in November, 1853. He introduced the Sisters of St. Joseph and Sisters of Mercy in 1855, established churches throughout Long Island, and in 1868 began the erection of the Brooklyn cathedral. He was a member of two plenary councils, and he held a diocesan synod for the purpose of establishing the decrees of the councils.
LOUVIGNY, Louis de la Porte. Sieur de,
French soldier, b. in France about 1654: d. at sea.
27 Aug., 1725. He came to Canada in 1687, and
in 1690 was sent to the west at the head of a great
convoy, accompanied by Nicholas Perrot (q. v.),
whom' he was directed to obey on the route. At
Les Chats he was attacked by the Iroquois, but defeated them and put them to flight. He was commandant at Mackinaw from 1690 till 1694, when
he returned from the west with a convoy of furs.
In the winter of 1696 he was sent at the head of
300 picked men to attack the Iroquois in their
hunting-grounds between the St. Lawrence and
the Ottawa. He marched through snow eight feet
in depth to within fifteen miles of Fort Frontenac,
and defeated a party of Iroquois, but, owing to
want of provisions, returned to Montreal, which
he reached after great hardships. He was made
adjutant-general of Three Rivers in 1700, and
of Montreal in 1703. In 1705 he went to Mackinaw to prevent the Ottawas from making war on the Iroquois, and succeeded in his mission, though
with great dilficulty. In 1708 he was created a
chevatier of St. Louis. In 1712 he was sent to
restore Fort Mackinaw, which had been destroyed
by the English. He was appointed king's lieutenant at Quebec in 1716, and led an expedition of 800 Canadians and Indians from Quebec, on 14
March, to attack the Foxes, who took refuge in a stockade. Louvigny compelled them to surrender, but spared their lives on their promising to become
allies of the French and to pay the expenses of the war with furs. He returned on 12 Oct., taking the sons of the Indian chiefs as hostages. He was
shortly afterward sent as commandant to Upper Canada, and remained there till 1724, when he was appointed governor of Three Rivers. He was on
the ship. " Chameau," when it was wrecked on its
way to Quebec, and all on board perished.
LOVE, George Maltby, soldier, b. in Buffalo,
N. Y., 1 Jan., 1831; d. there, 15 March, 1887.
In the beginning of the civil war he entered the
army as a three months' volunteer, and served as
sergeant and sergeant-major. On his discharge he
re-enlisted, and was commissioned 1st lieutenant
in the 44th N. Y. infantry. He was promoted captain on 2 Jan., 1862, and participated in the siege of Yorktown and the battles of Hanover Court-
House and Malvern Hill. After his second term of service had expired he was appointed major of the 116th N. Y. volunteers on 5 Sept., 1862, commanded the regiment in the Department of the Gulf, and was severely wounded in the assault on Port Hudson. He was promoted colonel on 16 July, 1863, and engaged at Cox's Plantation, at the battles of Sabine Cross-roads and Pleasant Hill,
and the skirmishes at Cane River Crossing and Mansura. He afterward commanded a brigade in the 19th corps for eighteen months, serving through the Shenandoah campaign. He was engaged at Winchester and Fisher's Hill, and for gallantry at Cedar Creek received the brevet of brigadier-general and a bronze medal of honor. He was mustered out on 8 June, 1865. On 7 March, 1867, he was appointed a 2d lieutenant in the regular army, and received four brevets for services in the war. He was promoted 1st lieutenant on 1 March, 1875, and engaged in garrison and frontier service until he was retired on 15 March, 1883, for disability incurred in the line of duty.
LOVE, Smoloff Palace, soldier, b. in Lincoln county, Ky., 10 May. 1826. He was educated at Columbia academy, Mo., and at the age of twenty enlisted in Col. Doniphan's 1st Missouri volunteers and went on the expedition to Santa Fe, participating in the battles of Bracito and Sacramento. He was mustered out of service in 1847, returned to Muhlenburg county, Ky.. and engaged in teaching from 1849 till 1857. At the beginning of the civil war he aided in raising the 11th Kentucky infantry for the National army, became its
lieutenant-colonel, and fought with it at Shiloh, Corinth, Perryville, Stone River, and Bowling Green. He was promoted colonel, joined Burnside
in east Tennessee, and was with Sherman in the engagements around Atlanta. At the close of the war he settled at Greenville, Ky.. qualified for
the bar, and began practice in 1865. From 1866 till 1874 he was presiding judge of Muhlenburg county, and in 1872 was a presidential elector.
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LOVEJOY, Elijah Parish, abolitionist, b. in Albion, Me., 9 Nov., 1802; d. in Alton, Ill., 7 Nov., 1837. He was the son of a Presbyterian clergyman, was graduated at Waterville college in 1826, and in 1827 went to St. Louis, Mo., and established a school. He contributed prose and verse to the newspapers, was known as a vigorous writer, and in 1829 became editor of a political paper, in which he advocated the claims of Henry Clay as a candidate for the presidency. In 1832, in consequence of a change in his religious views, he decided to become a minister, and, after a course of theological study at Princeton, was licensed to preach by the Philadelphia presbytery on 18 April, 1833. On his return to St. Louis he established a religious paper called the “Observer,” in which he reprobated slavery. Repeated threats of mob violence impelled him to remove his paper in July, 1836, to Alton, Ill. His press was destroyed by mobs three times within a year; yet he procured a fourth one, and was engaged in setting it up, when a mob, composed mostly of Missourians, again attacked the office. With his friends he defended the building, and one of his assailants was killed. After the attacking party had apparently withdrawn, Mr. Lovejoy opened the door, when he was instantly pierced by five bullets and died in a few minutes. His “Memoir” was published by his brothers, Joseph C. and Owen, with an introduction by John Q. Adams (New York, 1838). See, also, “Narrative of Riots at Alton, in Connection with the Death of Lovejoy,” by Edward Beecher (Alton, 1838), and “The Martyrdom of Lovejoy,” by Henry Tanner (Chicago, 1881). — His brother, Owen, abolitionist, b. in Albion, Me., 6 Jan., 1811; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 25 March, 1864, worked on his father's farm till he was eighteen years old, and then entered Bowdoin, but left before graduation, emigrated to Alton, Ill., and studied theology. He was present when his brother was murdered,
