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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Revolutionary War, (search)
royedJuly-Sept., 1779 British fleet at Tybee captured by Count D'Estaing Sept. 3, 1779 Congress votes thanks and a gold medal to Major Lee, for surprising and capturing (Aug. 19) the British garrison at Paulus's Hook Sept., 1779 Congress guarantees the Floridas to Spain if she takes them from Great Britain, provided the United States should enjoy the free navigation of the Mississippi River Sept. 17, 1779 Naval engagement off Flamborough Head, England; the Bon Homme Richard (American), Paul Jones commander, captures the British gun-ship Serapis Sept. 23, 1779 John Jay appointed minister to Spain, and John Adams to negotiate a peace with Great Britain Sept. 27, 1779 Siege of Savannah, Ga., by Americans and French, fails; Pulaski killedSept. 23-Oct. 9, 1779 A company of British regulars and four armed vessels in the Ogeechee River, Ga., surrenders to Colonel WhiteOct. 1, 1779 British evacuate Rhode Island Oct. 11-25, 1779 M. Gerard succeeded by the Chevalier de la Luzerne as
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
rican Railway union organized at Chicago......April 12, 1893 M. Patenotre received by the President as ambassador from France......April 12, 1893 United States forces withdrawn from Hawaii by order of Commissioner Blount......April 13, 1893 Duke of Veragua and party arrive at New York and are publicly received......April 15, 1893 Senate special session adjourns......April 15, 1893 Spanish caravels reach Hampton Roads, April 21; New York Harbor......April 24, 1893 Original Paul Jones flag raised and saluted at the Highlands of Navesink, N. J.,......April 25, 1893 Gen. John M. Corse, the hero of Allatoona, Ga., dies at the Hemlocks, Mass.......April 27, 1893 International Columbian naval review in New York Harbor and Hudson River; President Cleveland reviews the fleet on the Dolphin, passing between lines of ships three miles in length; ten nations represented by thirty-six war-ships and over 10,000 officers and men......April 27, 1893 Liberty bell received a
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Waldo, Samuel Putnam 1780-1826 (search)
Waldo, Samuel Putnam 1780-1826 Author; born in Connecticut in 1780; applied himself to literature, and published Narrative of a Tour of observation made during the summer of 1817, by James Monroe, President of the United States, with sketch of his life; Memoirs of Gen. Andrew Jackson; Life and character of Stephen Decatur; and Biographical sketches of Com. Nicholas Biddle, Paul Jones, Edward Preble, and Alexander Murray. He died in Hartford, Conn., in March, 1826.
Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States, Chapter 29: (search)
hen committed by the Sumter and Alabama was barbarous, atrocious! Now let me run a brief parallel between the times of Paul Jones, by whom some of this burning of British ships was done, and my own, to show how much less excuse Jones had for such coJones had for such conduct, than I. In Jones' day, all the commerce of the world was conducted in sailing ships, and all the navies of the world were also composed of sailing ships. The consequence was, that there was no such thing known, as a stringent blockade; for Jones' day, all the commerce of the world was conducted in sailing ships, and all the navies of the world were also composed of sailing ships. The consequence was, that there was no such thing known, as a stringent blockade; for the simple reason, that every gale of wind which arose, blew off the blockading ships from before the blockaded ports, and it was, sometimes, days before they could regain their stations. Besides, it is well known to readers of American history, thent, and let me in; but the prizes were either handed over to the enemy, on some fraudulent pretext, or expelled. Unlike Jones, I had no alternative. There was nothing left for me but to destroy my prizes, and this course had been forced upon me,
Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States, Chapter 30: (search)
Chapter 30: The equipment of the Alabama illustrated by that of sundry Colonial cruisers, during the war of 1776 Benjamin Franklin and Silas Deane, as chiefs of a naval Bureau in Paris the surprise, and the revenge Wickes and Conyngham, and Paul Jones. Mutato nomine De te fabula narrator. In the last chapter, I gave some account of the operations against British commerce, of certain ships of war and privateers, fitted out in the home ports of the enemy; but as stress has been laid, as we have already seen, upon the foreign origin of the Alabama, and it has been objected against her, that her captures were illegal, and piratical, on that account, it will be incumbent on me to show some cases on this point. The naval history of the enemy abounds in them, but I will content myself with adducing only a few, as specimens of the rest. I design to show that the United States have produced ships, the very counterparts of the Alabama, in every particular, foreign origin and
Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States, Chapter 32: (search)
