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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 8 | 8 | Browse | Search |
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: January 24, 1861., [Electronic resource] | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: August 24, 1864., [Electronic resource] | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cornwallis , Lord Charles 1738 -1805 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hessians. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Leslie , Alexander 1740 -1794 (search)
Leslie, Alexander 1740-1794
Military officer; born in England about 1740; came to Boston with General Howe in 1775; was made a major in June, 1759; a lieutenantcolonel in 1762; and was a brigadiergeneral when he came to America.
In the battle of Long Island, in 1776, he commanded the light infantry, and was in the battle of Harlem Plains in September, and of White Plains in October following.
General Leslie accompanied Sir Henry Clinton against Charleston in April and May, 1780.
In October he took possession of Portsmouth, Va., with 3,000 troops, but soon hastened to join Cornwallis in the Carolinas, which he did in December.
In the battle of Guilford, he commanded the right wing. General Leslie was in command at Charleston at the close of hostilities.
He died in England, Dec. 27, 1794.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pinckney , Charles Cotesworth 1746 -1825 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rutledge , John 1739 -1800 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tarleton , Sir Banastre 1754 -1833 (search)
Tarleton, Sir Banastre 1754-1833
Military officer; born in Liverpool, England, Aug. 21, 1754; purchased a commission in the
Sir Banastre Tarleton. British army (dragoons). At the beginning of the Revolutionary War he came to America, and was concerned in the capture of General Lee late in 1776.
After the evacuation of Philadelphia, 1778, he commanded a cavalry corps called the British Legion, and accompanied the troops that captured Charleston in May, 1780.
He was one of Cornwallis's most active officers in the Carolinas and Virginia, in 1780-81, destroying Colonel Buford's regiment at Waxhaw Creek. Tarleton's quarter was synonymous with wholesale butchery.
He was one of the prisoners at the surrender of Cornwallis.
He published a history of his campaign in 1780-81.
He died in England, Jan. 23, 1833.