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Mueller, Robert Swan, 3d

(Encyclopedia) Mueller, Robert Swan, 3d, 1944–, American law enforcement official, b. New York City, B.A. Princeton, 1966, M.A. New York Univ., 1967, J.D. Univ. of Virginia School of Law, 1973. After…

D-day

(Encyclopedia) D-day: see Normandy campaign.

Round Tops

(Encyclopedia) Round Tops: see Gettysburg campaign.

Seven Pines

(Encyclopedia) Seven Pines: see Peninsular campaign.

Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf Gerd von

(Encyclopedia) Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf Gerd vonRundstedt, Karl Rudolf Gerd vonkärl r&oomacr;ˈdôlf gĕrt fən r&oobreve;ntˈshtĕt [key], 1875–1953, German field marshal. He proved his exceptional…

Sickles, Daniel Edgar

(Encyclopedia) Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819–1914, American politician, Union general in the Civil War, b. New York City. A lawyer, he became active in Democratic politics, serving in the New York…

Reinach, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Reinach, JosephReinach, Josephzhôzĕfˈ rĕnäkˈ [key], 1856–1921, French publicist and lawyer. An associate of Léon Gambetta, he waged (1889) a campaign against General Boulanger in the…

Lease, Mary Elizabeth

(Encyclopedia) Lease, Mary Elizabeth, 1853–1933, American agrarian reformer and temperance advocate, b. Ridgeway, Pa. The daughter of an Irish political refugee, she first gained recognition for a…

Mitchell, John Newton

(Encyclopedia) Mitchell, John Newton, 1913–88, U.S. Attorney General (1969–72), b. Detroit. A law partner of Richard M. Nixon, he managed Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign and was made (1969)…