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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Battles. (search)
Battles. The principal battles in which the people of the United States have been engaged, as colonists and as a nation, are as follows: French and Indian War. Great MeadowsMay 28, 1754 Fort NecessityJuly 4, 1754 Fort Beau SejourJune 16, 1755 Fort GaspereauxJune 17, 1755 MonongahelaJuly 9, 1755 Bloody Pond (near Lake George) Sept. 8, 1755 Head of Lake GeorgeSept. 8, 1755 OswegoAug. 14, 1756 Fort William HenryJuly 6, 1757 Near TiconderogaJuly 6, 1758 TiconderogaJuly 8, 1758 LouisburgJuly 26, 1758 Fort FrontenacAug. 27, 1758 Alleghany MountainsSept. 21, 1758 Fort NiagaraJuly 25, 1759 MontmorenciJuly 31, 1759 Plains of AbrahamSept. 13, 1759 SilleryApril 28, 1760 Revolutionary War. LexingtonApril 19, 1775 Bunker (Breed's) HillJune 17, 1775 Near Montreal (Ethan Allen captured)Sept. 25, 1775 St. John's (Siege and Capture of)Oct. and Nov. 1775 Great BridgeDec. 9, 1775 QuebecDec. 31, 1775 Moore's Creek BridgeFeb. 27, 1776 Boston (Evacuation of)Mar. 17, 1776
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
niversity), New York City, founded, Rev. W. S. Johnson, D. D., first president......1754 Sir Charles Hardy, governor......1755 Fort Edward and Fort William Henry built......1755 Battle of Lake George. Defeat of the French, and capture of their leader, Baron Dieskau......Sept. 8, 1755 [He was exchanged in 1763, and, returning to France, was pensioned.] Fort Oswego, with 1,600 men, 120 cannon, fourteen mortars, two sloops, and 200 boats and bateaux, surrenders to Montcalm......Aug. 14, 1756 Montcalm, governor of Canada, besieges Fort William Henry with about 8,000 French and 2,000 Indians......Aug. 2, 1757 Colonel Monroe surrenders with the garrison of nearly 3,000 (Fort William Henry)......Aug. 9, 1757 James De Lancey, governor; Sir Charles Hardy goes to England......1757 General Abercrombie attacks Fort Ticonderoga and is repulsed......July 8, 1758 Fort Frontenac surrenders to the English under Col. John Bradstreet......Aug. 27, 1758 Fort Stanwix built