BARLOW, FRANCIS C.
\bˈɑːlə͡ʊ], \bˈɑːləʊ], \b_ˈɑː_l_əʊ]\
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General, born 1834, as colonel distinguished himself at Fair Oaks, as brigadier-general at Antietam, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and commanded a division with great success at Spottsylvania Court House. Since the war has been Secretary and Attorney-General of New York.
By John Franklin Jameson
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.