Breckinridge saw that further resistance on the part of the Confederacy was useless and worked to lay the groundwork for an honorable surrender, even while President Jefferson Davis fiercely desired to continue the fight.

Abbott also worked as an assistant to Sophonisba Breckinridge, then director of social research at the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy.

Breckinridge was one of the founding editors and worked on its publication every year until her death in 1948.

Delegates from 11 slave states walked out of the Democratic convention, disagreeing with Douglas's position on popular sovereignty, and ultimately selected John C. Breckinridge as their candidate.

The race put Breckinridge at odds with his uncle, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, who had supported Lincoln.

Unlike other Confederate leaders, such as Robert E. Lee, who claimed obeisance to the will of their states, Breckinridge broke with his state after the Kentucky Legislature voted to remain in the Union.

For his part, Bragg despised Breckinridge and tried to undermine his career with accusations that he was a drunkard.

Breckinridge continued to fight with Bragg's army, commanding a division in the Confederate assaults on the second day, September 20, 1863, of the Battle of Chickamauga, and a corps in the unsuccessful defense of Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, November 25, 1863.

Following his service with Early's command, Breckinridge took command of Confederate forces in southwestern Virginia in September, where Confederate forces were in great disarray.

Breckinridge went with Davis during the flight from Virginia as the Confederacy collapsed, while also assisting General Joseph E. Johnston in his surrender negotiations with William T. Sherman at Bennett Place.

Breckinridge had ample reason to fear charges of treason ; in 1863, premature rumors of his death prompted the New York Times to print a quite vituperative obituary arguing that Kentucky's decision to stay in the Union denied Breckinridge the notion of states ' rights to justify his siding with the Confederacy.

After a 26-year absence from motion pictures, West appeared as Leticia Van Allen in Gore Vidal's Myra Breckinridge ( 1970 ) with Raquel Welch, Rex Reed, Farrah Fawcett, and Tom Selleck in a small part.

By the time the principal photography on Caligula was completed, Vidal ( having a previous issue with his involvement in the infamous Myra Breckinridge ) was concerned about being associated with such an out-of-control production.

Writing to Major General Mansfield Lovell, Commander of the lower Mississippi in March 1862, Beauregard recommended, “… the fortification of Port Hudson as a measure of precaution against the fall of our defenses north of Memphis .” In June 1862, Major General Earl Van Dorn wrote Jefferson Davis: “ I want Baton Rouge and Port Hudson ” A few days after the fall of Baton Rouge to the Union, Confederate General John C. Breckinridge with 4, 000 men, carried out the wishes of General Van Dorn by occupying Port Hudson, situated between Baton Rouge and Bayou Sara, with troops under the command of General Daniel Ruggles.

He began his career with bit parts in smaller movies, including Myra Breckinridge and The Seven Minutes.

Myra Breckinridge is an attractive young woman with a mission.

The subplot of Myra Breckinridge revolves around the character of Letitia Van Allen, an aging, sexually voracious talent scout whom Myra meets and befriends at the academy, whose office boasts a four-poster bed and whose kinky sexual practices (" Those small attentions a girl like me cherishes … a lighted cigarette stubbed out on my derrière, a complete beating with his great thick heavy leather belt …") landed her in hospital, " half paralyzed ", at the same time Myra finds herself there towards the end of the novel.

He had disputed the election results of a Congressional race with Clifton R. Breckinridge, a Democrat.

The Democratic Party divided over this issue and split into Southern and Northern factions with each fielding a candidate, John C. Breckinridge and Stephen A. Douglas, respectively.

Still other resistance to Chandler came from a group of more liberal lawmakers like John B. Breckinridge who simply had philosophical differences with the governor.

Bragg attempted to continue the assault with the corps of Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, but the troops were slow in arriving and their multiple piecemeal attacks failed.

At least some of his books are characterized by harsh criticism of almost everyone involved in textual criticism, such as Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield ( 1851 – 1921 ), Archibald Thomas Robertson ( 1863 – 1934 ), Charles Haddon Spurgeon ( 1834 – 1892 ) with the likes of Julius Wellhausen ( 1844 – 1918 ) and Harry Emerson Fosdick ( 1878 – 1969 ).

In the Senate, the resolution passed 30 – 5, with Kentucky senators Breckinridge and Powell voting in the minority.

Breckinridge came in third place in the popular vote, behind winner Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, and Stephen Douglas, a Northern Democrat, but finished second in the Electoral College vote.

Born in Staunton, Virginia, Breckinridge attended William and Mary College ( now the College of William and Mary ) where he was taught by George Wythe.

Born in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, on January 6, 1807, he was educated at Saint Joseph's College in Bardstown, Kentucky and Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.

* Sophonisba Breckinridge: first woman to graduate from the Law School in its first class

The conference is also notable in American history because one of the U. S. representatives was social worker and educator, Dr. Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge ( 1866-1948 ).

In 1890 Lathrop moved to Chicago where she joined Jane Addams, Ellen Gates Starr, Alzina Stevens, Edith Abbott, Grace Abbott, Florence Kelley, Mary McDowell, Alice Hamilton, Sophonisba Breckinridge and other social reformers at Hull House.

Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge ( April 1, 1866 – July 30, 1948 ) was an American activist, Progressive Era social reformer, social scientist and innovator in higher education.

Born in Lexington, Kentucky, Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge was a member of the political active and social elite Desha family and Breckinridge family.

She studied at the Pennsylvania School of Industrial Arts as well as the Pennsylvania Academy under William Lathrop and Hugh Breckinridge.

By 1920, Breckinridge and Lathrop had convinced the Board to merge the School into the University of Chicago, forming the Graduate School of Social Service Administration.

* He was the father of minister and educator Robert Jefferson Breckinridge.

Her grandfather was the abolitionist minister Robert Jefferson Breckinridge.

Breckinridge was born in Paris, France to a wealthy California family, the great-great-great-grandson of U. S. Attorney General John Breckinridge ( and the great-grandson of both U. S. Vice President and Confederate general John C. Breckinridge and Wells Fargo Bank founder Lloyd Tevis ).

In 1920, Abbott and Breckinridge helped arrange the transfer of the School of Civics and Philanthropy to the University of Chicago, where it was renamed to the School of Social Service Administration.

The University of Chicago currently houses undergraduate students in Breckinridge House, named after Sophonisba Breckinridge, where students celebrate " Sophie Day " in the early spring.

When the women of Chicago gained limited voting rights in 1913, Breckinridge was one of eight women that ran for " alderwomanic " office.

The United States ’ tight immigration policies were not lifted during the Holocaust, news of which began to reach the United States in 1941 and 1942 and it has been estimated that 190, 000 – 200, 000 Jews could have been saved during the Second World War had it not been for bureaucratic obstacles to immigration deliberately created by Breckinridge Long and others.

He sought relief from his ailments at Crab Orchard Springs, while much of the campaign oratory was delivered on his behalf by fellow Democrats Boyd Winchester, Parker Watkins Hardin, W. C. P. Breckinridge, and others.

Early, John C. Breckinridge, Robert A. Toombs, and John B. Magruder, among others.