Alfred Howe Terry

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Terry, Alfred Howe (1827–1890) Union army officer. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, on November 10, 1827, Terry attended Yale University without graduating. He practiced law, served as clerk of the New Haven Superior Court (1854–1861), and rose to the rank of major in the militia by 1855. In 1861, he was commissioned as colonel of the 2nd Connecticut Infantry and later raised and commanded the 7th Connecticut. He fought at First Bull Run in 1861 and commanded at the regimental, brigade, and district level in North and South Carolina and Georgia until April 1864, being appointed brigadier general of volunteers in April 1862. In April 1864, he transferred to the Union Army of the James and commanded a division in the Bermuda Hundred campaign (May–June 1864). He then led his division in operations against Richmond and Petersburg until rising to command the X Corps in late 1864. In January 1865, having been promoted to major general of volunteers, Terry led his corps to capture Fort Fisher, ending the usefulness of Wilmington, North Carolina, as a port for the Confederacy. Terry was then appointed brigadier general in the Regular Army and led troops in North Carolina until the end of the war. He remained in the Army after the Civil War and commanded U.S. troops in the South and in campaigns against the Plains Indians, notably as overall commander of the expedition against the Sioux in the summer of 1876 which led to disaster at the Little Bighorn (June 26, 1876). Terry was promoted to major general in 1886 and commanded the Division of the Missouri until his retirement from active service in 1888.

Aarons, Alfred E. (1865–1936), composer and producer. After beginning his career as a theatrical callboy in his native Philadelphia, Aarons became the manager of New York's Standard Theatre and Koster and Bial's. He next turned to composing and inserted songs such as “Rag Time Liz” into Broadway musicals. Soon he was producing musicals for which he wrote the scores, including Mam'selle 'Awkins (1900) and The Military Maid (1900), both of which starred his wife, Josephine Hall. He also produced Ivan Caryll's The Ladies' Paradise (1901) at the Metropolitan Opera House, His Honor the Mayor (1906), Magnolia (1923), Tell Me More (1925), and $25 an Hour (1933). His son was Alex[ander] A. AARONS (1891–1943), who produced La La Lucille (1919), the first of his many shows with George Gershwin. Aarons joined forces with Vinton Freedley in 1923 and presented such shows as Lady, Be Good! (1924), Tip‐Toes (1925), Oh, Kay! (1926), Funny Face (1927), Here's Howe (1928), Hold Everything! (1928), Spring Is Here (1929), and Girl Crazy (1930). In 1927 they built the Alvin Theatre (named after the two of them) as a showcase for their musicals, but lost it in the Great Depression. They dissolved their partnership in 1933, and Aarons retired from active production.

Alfred Howe Terry 1827–90, American general, b. Hartford, Conn. A lawyer, he led a regiment of Connecticut volunteers at the first battle of Bull Run in the Civil War. Made a brigadier general of volunteers in 1862, he took part in various operations along the S Atlantic coast in 1862–63. For his capture of Fort Fisher in Jan., 1865, he was promoted to major general of volunteers and made a brigadier general in the regular army. In 1876 he directed the campaign against the Sioux and personally led the column converging on the Native Americans from Dakota. The cavalry under Gen. George Custer , massacred at the Little Bighorn, included part of Terry's force. He was promoted to major general in 1886 and retired in 1888.