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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Montgomery, Richard 1736- (search)
il Dec. 31, when he attempted to take the city by storm. In that effort he was slain by grapeshot from a masked battery, Dec. 31, 1775. His death was regarded as a great public calamity, and on the floor of the British Parliament he was eulogized by Burke, Chatham, and Barre. Even Lord North spoke of him as brave, humane, and generous; but added, still he was only a brave, humane, and generous rebel; curse on his virtues, they've undone his Montgomery's monument. country. To this remark Fox retorted: The term rebel is no certain mark of disgrace. All the great assertors of liberty, the saviors of their country, the benefactors of mankind in all ages, have been called rebels. We owe the constitution which enables us to sit in this House to a rebellion. Montgomery was buried at Quebec. In 1818 his remains were removed to the city of New York, at the expense of the State, and they were deposited near the monument which the United States government had erected to his memory in
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Navy of the United States (search)
powerless condition of the navy to assist in preserving the life of the republic when Isaac Toucey, of Connecticut, resigned the office of Secretary of the Navy to Gideon Welles, of the same State, on March 4, 1861. The Secretary and assistant Secretary Fox put forth all their energies in the creation of a navy to meet the exigencies of the times. At the beginning of July, four months after President Lincoln's administration came into power, there were forty-three armed vessels engaged in 0T. S.d3 Rowan (No. 8）182Torpedo-boatS.3,200T. S.d3 Dahlgren (No. 9）146Torpedo-boatS.4,200T. S.d2 T. A. M. Craven (No 10）146Torpedo-boatS.4,200T. S.d2 Farragut (No. 11）273Torpedo-boatS.5,600T. S.d2 Davis (No. 12）132Torpedo-boatS.1,750T. S.d3 Fox (No. 13）132Torpedo-boatS.1,750T. S.d3 Morris (No. 14）105Torpedo-boatS.1,750T. S.d3 Talbot (No. 15）46 1/2Torpedo-boatS.850T. S.d2 Gwin (No. 16）46Torpedo-boatS.850S.d2 Mackenzie (No. 17）65Torpedo-boatS.850S.d2 McKee (No. 18）65Tor