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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Abercrombie , James , 1706 - (search)
Abercrombie, James, 1706-
military officer; born at Glassaugh, Scotland, in 1706.
In 1746 he became a colonel in the British army; was made major-general in 1756, lieutenant-general in 1759, and general in 1772.
He came to America in 1756, where he held the chief military command until the arrival of Lord Loudoun.
After the departure of that officer, Abercrombie resumed the command.
In July, 1758, he attacked Ticonderoga (q. v.) with a large force, but was repulsed with a loss of about 2,000 men. He was succeeded by General Amherst in September following; returned to England in 1759, and became a member of Parliament, wherein he advocated the obnoxious measures that led to the War of the Revolution in 1775.
He died April 28, 1781, while Governor of Stirling Castle.
military officer; son of Gen. James Abercrombie.
He had served on the staff of General Amherst, in America, and was commissioned a lieutenant in the British army in March, 1770.
While leading the Britis
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), French and Indian War. (search)
Frontenac, Fort
A fortification built by Frontenac in 1673 at the foot of Lake Ontario, at the present Kingston.
After the repulse of the English at Ticonderoga (July 8, 1758), Col. John Bradstreet urged Abercrombie to send an expedition against this fort.
He detached 3,000 men for the purpose, and gave Colonel Bradstreet command of the expedition.
He went by the way of Oswego, and crossed the lake in bateaux, having with him 300 bateau-men.
His troops were chiefly provincials, and were furnished with eight pieces of cannon and two mortars.
They landed within a mile of the fort on the evening of Aug. 25, constructed batteries, and opened them upon the fort at short range two days afterwards Finding the works untenable, the garrison surrendered (Aug. 27) without much resistance.
The Indians having previously deserted, there were only 110 prisoners. The spoils were sixty cannon, sixteen mortars, a large quantity of small arms, provisions and military stores, and nine armed v
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hartsuff , George Lucas 1830 -1874 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Haviland , William 1718 - (search)
Haviland, William 1718-
Military officer; born in Ireland in 1718; served in the British army at Carthagena and Porto Bello; and was aide to General Blakeney in suppressing the rebellion of 1745.
He was lieutenant-colonel under Loudon in America (1757) ; served with Abercrombie at Ticonderoga (1758), and under Amherst (1759-60), entering Montreal with the latter officer in September, 1760.
He was senior brigadier-general and second in command at the reduction of Martinique in 1762, and at the siege of Havana.
He was made lieutenant-general in 1772, and general in 1783, and died Sept. 16, 1784.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Howe , George Augustus , Viscount 1724 - (search)
Nixon, John 1725-1815
Military officer; born in Framingham, Mass., March 4, 1725; was a soldier at the capture of Louisburg in 1745; served in the army and navy seven years; fought at Ticonderoga under Abercrombie, leading a company as captain.
He led a company of minute-men at Lexington, and commanded a regiment at Bunker Hill, receiving a wound from which he never fully recovered.
He was made a brigadier-general in 1776, and commanded a brigade in the battle of Stillwater, in which engagement a cannonball passed so near his head that it permanently impaired the sight of one eye and the hearing of one ear. Resigned Sept. 12, 1780.
He died in Middlebury, Vt., March 24, 1815.
Putnam, Israel 1718-
Military officer; born in Salem (the part now Danvers), Mass., Jan. 7, 1718; he settled in Pomfret, Conn., in 1739, where he acquired a good estate; raised a company, and served in the French and Indian War with so much efficiency that in 1757 he was promoted to the rank of major.
While Abercrombie was resting
Israel Putnam in 1776. securely in his intrenchments at Lake George after his repulse at Ticonderoga, two or three of his convoys had been cut off by French scouting-parties, and he sent out Majors Rogers and Putnam to intercept them.
Apprised of this movement, Montcalm sent Molang, an active partisan, to waylay the English detachment.
While marching through the forest (August, 1758), in three divisions, within a mile of Fort Anne, the left, led by Putnam, fell into an ambuscade of Indians, who attacked the English furiously, uttering horrid yells.
Putnam and his men fought bravely.
His fusee at length missed fire with the muzzle at the breast