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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 9 9 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 1 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 1 1 Browse Search
Isaac O. Best, History of the 121st New York State Infantry 1 1 Browse Search
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order 1 1 Browse Search
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. 1 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: November 6, 1861., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., chapter 4 (search)
liberal bounties for her officers and soldiers who fought in the war of the Revolution, conceding all other territory north of the river, and all jurisdiction over this. And it was presumed, at the close of the war, that North Carolina and Georgia would promptly make similar concessions of the then savage regions covered by their respective charters, now known as Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. Though the war was practically concluded by the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, October 19, 1781, and though the treaty of peace was signed at Paris, November 30, 1782, the British did not evacuate New York till November 25, 1783; and the Ninth Continental Congress, which convened at Philadelphia on the 3d of that month, adjourned next day to Annapolis. A bare quorum of members responded to their names, but one and another soon dropped off; so that the journal of most days records no quorum present, and no business done, until about the 1st day of March, 1784. On that day, Mr. Je
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 217 (search)
60. night Scenes. I. before Yorktown, October 19TH, 1781. A thousand camp-fires light the tented plain; A weary army breathes in peaceful sleep; The restless billows on the sleepless main Like fawning greyhounds, to their mistress leap; And twinkling stars night's silent watches keep; While sulphury storm-clouds in the dark west lower, And wailing winds from o'er the waters sweep. A nation's birthright, and a tyrant's power, Hang in the trembling scales, in the lone midnight hour. Yorktown's grim battlements, that dimly lift Their shattered walls against a gloomy sky, Shield an invader's arm — a monarch's gift To his weak children; and the widow's cry Has mingled with the mother's broken sigh, And both have found a God. O death and pain! Mankind will not advance save ye are nigh: There needs be loss where'er there is a gain; The sinful world was ransomed through a Saviour slain! Enwrapt in sleep, unconscious that when morn Shall rise from out her curtained couch, and fling
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), chapter 18 (search)
8. His wife d. May 25, 1772, aged 74. Their children were--  21-28Mary, bap. Jan. 1, 1728; m. William Whitmore.  29Samuel, b. Aug. 24, 1729.  30Thomas, b. Jan. 6, 1732.  31Edward, b. Nov. 4, 1733.  32Jonathan, b. Aug. 17, 1735, d. in college, 1750. 13-24John Brooks (Governor of Massachusetts) m. Lucy Smith, of Reading, in 1774, who d. Sept. 26, 1791, aged 38. He died March 1, 1825. Their children were:--  24-33Lucy, b. June 16, 1775; m. Rev. O'Kill Stuart.  34Alexander S., b. Oct. 19, 1781; killed by explosion of a steamboat, 1836.  35John, b. May 20, 1783; fell at the battle of Lake Erie, Sept. 10, 1813. 21-30Thomas Brooks m., 1st, Anna Hall, Feb. 27, 1755, who d. Aug. 28, 1757; 2d, Mercy Tufts, Dec. 29, 1762. He died Mar. 7, 1799. His second wife died Aug. 26, 1813, aged 71. His children were, by first wife,--  30-36Nancy, b. Apr. 6, 1757; m. Dr. Stevens. By his second:--  37Mercy, b. Sept. 3, 1763; m. Cotton Tufts, of Weymouth.  38Jonathan, b. Oct. 25, 1765
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cornwallis, Lord Charles 1738-1805 (search)
be suspended for twenty-four hours, and that commissioners should be appointed on both sides to meet at Mrs. Moore's house, on the right of the American lines, to arrange terms for the surrender of the post and the British army. Commissioners were accordingly appointed, the Americans being Col. John Laurens and Viscount de Noailles (a kinsman of Lafayette), and the British Lieutenant-Colonel Dundas and Major Ross. The terms agreed upon were honorable to both parties, and were signed on Oct. 19, 1781. They provided for the surrender of Cornwallis as a prisoner of war, with all his troops, and all public property as spoils of victory. All slaves and plunder found in possession of the British might be reclaimed by their owners; otherwise private property was to be respected. The loyalists were abandoned to the mercy or resentment of their countrymen. Such were the general terms; but Cornwallis was allowed to send away persons most obnoxious to the Whigs in the vessel that carried
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Revolutionary War, (search)
riswold Sept. 6, 1781 British fleet under Admiral Graves appears in the Chesapeake Sept. 7, 1781 Indecisive battle of Eutaw Springs, S. C.Sept. 8, 1781 Washington and Count Rochambeau reach Williamsburg Sept. 14, 1781 Siege of YorktownOct. 5-19, 1781 Cornwallis surrenders at YorktownOct. 19, 1781 Sir Henry Clinton, with fleet of thirty-five vessels and 7,000 troops, arrives at the Chesapeake, Oct. 24, and returns to New York Oct. 29, 1781 Benjamin Lincoln appointed Secretary of War by ConOct. 19, 1781 Sir Henry Clinton, with fleet of thirty-five vessels and 7,000 troops, arrives at the Chesapeake, Oct. 24, and returns to New York Oct. 29, 1781 Benjamin Lincoln appointed Secretary of War by Congress Oct. 30, 1781 Day of public thanksgiving and prayer observed throughout the United StatesDec. 13, 1781 Henry Laurens released from imprisonment in the Tower of LondonDec. 31, 1781 Holland recognizes the independence of United States April 19, 1782 Sir Guy Carleton, appointed to succeed Clinton, lands in New York May 5, 1782 Orders received by Sir James Wright at Savannah for the evacuation of the province June 14, 1782 Savannah, Ga., evacuated by the British July 11, 1782 Treaty of
