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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), entry on-to-richmond- (search)
the York River. Another party, under Lieutenant-Colonel Davis, destroyed the station and railway at Hanover Court-house, and followed the road to within 7 miles of Richmond, and also pushed on to Gloucester Point. Another party, under Gregg and Buford, destroyed the railway property at Hanover Junction. They all returned to the Rappahannock by May 8; but they had not effected the errand they were sent upon—namely, the complete destruction of Lee's communications with Richmond. Three days a rested. Meade advanced cautiously, and at the middle of September he crossed the Rappahannock, and drove Lee beyond the Rapidan, where the latter took a strong defensive position. Here ended the race towards Richmond. Meanwhile the cavalry of Buford and Kilpatrick had been active between the two rivers, and had frequent skirmishes with Stuart's mounted force. Troops had been drawn from each army and sent to other fields of service, and Lee was compelled to take a defensive position. His de
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Revolutionary War, (search)
ston April 10, 1780 Battle at Monk's Corner, S. C.April 14, 1780 Lafayette rejoins the army, after a visit to France, bringing a commission from the French government to Washington as lieutenant-general and vice-admiral of France, so that he may be commander-in-chief of the united forces of France and the United States May 11, 1780 Fort Moultrie, S. C., surrendered to Captain Hudson of the British navyMay 6, 1780 Charleston, S. C., capitulatesMay 12, 1780 Massacre of Americans under Colonel Buford at Waxhaw, on the North Carolina border, by British under Tarleton May 29, 1780 General Clinton proclaims South Carolina subject to England June 3, 1780 Battle of Ramsour's Mills, N. C.June 20, 1780 Battle at Springfield, N. J.; General Clinton burns the town June 23, 1780 French army of 6,000 men, under Rochambeau, reaches 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 Arn
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.
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