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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cornwallis, Lord Charles 1738-1805 (search)
House of Lords he opposed the measures that caused the war with the Americans; yet he accepted the commission of major-general and the command of an expedition against the Carolinas under Sir Peter Parker in 1776. He commanded the reserves of the British in the battle on Long Island in August; was outgeneralled by Washington at Princeton; was with Howe on the Brandywine and in the capture of Philadelphia, when he returned to England, but soon came back; was at the capture of Charleston in May, 1780; was commander of the British troops in the Carolinas that year; defeated Gates near Camden in August; fought Greene at Guildford Court-house early in 1781; invaded Virginia, and finally took post at and fortified Yorktown, on the York River, and there surrendered his army to the American and French forces in October, 1781. He was appointed governor-general and commander-in-chief in India in 1786; and was victorious in war there in 1791-92, compelling Tippoo Saib to cede, as the price of
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hessians. (search)
ntingent. Brunswick sent in 17764,300 Brunswick sent in March, 1777224 Brunswick sent in April, 1778475 Brunswick sent in April, 1779286 Brunswick sent in May, 1780266 Brunswick sent in April, 1782172 ——— Total5,723 Returned in the autumn of 17832,708 ——— Did not return3,015 Hesse-Cassel sent in 177612,805 Hesse-Cassel sent in December, 1777403 Hesse-Cassel sent in March, 1779993 Hesse-Cassel sent in May, 1780915 Hesse-Cassel sent in April, 1781915 Hesse-Cassel sent in April, 1782961 ——— Total16,992 Returned in the autumn of 1783 and the spring of 178410,492 ——— Did not return6,500 Hesse-Hanau, under various treaties2,038 Hesse-otal1,225 Returned in the autumn of 1783505 ——— Did not return720 Anhalt-Zerbst sent in 1778600 Anhalt-Zerbst sent in April, 177982 Anhalt-Zerbst sent in May, 178050 Anhalt-Zerbst sent in April, 1781420 ——— Total1,152 Returned in the autumn of 1783984 ——— Did not return168 Total n
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)
military academy in France, and returning in 1769 began the practice of law. He was a member of the first Provincial Congress of South Carolina, and was made colonel of a regiment. After the defence of Fort Sullivan he joined the army in the North, and was aide to Washington in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown. He was engaged in the unsuccessful expedition into Florida in 1778, and the next year presided over the State Senate of South Carolina. On the surrender of Charleston (May, 1780), he was made a prisoner, and suffered cruel treatment until exchanged early in 1782. He was made brigadier-general in November, 1783, and in 1787 was a member of the convention that framed the national Constitution. In July, 1796, he was appointed minister to the French Republic, but the French Directory, failing to bribe him into a compliance with their demands, ordered him to leave the country, when he withdrew to Amsterdam in February, 1797. While abroad he uttered the phrase, Milli
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rutledge, John 1739-1800 (search)
ress in 1775, and was chairman of John Rutledge the convention that framed the State constitution of South Carolina in 1776. By his vigilance and activity he saved Fort Moultrie from the effects of an order by General Lee to evacuate it when attacked by the British; and he was elected president of the State under the new constitution. In 1779 he was chosen governor, and the legislature made him a temporary dictator when Charleston was threatened with siege. In the fall of Charleston (May, 1780), Rutledge went to North Carolina, and accompanied the Southern army until 1782, when he was elected to Congress. He was chosen chancellor of South Carolina in 1784; was a member of the convention that framed the national Constitution (1787); appointed an associate-justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1789); elected chief-justice of South Carolina in 1791; and in 1795 was appointed chief-justice of the United States, but the Senate did not confirm him. He died in Charleston,
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.