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Count de 1725-1807 (search)
ounded at the battle of Lafeldt. He was distinguished in several battles, especially at Minden. When it was resolved by the French monarch to send a military force to America, Rochambeau was created a lieutenant-general and Count De Rochambeau. placed in command of it. He arrived at Newport, R. I., in July, 1780, and joined the American army under Washington, on the Hudson, a few miles above New York. He led his army to the Virginia peninsula, and assisted in the capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown, Oct. 19, 1781, when he was presented with one of the captured cannon. In 1783 he received the decoration of Saint Esprit, and in 1791 was made a marshal of France. Early in 1792 he was placed in command of the Army of the North, and narrowly escaped the guillotine when the Jacobins wielded supreme power in Paris. Bonaparte gave him a pension in 1804, and the Cross of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor. He dictated Memoirs (2 volumes, Paris, 1809). He died in Thore, May 10, 1807.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
eek, an enemy to the Americans and acknowledged head of the Creeks; McGillivray with eight warriors accompanies Willet to Philadelphia and New York, when a treaty is concluded, ceding land south of Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers......Aug. 13, 1790 Two brass cannon, taken at Yorktown, are presented to the Chatham artillery of Savannah, by General Washington, in appreciation of their part in his reception in Savannah; one bears the inscription, Surrendered by the capitulation of York Town, Oct. 19, 1781. Honi soit qui mal y pense—G. R. with the imperial crown......1791 General Washington, on a Presidential tour, arrives at Savannah and is received with enthusiasm......May 13, 1791 Eli Whitney, of Connecticut, while residing in Georgia, invents the cotton-gin......May 27, 1793 General Clarke, claiming that by the treaty of 1790 certain lands on the south side of the Oconee River had been improperly ceded to the Creeks by the United States, takes possession, defying Georgia and
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Virginia, (search)
ming parties (American under Col. Alexander Hamilton and French under Baron de Viomenil) carry two British redoubts......Oct. 14, 1781 Lieutenant-Colonel Abercrombie vainly assaults the French batteries on the morning of......Oct. 16, 1781 Cornwallis attempts to escape across the river to Gloucester Point on the night of......Oct. 16, 1781 Negotiations for capitulation begin......Oct. 17, 1781 Cornwallis surrenders 7,247 men, seventy-five brass guns, sixty-nine iron guns......Oct. 19, 1781 Admiral Digby appears off the capes of the Chesapeake with twenty-five ships of the line, two 50-gun ships, and eight frigates, carrying Sir Henry Clinton and 7,000 troops......Oct. 24, 1781 Learning of the surrender, he returns to New York......Oct. 29, 1781 Thomas Fairfax, sixth Lord and Baron of Cameron, dies at his lodge, Greenway Court, Frederick county, aged ninety years......Dec. 12, 1781 Northwestern Territory, ceded by Virginia to the United States, accepted by Cong
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Yorktown, siege of (search)
o arrange terms for capitulation. They were made similar to those demanded of Lincoln at Charleston eighteen months before. The capitulation was duly signed, Oct. 19, 1781, and late on the afternoon of the same day Cornwallis, his army, and public property were surrendered to the allies. The delivery of the colors of the severs and be witnesses of their treatment; and that their officers may receive and deliver General return of officers and privates surrendered prisoners of war, Oct. 19, 1781, to the allied army under command of his Excellency General Washington—taken from the original muster-rolls. Regiments or Corps.Lieutenant-General.Brigadier-Gted according to the common meaning and acceptation of the words. Granted. Done at York Town in Virginia Oct 19 1781. Cornwallis, Thomas Symonds. Done in the trenches before York Town in Virginia Oct. 19 1781. G. Washington, Le Comte De Rochambeau, Le Comte De Barras, en mon nom & celui de Comte de Grasse.
Isaac O. Best, History of the 121st New York State Infantry, Chapter 8: Meade and Lee's game of strategy (search)
f the brigade, though Capt. William P. Roome ran him a close second. Captain Wilson entered the service as second lieutenant of Company D, 16th New York, was made adjutant September 20, 1861; promoted to captain and assistant adjutant-general of United States volunteers March 11, 1863, and afterward commissioned as major of the 121st, which he declined. He resigned from the service February 18, 1864, and died October 18, 1886. His grandfather was with General Washington at Yorktown on October 19, 1781, and to him was assigned the duty of transferring twenty-eight flags from their British bearers to American sergeants, and when the Army of the Potomac was in that vicinity in 1862 Captain Wilson invited General Bartlett and the other brigade officers to accompany him to the field where this transaction had taken place. The importance of the victory at Rappahannock Station is revealed by the fact that a special order was issued by General Meade expressing his own and the President's
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