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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cottineau, Denis Nicholas 1746-1798 (search)
Cottineau, Denis Nicholas 1746-1798 Naval officer; born in Nantes, France, in 1746; became a lieutenant in the French navy; and in the battle between the American squadron under Paul Jones and the British fleet under Sir Richard Pearson, Sept. 23, 1779, commanded the American ship Pallas. Cottineau is mentioned in high terms by James Fenimore Cooper in his History of the Navy of the United States. He died in Savannah, Ga., Nov. 29, 1798. cotton, John
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dale, Richard, (search)
Dale, Richard, Naval officer; born near Norfolk, Va., Nov. 6, 1756; went to sea at twelve years of age, and at nineteen commanded a merchant vessel. He was first a lieutenant in the Virginia navy, and entered the Continental navy, as midshipman, in 1776. He was captured in 1777, and confined in Mill Prison, England, from which he escaped, but was recaptured in London and taken back. The next year, he escaped, reached France, joined Paul Jones, and soon became lieutenant of the Bon Homme Richard, receiving a wound in the famous battle with the Serapis. He continued to do good service Richard Dale. to the end of the war, and in 1794 was made captain. He commanded the squadron ordered to the Mediterranean in 1801, and in April, 1802, returning home, he resigned his commission. He spent the latter years of his life in ease in Philadelphia, where he died, Feb. 24, 1826. The remains of Commodore Dale were buried in Christ Church-yard, Philadelphia, and over the grave is a whit
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Flag, National. (search)
was at Fort Schuyler, on the site of the present city of Rome, N. Y. The fort was besieged early in August, 1777. The garrison were without a flag, so they made one according to the prescription of Congress by cutting up sheets to form the white stripes, bits of scarlet cloth for the red stripes, and the blue ground for the stars was composed of portions of a cloth cloak belonging to Capt. Abraham Swartwout, of Dutchess county, N. Y. This flag was unfurled over the fort on Aug. 3, 1777. Paul Jones was appointed to the Ranger on June 14, 1777, and he claimed that he was the first to display the stars and stripes on a naval vessel. the Ranger sailed from Portsmouth, N. H., on Nov. 1, 1777. It is probable that the national flag was first unfurled in battle on the banks of the Brandywine, Sept. 11, 1777, the first battle after its adoption. The Culpeper flag. It first appeared over a foreign stronghold, June 28, 1778, when Captain Rathbone, of the American sloop-of-war Providenc
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Florida, (search)
d it to their own use. The Chattahoochee arsenal was in charge of the courageous Sergeant Powell and three men. He said, Five minutes ago I was in command of this arsenal, but in consequence of the weakness of my command, I am obliged to surrender. . . . If I had force equal to, or half the strength of yours, I'll be d—--d if you would have entered that gate until you had passed over my dead body. You see that I have but three men. I now consider myself a prisoner of war. Take my sword, Captain Jones. Anxious to establish an independent empire on the borders of the Gulf of Mexico, Florida politicians met in convention early in January, 1861, at Tallahassee, the State capital. Colonel Petit was chosen chairman of the convention, and Bishop Rutledge invoked the blessing of the Almighty upon the acts they were about to perform. The members numbered sixty-nine, and about one-third of them were Co-operationists (see Mississippi). The legislature of Florida, fully prepared to co-opera
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.