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Taylor, Richard, 1826–79, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. near Louisville, Ky.; son of Zachary Taylor. A Louisiana planter, he attained some political prominence and was a member of the Louisiana secession convention. In the Civil War he was made a brigadier general (Oct., 1861) and fought under Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley and in the Seven Days battles of the Peninsular campaign. He was made commander in Louisiana in 1862. His victory at Sabine Crossroads Sabine Crossroads (săb'ēn`), locality, De Soto parish, NW La., near Mansfield. ..... Click the link for more information. (Apr. 8, 1864), although followed by a repulse at Pleasant Hill the next day, induced Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816–94, American politician and Union general in the Civil War, b. Waltham, Mass. After serving in the Massachusetts legislature (1849–53), Banks entered Congress as a Democrat, was returned in 1855 as a Know-Nothing and became ..... Click the link for more information. to abandon his Red River expedition. In Aug., 1864, Taylor was promoted to lieutenant general and made commander in the lower South. The collapse of the Confederate armies in the East led him to surrender in May, 1865. In 1879 he wrote Destruction and Reconstruction (ed. by R. B. Harwell, 1955). |
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He prides himself on building a level of trust with the stars that resulted in Frank Sinatra's invitation to exclusively cover the surprise 21st birthday party he threw for Natalie Wood, and the privilege of following Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and their children around Disneyland for a day. He turned his camera on the most famous actors of the past half-century: Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rock Hudson, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Judy Garland and James Dean. Leading the team as sailing director will be America's Cup veteran helmsman Peter Gilmour of Australia, who brings with him six New Zealand sailors who participated in the last two winning campaigns (Jeremy Scantlebury, Mathew Mason, Craig Monk, Andrew Taylor, Richard Dodson and Pete Waymouth). |
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