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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gridley , Richard 1711 -1796 (search)
Gridley, Richard 1711-1796
Military officer; born in Boston, Mass., Jan. 3, 1711; was a skilful engineer and artillerist; and chief engineer in the siege of Louisburg, in 1745.
He entered the service, as colonel of infantry, in 1755; was in the expedition to Crown Point, under General Winslow, planned the fortifications at Lake George (Fort George and Fort William Henry); served under Amherst; and was with Wolfe at Quebec.
He retired as a British officer on half-pay for life.
Espousing the cause of the patriots, he was appointed chief engineer of the army that gathered at Cambridge; planned the works on Bunker Hill and Dorchester Heights; and was in the battle there, in which he was wounded.
He was active in planning the fortifications around Boston, and in September, 1775, he was commissioned a major-general in the provincial army of Massachusetts.
He was commander of the Continental artillery until superseded by Knox.
He died in Stoughton, Mass., June 20, 1796.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hazen , Moses 1733 -1803 (search)
Hazen, Moses 1733-1803
Military officer; born in Haverhill, Mass., in 1733; served in the French and Indian War (q. v.); was in the attack on Louisburg in 1758; and with Wolfe at Quebec in 1759, where he distinguished himself.
He fought bravely at Sillery in 1760, and was made a lieutenant.
A half-pay British officer, he was residing near St. John, Canada, when the American Revolution broke out. He furnished supplies to Montgomery's troops, and afterwards became an efficient officer in the Continental army.
His property was destroyed by the British.
In June, 1781, he was made a brigadier-general.
He and his two brothers emigrated to Vermont after the war. He died in Troy, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1803.
Howe, William 1729-
Military officer; born in England, Aug. 10, 1729; was, by illegitimate descent, uncle of George III.
He entered the army as cornet of dragoons, and distinguished himself under Wolfe at Quebec.
Made colonel of infantry in 1764, he rose to the rank of
Sir William Howe. majorgeneral in 1772.
In May, 1775, he arrived at Boston with reinforcements for General Gage.
At that time there was much reluctance among British officers to serve against the American colonists.
The Earl of Effingham and the eldest son of William Pitt resigned their commissions rather than engage in the unnatural service; and General Oglethorpe, the senior general of the royal army, declined the proffered service of commander-in-chief of the British army in America.
After Gage's recall, it was offered to General Howe, and accepted.
He was in chief command in the battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill, June 17, 1775, and when forced to leave Boston, March, 1776, went with his troops to Halifa
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jones , James Athearn 1790 -1853 (search)
Jones, James Athearn 1790-1853
Author; born in Tisbury, Mass., June 4, 1790; received a common-school education, and engaged in journalism in Philadelphia in 1826; later was editor in Baltimore, Md., and in Buffalo, N. Y. His publications include Traditions of the North American Indians, or tales of an Indian camp;
Gold medal awarded by Congress to Jacob Jones. Letter to an English gentleman on English libels of America; and Haverhill, or memoirs of an officer in the army of Wolfe.
He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., in August, 1853.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Monckton , Robert 1742 -1782 (search)
Monckton, Robert 1742-1782
Colonial governor; born in England; was son of the first Viscount Galway, and began his military life in Flanders in 1742.
In 1754 he was governor of Annapolis (Port Royal), Nova Scotia; assisted in the reduction of the French power in that peninsula, and was lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia in 1756.
He commanded a battalion at the siege of Louisburg in 1758, and the next year he was second in command under General Wolfe at the capture of Quebec, where he acted as brigadier-general, and was severely wounded.
In 1761 he was made major-general, and the next year governor of New York.
He commanded the expedition against Martinique in 1762; was a member of Parliament in 1768; made lieutenant-general in 1770, and was offered the command of the British forces in America in 1775, but he declined to draw his sword against British subjects.
He died in England, May 3, 1782.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Montcalm , Gozon de St. Veran , Louis Joseph , Marquis de (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Montgomery , Richard 1736 - (search)
Montgomery, Richard 1736-
Military officer; born in Swords County, Dublin, Ireland, Dec. 2, 1736; was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and entered the army at the age of eighteen.
Fighting under Wolfe at the siege of Louisburg (1756), he won the approval of that commander.
After its surrender his regiment formed a part of Amherst's force, sent to reduce the French forts on Lake Champlain, in 1759.
Montgomery became adjutant of his regiment in 1760, and was under Colonel Haviland in his march upon Montreal when that city was surrendered.
In 1762, Montgomery was promoted to captain, and served in the campaign against Havana in the same year.
After that he resided in this country awhile, but revisited England.
In 1772 he sold his commission and came to America, and the following year he bought an estate at Rhinebeck, on the Hudson, and married a daughter of R. R. Livingston.
He was chosen representative in the Colonial Assembly, and was a member of the Provincial Conventi
Morris, Roger 1717-
Military officer; born in England, Jan. 28, 1717; entered the royal army as captain in 1745; accompanied Braddock in his unfortunate expedition in 1755; served under Loudoun in 1757, and in 1758 married Mary Phillipse, heiress to the Phillipse Manor, N. Y. He served with distinction under Wolfe, and was with him in the siege of Quebec in 1759. Morris (holding the rank of major) retired from the army in 1764, and took a seat in the executive council of New York late in that year.
Adhering to the British crown, when the Revolution came his property and that of his wife were confiscated, and at the peace he retired, with his family, to England, where he died, Sept. 13, 1794.