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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Revolutionary War, (search)
eaches Newport Harbor, R. I. July 10, 1780 Battle of Rocky Mount, S. C. July 30, 1780 Command in the highlands of the Hudson with West Point given to Gen. Benedict Arnold Aug. 3, 1780 Battle of Hanging Rock, S. C. Aug. 6, 1780 Battle of Camden, S. C.; Gates defeated Aug. 16, 1780 Battles of Musgrove Mills and Fishing Creek, S. C. Aug. 18, 1780 Maj. John Andre, British adjutant-general, meets Benedict Arnold near Stony Point, N. Y. Sept. 21, 1780 Major Andre captured near Tarrytown.Sept. 23, 1780 Arnold escapes to the British vessel Vulture Sept. 24, 1780 Battle of Charlotte, N. C. Sept. 26, 1780 Andre convicted as a spy by military board, Gen. Nathanael Greene, president, Sept. 29, and hung at Tappan, N. Y. Oct. 2, 1780 Congress votes John Paulding, David Williams, and Isaac Van Wart, cap- tors of Andre, its thanks, a silver medal, and a pension of $200 each yearly, for life Oct., 1780 Henry Laurens, minister from United States, seized on his way to Holland by a British
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Trials. (search)
rick Carr.......March 5, 1770 Maj.-Gen. Charles Lee, court-martial after the battle of Monmouth; found guilty of, first, disobedience of orders in not attacking the enemy; second, unnecessary and disorderly retreat; third, disrespect to the commander-in-chief; suspended from command for one year, tried......July 4, 1778 John Hett Smith, for assisting Benedict Arnold, New York, not guilty......1780 Maj. John Andre, adjutant-general, British army, seized as a spy at Tappan, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1780, tried by military court and hanged......Oct. 2, 1780 Stewart, Wright, Porter, Vigol, and Mitchell, Western insurgents, found guilty......1795 William Blount, United States Senate, impeached for misdemeanor......1797 William Cobbett, for libelling the King of Spain and his ambassador, writing as Peter Porcupine in Porcupine's gazette, July 17, before Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; acquitted......1797 Thomas Cooper, of Northumberland, Pa., convicted under the sedition act of l
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
n.] Verplanck's and Stony Point evacuated by the British......October, 1779 Command in the Highlands of the Hudson, with the works at West Point, is given to Gen. Benedict Arnold......Aug. 3, 1780 Maj. John Andre, adjutant-general of the British army, lands from the British sloop-of-war Vulture, and meets General Arnold on the night of......Sept. 21, 1780 Attempting to return to New York, he is captured by John Paulding, David Williams, and Isaac Van Wart, near Tarrytown......Sept. 23, 1780 Arnold, hearing of the capture of Andre, escapes to the Vulture......Sept. 24, 1780 [Arnold received from the British government £ 10,000 and commission of brigadier-general.] A military board, Gen. Nathanael Greene president, convict Andre as a spy......Sept. 29, 1780 General Washington approves the finding of the board......Sept. 30, 1780 Major Andre hanged at Tappan at twelve o'clock, noon, and buried there......Oct. 2, 1780 Ann Lee, founder of the Shakers, coming fr
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Van Wart, Isaac 1760-1828 (search)
Van Wart, Isaac 1760-1828 Patriot; born in Greenburg, N. Y., in 1760; engaged in farming in Westchester county, N. Y. During the Revolutionary War he was an ardent sympathizer with the patriot cause, and on Sept. 23, 1780, with John Paulding and David Williams, captured Maj. John Andre (q. v.) when that officer was returning from the American lines. For this act each of the three captors received the thanks of Congress, a pension of $200 per annum for life, and a silver medal. He died in Mount Pleasant, N. Y., May 23, 1828. A monument was erected to his memory by the citizens of Westchester county in 1829.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Williams, David 1754- (search)
Williams, David 1754- Patriot; born in Tarrytown, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1754; joined the American army in 1775; served till 1779, when, owing to badly frozen feet, he was forced to retire from active service. On Sept. 23, 1780, with John Paulding and Isaac Van Wart (qq. v.) he captured Maj. John Andre (q. v.), for which he received a congressional medal and later numerous tokens of esteem from his fellow-citizens. New York State erected a monument to his memory near Schoharie court-house. He died near Livingstonville, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1831.