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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hessians. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Matthews , Edward 1729 -1805 (search)
Matthews, Edward 1729-1805
Military officer; born in England in 1729.
In 1746 he was an ensign in the Coldstream Guards, and before he came to America, in 1776, was a colonel and aide-de-camp to the King.
He commanded a brigade of the Guards, with the rank of brigadier-general, in the attack on Fort Washington.
In May, 1779, General Clinton sent 2,000 men from New York, under General Matthews, to plunder the coast of Virginia.
He entered the Elizabeth River on transports, escorted by a squadron of armed vessels under Sir George Collier, on May 9.
They plundered and spread desolation on both sides of the river to Norfolk.
They seized that city, then rising from its ashes and enjoying a considerable trade, and also Portsmouth, opposite.
These were the chief places of deposit of Virginia agricultural productions, especially tobacco.
They captured and burned not less than 130 merchant vessels in the James and Elizabeth rivers, an unfinished Continental frigate on the stocks
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Moultrie , William 1731 -1805 (search)
Moultrie, William 1731-1805
Military officer; born in South Carolina in 1731; was captain of infantry in the Cherokee War;
William Moultrie. member of the Provincial Congress from St. Helena parish in 1775, and was made colonel of the 2d South Carolina Regiment in June of that year.
He gained great fame by his defence of Fort Sullivan (see Charleston), in Charleston Harbor.
In September, 1776, he was made a brigadier-general.
He was engaged in the local service, and in May, 1779, with 1,000 militia, opposed the advance of Prevost upon Charleston, which he held until Lincoln relieved him. He was distinguished at the siege of Charleston in 1780, was made a prisoner, and remained so until 1782, when he was exchanged for Burgoyne.
While a prisoner he wrote his Memoirs, published in 1802.
In October of that year, he was promoted major-general, and was governor of South Carolina in 1785-86 and 1794-96.
He died in Charleston, S. C., Sept. 27, 1805.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Robertson , James 1742 -1814 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vaughan , Sir John 1738 - (search)
Vaughan, Sir John 1738-
Military officer; born in England in 1738; came to America as colonel of the 40th Regiment, and served on the staff of Sir Henry Clinton as brigadier-general and major-general.
In January, 1777, he was made majorgeneral in the British army.
In the battle of Long Island he led the grenadiers, and was wounded at the landing on New York Island afterwards.
He participated in the capture of forts Clinton and Montgomery, in the Hudson Highlands, and, proceeding up the river in a squadron of light vessels, he burned Kingston and devastated other places on the shores.
In May, 1779, he captured Stony and Verplanck's points on the Hudson, and returned to England in the fall, becoming commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands.
With Rodney, he took Eustatia in 1781.
He was a representative of Berwick, in Parliament, from 1774 until his death in Martinique, June 30, 1795.