES, JOHN CODMAN (1836–1899)

Ropes, served up to his See also:

• DEATH

death at See also:

• GETTYSBURG

Gettysburg, and after the war he devoted himself to the collection and elucidation of all obtainable See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence as to its incidents and events . In this See also:

• WORK

work his clear and unprejudiced legal mind enabled him to sift the truth from the innumerable public and private controversies, and the See also:

• ILL

ill-informed See also:

• ALLOTMENT (from O. Fr. a and toter, to divide by lot)

allotment of praise and blame by the popular historians and biographers . The See also:

• FOCUS (Latin for " hearth " or " fireplace ")

focus of his work was the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, which he founded in 1876 . The work of this society was the collection and discussion of evidence See also:

• RELATING

relating to the See also:

• GREAT

great conflict . Although practically every member of this society except himself had fought through the war, and nany, such as See also:

• HANCOCK
• HANCOCK, JOHN (1737–1793)
• HANCOCK, WINFIELD SCOTT (1824-1886)

Hancock and W . F .

See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith, were See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general officersof great distinction, it was from first to last maintained and guided by Ropes, who presented to it his military library and his collection of prints and medals . He died at Boston on the 28th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1899 . His See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal work is an unfinished See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

Story of the Civil War, to which he devoted most of his later years; this covers the years 1861–62 . The See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

Army under See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope is a detailed narration of the See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August–See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1862, which played a great See also:

• PART

part in See also:

• REVERSING

reversing contemporary See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment on the events of those operations, notably as regards the unjustly-condemned General Fitz See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• PORTER
• PORTER, BENJAMIN CURTIS (1843– )
• PORTER, DAVID (1780-1843)
• PORTER, DAVID DIXON (1813-1891)
• PORTER, ENDYMION (1587–1649)
• PORTER, HENRY (ft. 1596-1599)
• PORTER, HORACE (1837– )
• PORTER, JANE (1776–1850)
• PORTER, MARY (d. 1765)
• PORTER, NOAH (1811–1892)

Porter . Outside See also:

• AMERICA

America, Ropes is known chiefly as the author of The Campaign of See also:

• WATERLOO

Waterloo, which is one of the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard See also:

• WORKS

works on the subject . The greater part of his studies of the Civil War appears in the Military Historical Society's publications . Papers on the Waterloo campaign appeared in the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic Monthly of See also:

• JUNE

June 1881, and in Scribner's See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March and April 1888 . Amongst his See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous works is a See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper on " The Likenesses of See also:

• JULIUS

Julius See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar " in Scribner's Magazine (See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1887) . See Memoir of John Codman Ropes (Boston, privately printed . 1901) . ROPE-WALKING, the See also:

• ART

art of walking, dancing and performing tricks of See also:

• EQUILIBRIUM (from the Lat. aequus, equal, and libra, a balance)

equilibrium on a rope or See also:

• WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire stretched between two supports . It has been popular with most See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic and See also:

• EUROPEAN

European peoples from the beginning of history .

Before the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century a rope was invariably used, and was stretched as tightly as possible, on which See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account the art was called Tight-rope Walking . About the See also:

• YEAR

year 1875 the slack wire, stretched loosely from support to support, was introduced, and is now more commonly used. the performer is often aided in keeping his See also:

• BALANCE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. bilantia, an apparatus for weighing, from bi, two, and lanx, a dish or scale)

balance by a See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese See also:

• UMBRELLA

umbrella or a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• POLE (FAMILY)
• POLE, REGINALD (1500-1558)
• POLE, RICHARD DE LA (d. 1525)
• POLE, WILLIAM (1814—1900)

pole .