[Hanover], near Gettysburg, Penn. 39N. 77W. Confederates repulsed, 1863 (Civil W.).
Hanover (or Hanover Court House), Virginia. 37N. 77W. Confederates defeated, 1862 (Civil W.).
Hardin Co., Kentucky. 37N. 85W. Bp. Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President U.S. (1809, ass. 1865).
Harlem Plains, N.Y. 40N. 74W. Desperate encounter during W. of Ind. in which Washington took part, 1776.
Harmony, near Pittsburg, Penn. F. by the German religious sect formed by the brothers Rapp, 1803; afterwards sold to Robert Owen, 1824.
Harper's Ferry, Virginia. 39N. 77W. U.S. arsenal captured by the heroic John Brown, abolitionist, who the next day was made prisoner, 1859; arsenal, etc., blown up by the U.S. garrison early in the Civil W., and Confederates entered for a while into possession; captured by 'Stonewall' Jackson, 1862 (Civil W.).
[Harrisonburg], Virginia. 58N. 78W. Victory of Confederates under 'Stonewall' Jackson, 1862.
[Hartford], Conn. 41N. 72W. Settled by English emigrants from Massachusetts, 1635; convention for reform of the national constitution, 1814. Bp. Noah Webster, lexicographer (1758-1843); John Fiske, mis. writer (1842-1901).
Harvard University, Cambridge (q.v.). F. 1636; first president, Henry Dunster, 1640-54.
Hatchee, river, Mississippi. 35N. 88W. Defeat of Confederates near Corinth, 1862 (Civil W.).