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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Inman , George 1755 -1789 (search)
Inman, George 1755-1789
Military officer; born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 3, 1755; graduated at Harvard College in 1772.
During the Revolutionary War he was a royalist, entering the army as a private, but soon receiving a commission; took part in the battles of Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, in the first of which he was wounded.
He was the author of Narrative of the Revolutionary War, 1776–;1779.
He died in the West Indies in 178
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jeffreys , Sir George 1648 -1689 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Knyphausen , Baron Wilhelm von 1716 -1800 (search)
Knyphausen, Baron Wilhelm von 1716-1800
Military officer; born in Lutzberg, Germany, Nov. 4, 1716; began his military career in the Prussian service in 1734, and became a general in the army of Frederick the Great in 1775.
He arrived in America in June, 1776, and was first engaged in battle here in that of Long Island in August following, in which he commanded a body of Hessian mercenaries.
Knyphausen was in the battle of White Plains; assisted in the capture of Fort Washington, which was named by its captors Fort Knyphausen; was conspicuous in the battle of Brandywine in 1777, and in Monmouth in 1778; and commanded an expedition to Springfield, N. J., in June, 1780.
In the absence of Sir Henry Clinton he was in command of the city of New York.
He died in Cassel, Dec. 7, 1800.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lafayette , Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves Gilbert Motier , Marquis de 1757 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Leutze , Emanuel 1816 -1868 (search)
Leutze, Emanuel 1816-1868
Artist; born in Gmund, Wurtemberg, May 24, 1816; was brought to the United States during infancy.
He began to achieve success as a painter of portraits in 1840, but later turned his attention to historical subjects.
His paintings include Columbus before the council of Salamanca; Columbus in chains; Columbus before the Queen; Landing of the Norsemen in America; Washington crossing the Delaware; Washington at Monmouth; Washington at the battle of Monongahela; News from Lexington; Sergeant Jasper; Washington at Princeton; Lafayette in prison at Olmutz visited by his relatives, etc. In 1860 he was chosen by the United States government to make a large mural painting on one of the staircases in the Capitol, entitled Westward the Star of Empire takes its way.
He died in Washington, D. C., July 18, 1868.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Marshall , John , Ll.d. 1755 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mauduit Duplessis , Thomas Antoine , Chevalier de 1752 - (search)
Mauduit Duplessis, Thomas Antoine, Chevalier de 1752-
Military officer; born in Hennebon, France, Sept. 12, 1752.
When twelve years of age he ran away from home, visited the battle-fields of Marathon and Thermopylae, and made plans of these battles with his own hand.
He became an artillerist, and served in the Continental army of America, first as volunteer aide to General Knox.
He became a lieutenant-colonel, and behaved with skill and bravery at the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Fort Mercer, and Monmouth.
In 1781 he distinguished himself at the siege of Yorktown.
After the war he was stationed at Santo Domingo, where he perished by the hands of the revolutionists, March 4, 1791.
Monmouth, battle of
Just before the dawn of June 18, 1778, the British began their evacuation of Philadelphia.
They crossed the Delaware to Gloucester Point, and that evening encamped around Haddonfield, a few miles southeast from Camden, N. k and embark his army on Raritan Bay for New York; but, finding Washington in his path, he turned, at Allentown, towards Monmouth, to make his way to Sandy Hook, and thence to New York by water.
Washington followed him in a parallel line, prepared t ight endanger the whole.
Washington's indignation was fearfully aroused, and when he met Lee, at the
Battle-ground at Monmouth. head of the second retreating column, he rode up to him, and, in a tone of withering reproof, he exclaimed, Sir, I desi Hook when the American sentinels discovered his flight in the morning (June 29). Washington
Relics of the battle of Monmouth. did not pursue, and the British escaped to New York.
They had lost 1,000 men by desertion while crossing New Jersey, a