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John Adams Dix

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Union Army General (1798-1879)

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1798 to 1879 · aged 80
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John Adams Dix was an American politician and military officer who was Secretary of the Treasury, Governor of New York and Union major general during the Civil War.

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Dix during his Senate termDix during his Senate termShare of the Mississippi & Missouri Railroad Company, issued 24. September 1856 and signed by John Adams DixShare of the Mississippi & Missouri Railroad Company, issued 24. September 1856 and signed by John Adams DixLine engraving of Dix from a US Treasury specimen book, c. 1902Line engraving of Dix from a US Treasury specimen book, c. 1902The gravesite of Governor John Adams DixThe gravesite of Governor John Adams Dix

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John Adams Dix was an American politician and military officer who was Secretary of the Treasury, Governor of New York and Union major general during the Civil War. He was notable for arresting the pro-Southern Maryland General Assembly, preventing that divided border state from seceding, and for arranging a system for prisoner exchange via the Dix-Hill Cartel, concluded in partnership with Confederate Major General Daniel Harvey Hill.

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United States
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Politicians
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Politician
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deceased
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Lived 1798 to 1879 · aged 80
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