MAHONE, WILLIAM
\mˈahə͡ʊn], \mˈahəʊn], \m_ˈa_h_əʊ_n]\
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Born in 1826, Confederate major-general, and noted for hard fighting in several battles, especially at Petersburg, about 1878 organized and became the leader of the party called Readjusters, advocating repudiation of the State debt of Virginia. From 1881 to 1887 he was a Senator from Virginia.
By John Franklin Jameson
