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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Greely, Adolph Washington 1844- (search)
mburg in 1879. He landed with his party of twenty-five at Discovery Harbor, in lat. 81° 44′ N., on Aug. 12, 1881. They made their permanent camp at Cape Sabine in October, 1883, where they suffered intensely for want of supplies which had failed to reach them. There all but six of the twenty-five died of starvation. The six, of whom Lieutenant Greely was one, were rescued by a relief party under Capt. Winfield S. Schley (q. v.) on June 22, 1884. Had the rescuers been forty-eight hours later, not one of the party would have been found alive. The living, and the dead bodies, were brought home. Two officers of the party, Lieutenant Lockwood and Sergeant Brainerd, had penetrated to lat. 83° 24′ N., and hoisted the American flag. It was the highest northerly point that had then been attained. On the death of Gen. William Adolph W. Greely. B. Hazen (q. v.), Lieutenant Greely was appointed his successor as the head of the signal service corps, with the rank of brigadier-ge
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Schley, Winfield Scott 1839- (search)
Schley, Winfield Scott 1839- Naval officer; born in Frederick county, Md., Oct. 9, 1839; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1860; was with the West Gulf blockading squadron in 1861; took part in the engagements which led to the surrender of Port Hudson, La., in 1863; was promoted lieutenant-commander in 1866, and commander in 1874. He was placed in command of the Arctic relief expedition in 1884, and rescued Lieutenant Greely and six survivors at Cape Sabine. He was promoted captain in 1888, and in 1891, when a number of American sailors were stoned by a mob in Valparaiso, Chile, he went to that port in command of the Baltimore and settled the trouble. In August, 1891, the Baltimore, still under his command, was detailed to convey the remains of John Ericsson (q. v.) to Sweden, in recognition of which service he received a gold medal from the King of Sweden. He was promoted commodore in February, 1898, and when the American-Spanish War began was given command of
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Soley, James Russell 1850- (search)
Soley, James Russell 1850- Lawyer; born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 1, 1850; graduated at Harvard College in 1870, and later at the Law Department of Columbian University; was Professor and head of the History Department at the United States Naval Academy in 1872-82; was assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1890-93, when he began the practice of law in New York City. He is the author of History of the naval Academy; Foreign systems of naval education; The blockade and the cruisers; Boys of 1812; Sailor boys of 1861; Rescue of Greely (with Winfield S. Schley), etc.