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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Battles. (search)
c. 9, 1775 QuebecDec. 31, 1775 Moore's Creek BridgeFeb. 27, 1776 Boston (Evacuation of)Mar. 17, 1776 Cedar RapidsMay 9, 1776 Three RiversJune 8, 1776 Fort Sullivan (Charleston Harbor)June 28, 1776 Long IslandAug. 27, 1776 Harlem PlainsSept. 16, 1776 White PlainsOct. 28, 1776 Fort WashingtonNov. 16, 1776 TrentonDec. 26, 1776 PrincetonJan. 3, 1777 HubbardtonJuly 7, 1777 OriskanyAug. 6, 1777 BenningtonAug. 16, 1777 BrandywineSept. 11, 1777 Bemis's Heights (first), Sept. 19; (secondc. 9, 1775 QuebecDec. 31, 1775 Moore's Creek BridgeFeb. 27, 1776 Boston (Evacuation of)Mar. 17, 1776 Cedar RapidsMay 9, 1776 Three RiversJune 8, 1776 Fort Sullivan (Charleston Harbor)June 28, 1776 Long IslandAug. 27, 1776 Harlem PlainsSept. 16, 1776 White PlainsOct. 28, 1776 Fort WashingtonNov. 16, 1776 TrentonDec. 26, 1776 PrincetonJan. 3, 1777 HubbardtonJuly 7, 1777 OriskanyAug. 6, 1777 BenningtonAug. 16, 1777 BrandywineSept. 11, 1777 Bemis's Heights (first), Sept. 19; (second
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harlem Plains, action at. (search)
Harlem Plains, action at. On the morning of Sept. 16, 1776, the British advanced guard, under Colonel Leslie, occupied the rocky heights now at the northern end of the Central Park. His force was composed of British infantry and Highlanders, with several pieces of artillery. Descending to Harlem Plains, they Battle-field of Harlem Plains, 1845, from the old Block-House. were met by some Virginians under Major Leitch, and Connecticut Rangers under Colonel Knowlton. A desperate conflict ensued. Washington soon reinforced the Americans with some Maryland and New England troops, with whom Generals Putnam, Greene, and others took part to encourage the men. The British were pushed back to the rocky heights, where they were reinforced by Germans, when the Americans fell back towards Harlem Heights. In this spirited engagement the Americans lost about sixty men, including Major Leitch and Colonel Knowlton, who were killed.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hessians. (search)
,152 Returned in the autumn of 1783984 ——— Did not return168 Total number sent29,867 Total number returned17,313 ——— Total number of those who did not return12,554 Of the 12.554 who did not return Mr. Lowell's estimate is as follows: Killed and died of wounds1,200 Died of illness and accident6,354 Deserted5,000 ——— Total12,554 estimate of the losses sustained by the Germans in the principal battles of the Revolutionary War. KilledWounded.Missing. Long Island225 Sept. 15, 1776216 Sept. 16, 177611 Oct. 9 to Oct. 23 (including Chatterton Hill)136323 Fort Washington56276 Trenton1778 Assanpink (Jan. 2, 1777)411 Burgoyne's Campaign to Oct. 6, 1777164284 Burgoyne's Campaign from Oct. 7 to 162575 Skirmish, Sept. 3, 1777119 Brandywine, Chasseurs739 Brandywine, other Hessians216 Red Bank8222960 Newport199613 Stono Ferry934 Charleston1162 Springfield2575 Baton Rouge258 Pensacola1545 Guildford Courthouse15694 Yorktown5313127
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Knowlton, Thomas 1740- (search)
Knowlton, Thomas 1740- Military officer; born in West Boxford, Mass., Nov. 30, 1740; was a soldier of the French and Indian War, and assisted in the reduction of Havana in 1762. He was in the Ashford militia at Lexington, April 19, 1775, and was selected as one of the fatigue party to fortify Bunker Hill. In action there he fought bravely. A regiment of light infantry, which formed the van of the American army at New York, was commanded by him, and he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of a regiment of rangers selected from the Connecticut troops. He fell in the battle of Harlem Plains, Sept. 16, 1776, and his character was eulogized by Washington in general orders.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Revolutionary War, (search)
ington July 9, 1776 British General Lord Howe lands 10,000 men and forty guns near Gravesend, L. I. Aug. 22, 1776 Battle of Long Island Aug. 27, 1776 Washington withdraws his forces from Long Island to the city of New York.Aug. 29-30, 1776 Congress resolves that all Continental commissions in which heretofore the words United colonies have been used, bear hereafter the words United States Sept. 9, 1776 Americans evacuate New York CitySept. 14, 1776 British repulsed at Harlem HeightsSept. 16, 1776 Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and Arthur Lee appointed ambassadors to the Court of France Sept. 22, 1776 Nathan Hale executed as a spy at New York Sept. 22, 1776 Battle on Lake Champlain; British victory Oct. 11-13, 1776 Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Pole, arrives; recommended to Washington by Dr. Franklin; appointed colonel of engineers by Congress Oct. 18, 1776 Battle of White Plains, N. Y.; British victory Oct. 28, 1776 Franklin sails for France in the Reprisal, of sixteen guns, one
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
, and Generals Sullivan and Sterling taken prisoners; battle of Long Island......Aug. 27, 1776 General Washington withdraws his forces to the city of New York from Long Island......Aug. 29-30, 1776 British use condemned hulks moored in Wallabout Bay as prison-ships; it is estimated that 11,400 American prisoners died in them during six years beginning......1776 New York City evacuated, occupied by the British......Sept. 14, 1776 Battle of Harlem Heights; British repulsed......Sept. 16, 1776 Nathan Hale executed as a spy at New York by command of General Howe......Sept. 22, 1776 Fleet on Lake Champlain under Benedict Arnold meets a vastly superior British armament under Captain Pringle, and is defeated with a loss of about ninety men......Oct. 11-13, 1776 Battle of White Plains; Americans driven back......Oct. 28, 1776 Washington crosses the Hudson......Nov. 12, 1776 Fort Washington on the Hudson captured by the British, with 2,000 prisoners and artillery.....