der for service sail and steam the character of the sailor the first blow struck at the whale fishery the Habitat and habits of the whale the first capture. The reader has seen in the last chapter, that the Alabama is at length upon the high seas, as a commissioned ship of war of the Confederate States, her commission having been signed by Mr. Jefferson Davis, who had all the de facto right, and much more of the de jure right, to sign such a commission than John Hancock, who signed Paul Jones' commission. The Alabama having been built by the Government of the Confederate States, and commissioned by these States, as a ship of war, was, in no sense of the word, a privateer, which is a private armed ship belonging to individuals, and fitted out for purposes of gain. And yet, throughout the whole war, and long after the war, when she was not called a pirate by the Northern press, she was called a privateer. Even high Government officials of the enemy so characterized her. Many of
Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States, Chapter 38: (search)
, that I might destroy her. I was very anxious to destroy this ship, as she belonged to a Mr. Vanderbilt, of New York, an old steamboat captain, who had amassed a large fortune, in trade, and was a bitter enemy of the South. Lucrative contracts during the war had greatly enhanced his gains, and he had ambitiously made a present of one of his steamers to the Federal Government, to be called after him, to pursue rebel pirates. Failing to overhaul another ship of the enemy in the few days that I had at my disposal, I released the Ariel, on ransombond, and sent her, and her large number of passengers, on their way rejoicing. I found Captain Jones of the Ariel a clever and well-informed gentleman, and I believe he gave a very fair account of the capture of his ship when he reached New York. He pledged me that Vanderbilt's ransom-bond, which he signed as his agent, would be regarded as a debt of honor. The bond is for sale; cheap, to any one desiring to redeem Mr. Vanderbilt's honor
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 229 (search)
uthlessly pulled down from its proud eminence, and humbled before the world. The banner of their glorious Union, which led their forefathers on to victory, was riddled with shot, and the destruction of their Republic threatened. He descended himself from a race of sailors and soldiers, and although his profession differed from theirs — he being a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ — he inherited their patriotic devotion to the flag of their country. His paternal grandfather was with Paul Jones in his adventures in the frigate Alliance. He thought the resolutions did not come up to the expression which they should, as a Church, publish to the world in the present state of the country, and he could not submit to the adoption of the short beautiful rhetoric in terms of appeal, which had been read as representing fully the views of the Denomination. They had appealed to the honor and magnanimity of the South. The South did not know the meaning of the term. (Applause.) They never
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 235 (search)
olonel, Charles Jameson; Lieutenant-Colonel, C. W. Roberts; Major, George Varacy; Adjutant, John E. Reynolds; Quartermaster, C. V. Lord; Assistant Quartermaster, L. H. Pierce; Surgeon, W. H. Allen; Assistant Surgeon, A. C. Hamlin; (nephew of Vice-President Hamlin;) Chaplain, J. F. Mines; Sergeant-Major, E. L. Appleton. Company A--Captain, H. Bartlett; First Lieutenant, R. Wiggins; Second Lieut., Dean. Company B--First Lieut., Tilden, commanding; Second Lieut., Wardwell. Company C--Capt., Jones; First Lieut., Skinner; Second Lieut., Merill. Company D--Capt., Sampson.; First Lieut., Sturdevant; Second Lieut., Kittridge. Company E--Capt., Emmerson; First Lieut., Adams; Second Lieut., Richardson. Company F--Capt., Chaplin; First Lieut., Wilson; Second Lieut., Boynton. Company G--Capt., Sargent; First Lieut., Gettiell; Second Lieut., Morse. Company H--Capt., Meinicke; First Lieut., Farnham; Second Lieut., Garnsay. Company I--Capt., Carroll; First Lieut., Casey; Second Lieut., Swe
Elias Nason, The Life and Times of Charles Sumner: His Boyhood, Education and Public Career., Chapter 11: (search)
ery. And here also thundered John Adams, fervid with the conviction that consenting to slavery is a sacrilegious breach of trust. Not far from this venerable hall — between this temple of freedom and the very court-house to which the senator [Mr. Jones] has referred — is the street where, in 1770, the first blood was spilt in conflict between British troops and American citizens; and among the victims was one of that African race which you so much despise. Almost within sight is Bunker Hill:rious dead; upon the Irish Montgomery, who perished for us at the gates of Quebec; upon Pulaski the Pole, who perished for us at Savannah; upon De Kalb and Steuben, the generous Germans, who aided our weakness by their military experience; upon Paul Jones the Scotchman, who lent his unsurpassed courage to the infant thunders of our navy; also upon those great European liberators, Kosciusko of Poland, and Lafayette of France, each of whom paid his earliest vows to liberty in our cause. Nor shoul
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