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Brewer's: Civil Magistrate

(A). A civic or municipal magistrate, as distinguished from ecclesiastical authority. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Civil Service EstimatesCivil List A B…

Civil Rights Landmarks

Across the United States, places where the movement took shape by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco Alabama First African Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa Brown Chapel, Selma First Baptist Church, Selma Selma-…

Brewer's: Jus Civile

Civil law. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Jus DivinumJury Mast A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Lost Civilizations of the World

Over the course of the Earth's long history, many cultures and groups of people have emerged, flourished, and faded away again, either overtaken by enemy factions or simply assimilating into the…

What Is a Civil Union?

On July 1, 2000, Vermont became the first state in the country to legally recognize civil unions between gay or lesbian couples. Building on a state Supreme…

Gibbon, John

(Encyclopedia) Gibbon, John, 1827–96, Union general in the Civil War, b. near Holmesburg (now part of Philadelphia), Pa., grad. West Point, 1847. Made a brigadier general of volunteers (1862), he…

Carter, Samuel Powhatan

(Encyclopedia) Carter, Samuel PowhatanCarter, Samuel Powhatanpouˌətănˈ, pouhătˈən [key], 1819–91, American naval officer and Union general in the Civil War, b. Elizabethton, Tenn., grad. Annapolis,…

Catton, Bruce

(Encyclopedia) Catton, Bruce, 1899–1978, American historian, b. Petoskey, Mich. He studied at Oberlin College and then entered upon a varied career as a journalist (1926–42) and public official (1942…

Pike, Albert

(Encyclopedia) Pike, Albert, 1809–91, American lawyer, Confederate general in the Civil War, b. Boston. He settled (1832) in Arkansas, where he became a newspaper editor and a lawyer. He was a…