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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 7 7 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stonington, bombardment of (search)
Stonington, bombardment of On Aug. 9, 1814, Sir Thomas Hardy appeared off Stonington, Conn., with a squadron consisting of the Ramillies, seventy-four guns (flag-ship); Pactolus, forty-four guns; bomb-ship Terror; brig Despatch, twenty-two guns; and barges and launches. He anchored his little squadron within 2 miles of the town, and proceeded reluctantly to the execution of an order of Admiral Cochrane to destroy the coast-towns and ravage the country. The depth of the water before Stonington would not allow the flag-ship to approach nearer the town than a mile and a half. Hardy sent a flag of truce ashore, with the following message to the selectmen, dated 5 P. M.: Not wishing to destroy the unoffending inhabitants residing in the town of Stonington, one hour is granted them, from the receipt of this, to remove out of the town. Will a flag be received from us in return? inquired the magistrate of the bearer. No arrangements can be made, he answered; and it was declared that
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
814 Second session adjourns......April, 1814 American commissioners to negotiate a peace with Great Britain: John Quincy Adams and Jonathan Russell, Massachusetts; Albert Gallatin, Pennsylvania; James A. Bayard, Delaware; and Henry Clay, Kentucky. These commissioners meet Admiral Lord Gambier, Henry Goulbourn, and William Adams, British commissioners, at Ghent, Belgium......Aug. 8, 1814 Creek Indians, by treaty, surrender a great part of their territory to the United States......Aug. 9, 1814 Banks in the District of Columbia suspend......Aug. 27, 1814 John Armstrong, Secretary of War, resigns......Sept. 3, 1814 [He was blamed for the capture of Washington.] Third session convenes......Sept. 19, 1814 A resort of pirates and smugglers at Barataria Bay broken up, without resistance, by Commodore Patterson......Oct. 16, 1814 The Star-Spangled banner first sung at the Holliday Street Theatre, Baltimore......October, 1814 General Jackson occupies Pensacola...
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alabama (search)
and Enotochopco (now in Tallapoosa county). The Indians attack and are repulsed......Jan. 22-24, 1814 Calebee River. Indian attack repulsed by General Floyd......Jan. 27, 1814 General Jackson, reinforced, attacks Indians fortified at Great Horse-shoe Bend (Tohopeka) of Tallapoosa River......March 27, 1814 [By this, the bloodiest battle of the war, the power of the Indians was destroyed.] Indians by treaty cede to the United States nearly half the present State of Alabama......Aug. 9, 1814 General Jackson captures Pensacola, Fla.......Nov. 7, 1814 Chickasaw Indians, by treaty, relinquish all claim to the country south of the Tennessee for $65,000......Sept. 14, 1816 Territory east of what is now Mississippi organized as the Territory of Alabama......March 3, 1817 William Wyatt Bibb appointed governor by Monroe......1817 Territorial legislature first meets at St. Stephens......Jan. 19, 1818 Congress authorizes Alabama to form a State constitution......Marc
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Connecticut, (search)
0 citizens, 3,200,000 acres, the remainder of the tract between Lake Erie and lat. 41° N..1795 [The price, $1,200,000, was made a State school fund.] Connecticut through Governor Trumbull, executes surrender to the United States of jurisdiction over the Western Reserve, Ohio......May 30, 1800 Connecticut opposed to war of......1812 New London blockaded by Sir Thomas Hardy with British ships for twenty months......June, 1813 Stonington bombarded by Sir Thomas Hardy's fleet......Aug. 9-12, 1814 Delegates from the several New England legislatures meet in convention at Hartford to consider the grievances caused by the war, and to devise measures for its termination......Dec. 15, 1814 Connecticut adopts a State constitution in place of the royal charter, by a vote of 13,918 to 12,361......Oct. 5, 1818 Washington College (Episcopal) chartered at Hartford......1823 [Name changed to Trinity, 1845.] Wesleyan University at Middletown (Methodist) chartered......1831
