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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10 | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Elbert , Samuel , 1743 -1788 (search)
Elbert, Samuel, 1743-1788
Military officer; born in Prince William parish, S. C., in 1743; was made captain of a grenadier company in 1774; joined the Revolutionary army in 1776.
He led an expedition into East Florida in April, 1778, and took Fort Oglethorpe; afterwards displayed great bravery in the assault on Savannah in December, 1778.
He was captured by the British in the engagement at Brier Creek, March 3, 1779; afterwards was exchanged and re-entered the American army; was brevetted brigadier-general, Nov. 3, 1783; became governor of Georgia in 1785.
He died in Savannah, Ga., Nov. 2, 1788.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hessians. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pitt , William 1708 -1778 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stevens , Ebenezer 1751 -1823 (search)
Stevens, Ebenezer 1751-1823
Military officer; born in Boston, Mass., Aug. 22, 1751; formed one of the famous Boston Teaparty, and soon afterwards went to Long Island.
He entered the military service in 1775, and raised two companies of artillery and one of artificers for the expedition against Canada.
In November, 1776, he was appointed major, and cornmanded the artillery at Ticonderoga and in the battle of Stillwater, or Bemis's Heights.
In April, 1778, he was made lieutenant-colonel and assigned to Lamb's artillery regiment; and he served with Lafayette in Virginia in 1781, participaying in the capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown.
He was for many years a leading merchant in New York, and majorgeneral of militia, serving, in 1814, in the defence of the city of New York.
He died in Rockaway, Long Island, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1823.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Trumbull , Joseph 1737 -1778 (search)
Trumbull, Joseph 1737-1778
Military officer; born in Lebanon, Conn., March 11, 1737; another son of Governor Trumbull; graduated at Harvard College in 1756; was made commissary-general of the Continental army in July, 1775.
In November, 1777, he was made a commissioner of the board of war, which office he resigned in April, 1778, on account of ill-health.
He died in Lebanon, Conn., July 23, 1778.
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 12 : (search)