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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Revolutionary War, (search)
es General Gage as commander of the British army in America, who embarks for England Oct. 10, 1775 Falmouth, Me., burned by BritishOct. 18, 1775 St. John, Canada, surrenders to Americans under Montgomery Nov. 2, 1775 Congress orders a battalion to protect Georgia Nov. 4, 1775 British fleet repulsed at Hampton, Va., Oct. 25, 1775, and Lord Dunmore declares open war Nov. 7, 1775 Night attack of the British vessels Tamar and Cherokee on the schooner Defence, in Hog Island Channel, S. C.Nov. 12, 1775 Americans under Montgomery capture Montreal Nov. 13, 1775 Benjamin Harrison, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Johnson, John Dickinson, and John Jay, appointed by Congress a committee for secret correspondence with friends of America in Great Britain, Ireland, and other foreign nations Nov. 29, 1775 Battle of Great Bridge, Va. Dec. 9, 1775 Congress appoints Silas Deane, John Langdon, and Christopher Gadsden, a committee to fit out two vessels of war, Nov. 25, orders thirteen vessels of war b
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), South Carolina, (search)
st, 1775 Fort Johnson garrisoned by Captain Heyward and the Charleston artillery......September, 1775 Governor Campbell, last royal governor, dissolves the Assembly and retires to the sloop-of-war Tamar......Sept. 15, 1775 Hostilities in South Carolina begun by the British vessels Tamar and Cherokee making a night attack on the schooner Defence, Captain Tufts, while blocking Hog Island channel by sinking hulks. Shots are exchanged, but at sunrise the British vessels retire......Nov. 12, 1775 Colonel Moultrie, authorized by the council of safety, takes possession of Haddrell's Point, and with artillery drives the British vessels from Charleston Harbor......December, 1775 Constitution framed by the Provincial Congress of South Carolina adopted, March 26, 1776, and courts of justice opened......April 23, 1776 British fleet under Sir Peter Parker unsuccessfully attacks Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island.......June 28, 1776 Thomas Heyward, Jr., James Lynch, Jr., Arthur