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
destruction of Auttose towns by 950 Georgia militia under General Floyd, and battle with Creeks on Tallapoosa River; Indian loss, .200 killed; Americans, eleven killed, fifty-four wounded......Nov. 29, 1813 General Floyd repulses a large body of Creek Indians at Camp Defiance, 48 miles west of the Chattahoochee, after a loss of seventeen killed and 132 wounded......Jan. 27, 1814 Treaty ceding territory to United States between Creek Indians and General Jackson, at Fort Jackson......Aug. 9, 1814 Point Petrie, near St. Mary's, defended by about ninety men under Captain Massias, is surrendered to 1,000 British......Jan. 13, 1815 William H. Crawford appointed Secretary of War......March 3, 1815 Frederic Tudor, of Boston, ships first load of ice to Savannah......1817 First mission of American board of commissioners among the Cherokees commenced at Spring Place, Murray county......1817 William H. Crawford appointed Secretary of the Treasury......Oct. 22, 1817 David B
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), War of 1812, (search)
.July 25, 1814 Congress appropriates $320,000 for one or more floating batteries, designed by Robert Fulton; one finished......July, 1814 [This was the first steam vessel of war built.] Expedition from Detroit against Fort Mackinaw fails......Aug. 4, 1814 British troops land at Pensacola, Fla.......Aug. 4, 1814 British troops, 5,000 strong, under General Drummond, invest Fort Erie......Aug. 4, 1814 Stonington, Conn., bombarded by the British fleet under Commodore Hardy......Aug. 9-12, 1814 British fleet, with 6,000 veterans from Wellington's army under General Ross, appears in Chesapeake Bay......Aug. 14, 1814 Midnight assault by the British on Fort Erie repulsed......Aug. 15, 1814 Battle of Bladensburg, the Capitol at Washington burned......Aug. 24, 1814 Nantucket Island stipulates with the British fleet to remain neutral......Aug. 31, 1814 Sloop-of-war Wasp sinks the British sloop Avon......Sept. 1, 1814 British General Prevost crosses the Canadian
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wars of the United States. (search)
Wars of the United States. The following is a list of the most important wars in which the United States have engaged: Wars of the United States.Commenced.Ended. RevolutionaryApril 19, 1775April 11, 1783 Northwestern Indian (General St. Clair).Sept. 19 1790Aug. 3, 1795 With France Naval warfare.July 9, 1798Sept. 30, 1800 With Tripoli Naval warfare.June 10, 1801June 4, 1805 Tecumseh Indian (General Harrison）Sept. 11, 1811Nov. 11, 1811 Creek IndianAug. 13, 1813Aug. 9, 1814 1812, with Great BritainJune 19, 1812Feb. 17, 1815 Algerine Naval warfare.May, 1815June 28, 1815 Seminole IndianNov. 20, 1817Oct. 21, 1818 Black Hawk IndianApril 21, 1831Sept. 31, 1832 Cherokee Disturbance or Removal18361837 Creek Indian DisturbanceMay 5, 1836Sept. 30, 1837 Florida IndianDec. 23, 1835Aug. 14, 1843 Aroostook Disturbance18381839 With MexicoApril 24, 1846July 4, 1848 Apache, Navajo, and Utah.18491855 Comanche Indian18541854 Seminole Indian18561858 The Civil, or Rebelli
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States. (search)
6, 1813. Soon followed the Creek war, in which the Indians, instigated and aided by Great Britain, attacked the whites, beginning August 30, with the massacre at Fort Mims. General Pinckney advanced against the Indians from Georgia, and Gen. Andrew Jackson was again called into the field with 2,500 Tennessee volunteers. In this remarkable campaign Jackson crushed the Creeks in a series of historic battles, closing with the battle of the Horseshoe, and the capitulation of the Indians, August 9, 1814. The successful issue of this campaign won for Andrew Jackson the appointment of major-general in the United States army, and marked him as the man to defend New Orleans and the coast of the Gulf of Mexico against the threatened British invasion. He hastened to Mobile, which place he reached August 15, and proceeded to strengthen the defenses at that point. Having been reinforced by 2,800 fresh volunteers from Tennessee under General Coffee, and learning that a British force was occu