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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Battles. (search)
ort Stony Point, on the Hudson (captured by British fleet）May 31, 1779 Verplanck's Point, on the Hudson (captured by British fleet）June 1, 1779 British fleet and American flotilla of thirty-seven vessels on Penobscot River (latter destroyed)Aug. 13, 1779 Bon Homme Richard and the Alliance against the Serapis (off coast of England）Sept. 23 1779 American fleet captured the Scarborough (off coast of England）Sept. 23 1779 French fleet attacked Savannah (forced by the British to withdraw)Oct. 9ort Stony Point, on the Hudson (captured by British fleet）May 31, 1779 Verplanck's Point, on the Hudson (captured by British fleet）June 1, 1779 British fleet and American flotilla of thirty-seven vessels on Penobscot River (latter destroyed)Aug. 13, 1779 Bon Homme Richard and the Alliance against the Serapis (off coast of England）Sept. 23 1779 American fleet captured the Scarborough (off coast of England）Sept. 23 1779 French fleet attacked Savannah (forced by the British to withdr
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Revolutionary War, (search)
lled, except at Versailles and Madrid April, 1779 Americans repulsed at Stono Ferry, S. C.June 20, 1779 Spain declares war against Great Britain June, 1779 British under Tryon plunder New Haven, July 5, and burn Fairfield, July 8, and Norwalk July 12, 1779 Americans under Wayne take by storm Fort Stony Point, N. Y. July 16, 1779 Expedition against the British at Fort Casting, Me., repulsed July 25, 1779 American fleet arrive at Penobscot, July 25, and are dispersed by British fleet Aug. 13, 1779 Congress agrees to a basis of terms for a peace with Great BritainAug. 14, 1779 General Sullivan's campaign against the Six Nations; the Indian villages of the Genesee Valley destroyedJuly-Sept., 1779 British fleet at Tybee captured by Count D'Estaing Sept. 3, 1779 Congress votes thanks and a gold medal to Major Lee, for surprising and capturing (Aug. 19) the British garrison at Paulus's Hook Sept., 1779 Congress guarantees the Floridas to Spain if she takes them from Great Britain,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maine. (search)
wn established by the general court under the royal charter, incorporated......Feb. 4, 1779 Expedition of nineteen armed vessels and twenty-four transports, under Gurdon Saltonstall, a Connecticut sea-captain, and 1,500 men from Massachusetts under General Lovell, arrive at Penobscot, July 25, for the purpose of dislodging the British; they remain inactive, however, until the arrival of five British ships from New York, which force the Americans to burn their vessels and disperse......Aug. 13, 1779 Six hundred troops raised to protect the Eastern Department, between Piscataqua and St. Croix, and command given to Gen. Peleg Wadsworth, with headquarters at Thomaston......1780 Bath incorporated, the first town established by the new government......Feb. 17, 1781 General Wadsworth captured at Thomaston and imprisoned at Castine, Feb. 18; escapes......June 18, 1781 Land office is opened at the seat of government, and State lands in the district of Maine are sold to soldiers