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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Biddle, James, 1783-1848 (search)
Biddle, James, 1783-1848 Naval officer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 29, 1783; was edueated at the University of Pennsylvania, and entered the navy, as midshipman, Feb. 12, 1800. He was wrecked in the frigate Philadelphia, off Tripoli, in October, 1803, and was a prisoner nineteen months. As first lieutenant of the Wasp, he led the boarders in the action with the Frolic, Oct. 18, 1812. Captured by the Poitiers. he was exchanged in March, 1813; and was made master commander in charge of a flotilla of gunboats in the Delaware River soon afterwards. In command of the Hornet he captured the Penguin. March 23, 1813. For this victory Congress voted him a gold medal. Made captain in February, 1815, he held important commands in different parts of the world. While in command of a squadron in the Mediterranean (1830-32), he was given a commission to negotiate a commercial treaty with the Turkish government. In 1845 he performed diplomatic service in China, and visited Japan.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Biddle, Nicholas, 1750- (search)
Biddle, Nicholas, 1750- Naval officer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 10, 1750; made Medal presented to James Biddle by Congress. a voyage to Quebec before he was fourteen years of age. In a voyage to the West Indies he was cast away on an uninhabited island, where he remained two months. He entered the British navy in 1770. While a midshipman, he absconded, and became a sailor before the mast in the Carcass, in the exploring expedition of Captain Phipps in which Horatio Nelson served. Returning to Philadelphia after the commencement of the Revolution, he was appointed to the command of the brig Andrea Doria, under Commodore Hopkins. In 1776 he captured two transports from Scotland, with 400 Highland troops bound for America. In February, 1777, he sailed from Philadelphia in the frigate Randolph, and soon carried four valuable prizes into Charleston. Then he cruised in the West India waters with a small squadron; and in an action with a British 64-gun ship, March 7, 1778
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chesapeake, (search)
vessels; and as she entered Boston Harbor, in the spring of 1813, in a gale, her topmast was carried away, and with it several men who were aloft, three of whom were drowned. Among the superstitious sailors she acquired the character of an unlucky ship, and they were loath to embark in her. Evans was compelled to leave her on account of the loss of the sight of one of his eyes; and Lawrence, who had been promoted to captain for his bravery, was put in command of her, with the Hornet, Captain Biddle, as her consort. At the close of May the British frigate Shannon, thirty-eight guns, Capt. Philip The Shannon and Chesapeake entering the Harbor of Halifax. Bowes Vere Broke, appeared off Boston Harbor, in the attitude of a challenger. She then carried fifty-two guns. He wrote to Lawrence, requesting the Chesapeake to meet the Shannon, ship to ship, to try the fortunes of their respective flags. He assured Lawrence that the Chesapeake could not leave Boston without the risk of be
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hornet, (search)
an. 22, 1815), not knowing her fate, and the Hornet, Capt. James Biddle, and Tom Bowline arrived at the rendezvous together chor, when a strange sail was discovered at the windward. Biddle immediately went seaward to reconnoitre. The stranger camby the refusal of the men of the stranger to undertake it. Biddle's men, on the contrary, were eager for a hand-to-hand fighn the taffrail to inquire if she had actually surrendered, Biddle was fired upon by two British marines and wounded in the natswain. After taking from her all that was valuable, Captain Biddle scuttled her (March 25), and she went to the bottom ofuth Atlantic Ocean. Special honors were bestowed upon Captain Biddle. When he arrived in New York a public dinner was giveether, and Captain Warrington, of the latter, signalled to Biddle, of the former, that a strange vessel was seen in the distan her consort. The huge Englishman was gaining upon her. Biddle began to lighten her, and during the entire night of the 2
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Luce, Stephen Bleecker 1827- (search)
Luce, Stephen Bleecker 1827- Naval officer; born in Albany, N. Y., March 25, 1827; entered the navy as a midshipman from New York in 1841; was first attached to the Mediterranean squadron, and then to the Brazilian. With Commodore James Biddle he circumnavigated the globe in the 74-gun line-of-battle ship Columbus. He was afterwards on the Pacific station in the Vandalia, and then was attached to the home squadron in the Vixen. In September, 1855, he was commissioned lieutenant, and when the Civil War broke Stephen Bleecker luck. out in 1861 he was ordered to the Wabash, in which he participated in the attack on the forts at Hatteras Inlet. In the Wabash (then the flag-ship of Commodore Dupont) Lieutenant Luce engaged in the conflict at Port Royal. Subsequently he was employed in the blockade service in the Pontiac. In 1863, in command of the Naval Academy practice-ship Macedonian, he visited the ports of Plymouth and Portsmouth, England, and became deeply interested in t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Medals. (search)
