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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dana , Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh , 1822 - (search)
Dana, Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh, 1822-
military officer; born in Fort Sullivan, Eastport, Me., April 10, 1822; graduated at West Point in 1842; served in the war with Mexico; resigned in 1855; and in October, 1861, became colonel of the 1st Minnesota Volunteers.
He was in the battle at Ball's Bluff (q. v.) ; was made brigadier-general early in 1862; was active throughout the whole campaign on the Peninsula, participating in all the battles; and at Antietam commanded a brigade, and was wounded.
A few weeks later he was promoted to major-general of volunteers; was with the Army of the Gulf in 1863; commanded the 13th Army Corps a while; and had charge of the district of Vicksburg and west Tennessee in 1864.
From December, 1864, to May, 1865, he was in command of the Department of the Mississippi.
He resigned in 1865, and was reappointed to the army with the rank of captain, and retired in 1894.
Eastport, capture of.
Early in July, 1814, Sir Thomas M. Hardy sailed secretly from Halifax with a squadron, consisting of the Ramillies (the flag-ship), sloop Martin, brig Borer, the Bream, the bombship Terror, and several transports, with troops under Col. Thomas Pilkington.
The squadron entered Passamaquoddy Bay on the 11th, and anchored off Fort Sullivan, at Eastport, Me., then in command of Maj. Perley Putnam with a garrison of fifty men, having six pieces of artillery.
Hardy demanded an instant surrender, giving Putnam only five minutes to consider.
The latter promptly refused, but at the importunity of the alarmed inhabitants, who were indis en and children, a battalion of artillery, and fifty or sixty pieces of cannon were landed on the main, when formal possession was taken of the fort, the town of Eastport, and all the islands and villages in and around Passamaquoddy Bay.
Several vessels laden with goods valued at $300,000, ready to be smuggled into the United Sta
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fenian Brotherhood, the. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Missionary Ridge , battle of (search)
Missionary Ridge, battle of
Gen. W. T. Sherman was lying, with his corps, along the line of the Big Black River, in Mississippi, when General Grant called him, Sept. 22, 1863, and a greater portion of his command to Chattanooga.
Sherman fought his way eastward.
He crossed the Tennessee River to the north side, at Eastport (Nov. 1), under cover of gunboats, and, pushing on, reported to Grant in person on Nov. 15.
Sherman's corps was then in command of Gen. Frank Blair, and, on the afternoon of Nov. 23, it was ready to cross the Tennessee above Chattanooga, on a pontoon bridge which it had stealthily brought with them, at the moment when General Thomas was moving the centre of the Nationals towards the Confederates on Missionary Ridge, to ascertain whether Bragg was preparing to flee or to fight.
He was ready for the latter act. When Thomas moved, the heavy guns at Fort Wood, Chattanooga, played upon Missionary Ridge and Orchard Knob, a lower hill a considerable distance in adv
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sherbrooke , Sir John Coape 1760 -1830 (search)
Sherbrooke, Sir John Coape 1760-1830
Military officer; born in England, about 1760; became lieutenant-general in the British army in 1811.
Early in July, 1814, Commodore Hardy sailed secretly from Halifax, with a considerable land and naval force, and captured Eastport, Me., without much opposition.
This easy conquest encouraged the British to attempt the seizure of the whole region between Passamaquoddy Bay and the Penobscot River.
A strong squadron, under Admiral Griffith, bearing about 4,000 troops, led by Sherbrooke, then governor of Nova Scotia, captured Castine, on Penobscot Bay, and also Belfast, and went up the Penobscot River to Hampden, a few miles below Bangor, to capture or destroy the American corvette John Adams, which, caught in that stream, had gone up so far to escape from the British.
The militia, called to defend Hampden and the Adams, fled when the British approached, and the object of the latter was accomplished.
Captain Morris, commander of the Adams,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Streight , Abdel D. 1829 - (search)