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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 38 | 4 | Browse | Search |
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10 | 21 | 3 | Browse | Search |
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore) | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 5 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Browsing named entities in Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). You can also browse the collection for Isaac Shelby or search for Isaac Shelby in all documents.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adair , John , 1759 -1840 (search)
Adair, John, 1759-1840
Military officer; born in Chester county, S. C., in 1759.
He served in the Continental army during the Revolution, and in the wars against the frontier Indians in 1791-93.
He was United States Senator in Congress in 1805-6; and as volunteer aide to General Shelby at the battle of the Thames, in 1813, he showed much bravery and skill.
He distinguished himself as commander of the Kentucky troops in the battle of New Orleans, in January, 1815.
From 1820 to 1824 he was governor of Kentucky, having served in the legislature of that State; and from 1831 to 1833 was a Representative in Congress.
He died in Harrodsburg, Ky., May 19, 1840.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil War in the United States . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Crittenden , John Jordon 1787 - (search)
Crittenden, John Jordon 1787-
Statesman; born in Woodford county, Ky., Sept. 10, 1787; was aide-de-camp to Governor Shelby at the battle of the Thames; became a lawyer; entered the Kentucky legislature in 1816, and was speaker several years, and was first a member of the United States Senate in 1817-19.
From 1835 to 1841 he was again in the Senate, when President Harrison called him to his cabinet as Attorney-General.
He was again in the Senate from 1842 to 1848, when he was elected governor of his State, which post he held when President Fillmore appointed him Attorney-General in 1850. Mr. Crittenden was one of the most useful and trustworthy of the members of the national legislature, and was regarded as the patriarch of the Senate.
In the session of 1860-61 he introduced the Crittenden compromise, which substantially proposed: 1.
To re-establish the line fixed in the Missouri compromise (q. v.) as the boundary-line between free and slave territory; that Congress should b
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), King's Mountain , battle on (search)
King's Mountain, battle on
Maj. Patrick Ferguson was sent by Lord Cornwallis to embody the Tory militia among the mountains west of the Broad River.
Many profligate men joined his standard, and he crossed the river at the Cherokee Ford, Oct. 1, 1780, and encamped among the hills of King's Mountain, near the line between North and South Carolina, with 1,500 men. Several corps of Whig militia, under Colonels Shelby, Sevier, Campbell, and others, united to oppose Ferguson, and on Oct. 7 they fell upon his camp among a cluster of high, wooded, gravelly hills of King's Mountain.
A severe engagement ensued, and the British forces were totally defeated.
Ferguson was slain, and 300 of his men were killed or wounded.
The spoils of victory were 800 prisoners and 1,500 stand of arms.
The loss of the Americans was twenty men. The event was to Cornwallis what the defeat of the British near Bennington was to Burgoyne.
Among the prisoners were some of the most cruel Tories of the western
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Medals. (search)
Shelby, Isaac
Military officer; born near Hagerstown, Md., Dec. 11, 1750; son
Isaac Shelby. of Gen. Evan Shelby; in early life was a surveyor in western Virginia; became a captain in 1776, and commissary in 1777, rising to the rank of colonelIsaac Shelby. of Gen. Evan Shelby; in early life was a surveyor in western Virginia; became a captain in 1776, and commissary in 1777, rising to the rank of colonel in 1780.
He was a chief leader in the defeat of
Medal presented to Isaac Shelby. Ferguson at King's Mountain, and was in other engagements, serving under Marion in 1781, and subsequently joining Greene with 500 mounted volunteers.
He received Isaac Shelby. Ferguson at King's Mountain, and was in other engagements, serving under Marion in 1781, and subsequently joining Greene with 500 mounted volunteers.
He received from the legislature of North Carolina a vote of thanks and a sword (delivered to him in 1813) for the victory at King's Mountain.
Shelby was governor of Kentucky from 1792 to 1796, and again from 1812 to 1816.
At the head of 4,000 troops, he joineShelby was governor of Kentucky from 1792 to 1796, and again from 1812 to 1816.
At the head of 4,000 troops, he joined General Harrison in an invasion of Canada in 1813, and fought at the battle of the Thames.
For his conduct there Congress gave him a gold medal.
He declined the offer of a seat in President Monroe's cabinet as Secretary of War on account of his a