etc.Gold. Nov. 3, 1814Brig.-Gen. E. W. RipleyVictory of Chippewa, etc.Gold. Nov. 3, 1814Brig.-Gen. James MillerVictory of Chippewa, etc.Gold. Nov. 3, 1814Maj.-Gen. Winfield ScottVictory of Chippewa, etc.Gold. Nov. 3, 1814Maj.-Gen. Edmund P. GainesVictory of ErieGold. Nov. 3, 1814Maj.-Gen. Alexander MacombVictory of PlattsburgGold. Feb. 27, 1815Maj.-Gen. Andrew JacksonVictory of New OrleansGold. Feb. 22, 1816Capt. Charles StewartCapture of the Cyane and LevantGold. Feb. 22, 1816Capt. James BiddleCapture of the PenguinGold. April 4, 1818Maj.-Gen. William H. HarrisonVictory of the ThamesGold. April 4, 1818Gov. Isaac Shelby.Victory of the ThamesGold. Feb. 13, 1835Col. George Groghan (22 years after)Defence of Fort Stevenson, 1813Gold. July 16, 1846Maj.-Gen. Zachary TaylorVictory on Rio GrandeGold. March 2, 1847Maj.-Gen. Zachary TaylorCapture of MontereyGold. March 3, 1847British, French, and Spanish officers and crewsRescuing crew of U. S. brig-of-war Somers before Vera Cruz
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Peacock, the (search)
, in charge of Lieut. John B. Nicholson, came near being captured by two English frigates. She entered the Savannah River in safety on May 1, 1814. the Peacock reached the same port on May 4. This capture produced much exultation. Congress thanked Warrington in the name of the nation, and gave him a gold medal. In another cruise to the shores of Portugal soon afterwards, the Peacock captured fourteen vessels, and returned to New York at the end of October. In 1815, after parting with Biddle, Captain Warrington pursued his cruise in the Peacock, and on June 30, when off Anjer, in the Strait of Sunda, between Sumatra and Java, he fell in with the East India cruiser Nautilus, fourteen guns, Lieut. Charles Boyce. Broadsides were exchanged, when the Nautilus struck her colors. She had lost six men killed and eight wounded. the Peacock lost none. This event occurred a few days after the period set by the treaty of peace for the cessation of hostilities. Warrington was ignorant
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), President, the (search)
the chase was abandoned. the President lost twenty-two men (sixteen by accident) killed and wounded. the Belvidera lost about twelve men killed and wounded. In the summer of 1814 Commodore Decatur, who had long been blockaded in the Thames, above New London, was transferred to the President, forty-four guns, which Commodore Rodgers had left for the new ship Guerriere. In November he had under his command at New York a squadron composed of his flag-ship; the Hornet, eighteen guns,. Captain Biddle; the Peacock, eighteen, Captain Warrington, and Tom Bowline, store-ship. He had been watching the British who had ravaged the coasts in the vicinity of Chesapeake Bay. Finally he received orders to prepare for a cruise in the East Indies to spread havoc among the British shipping there. On the night of June 14, 1815, the President dropped down to Sandy Hook, leaving the other vessels of the squadron at anchor near Staten Island, and before morning she evaded the British blockaders and
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), War of 1812, (search)
hief officers, General Lambert, now chief in command, recalled Thornton from his successes, and on Jan. 9 began preparations for retreating. Of 7,000 British troops engaged in the assault, 2,036 were killed and wounded, the killed being estimated at over 700; Americans lost eight killed and thirteen wounded in the main assault; total loss on both sides of the river, seventy-one.] Frigate President, forty-four guns, Commodore Decatur commanding, is captured by the British frigates Endymion, forty guns, the Pomone, Tenedos, and Majestic......Jan. 15, 1815 Frigate Constitution captures the Cyane and the Levant, British sloops-of-war......February, 1815 Fort Bowyer, invested by the British fleet, surrenders......Feb. 12, 1815 Sloop-of-war Hornet, Capt. James Biddle, captures the British brig-of-war Penguin off the Cape of Good Hope......March 23, 1815 See also Jackson, Andrew; New Orleans; and readily suggestive names of persons and places that were conspicuous in the war.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wasp, the (search)
asp. The English officers on deck, nearly all of them bleeding from wounds, cast their swords in submission before Lieutenant Biddle, who led the boarding-party. He sprang into the rigging, and with his own hand struck the colors of the Frolic. The Frolic in killed and wounded was ninety men. the Wasp had only five men killed and five wounded. Jones placed Lieutenant Biddle in command of the Frolic, with orders to take her into Charleston, S. C., and when they were about to part company the command of the frigate Macedonian, captured from the British by Decatur. The legislature of Pennsylvania voted Lieutenant Biddle thanks and a sword, and the leading men of Philadelphia gave him a silver urn. He was The Biddle urn. shortly aftBiddle urn. shortly afterwards appointed to the command of the sloop-of-war Hornet. This victory was celebrated by songs, and also by caricatures. One of the songs became very popular, and was sung at all public gatherings. In it occurred the following lines: The