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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 16 0 Browse Search
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1 4 0 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 4 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bemis's Heights, battles of. (search)
goyne's right. These were driven back and pursued. Morgan's troops, becoming scattered, were recalled, and with New England troops, under Dearborn, Seammel, and Cilley, another furious charge was made. After a sharp engagement, in which Morgan's horse was shot under him, the combatants withdrew to their respective lines. Meanw called up some German troops from the British centre to his aid. Arnold rallied his men, and with New England troops, led by Colonels Brooks, Dearborn, Scammel, Cilley, and Major Hull, he struck the enemy such heavy blows that his line began to wave and fall into confusion. General Phillips, below the heights, heard through thef the artillery, was made prisoner. Five times one of the cannon was taken and retaken. When the British fell back, and the gun remained with the Americans, Colonel Cilley leaped upon it, waved his sword over his head, dedicated the piece to the American cause, and, turning it upon the foe, he opened its destructive energies upo
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cilley, Jonathan 1802- (search)
Cilley, Jonathan 1802- Lawyer; born in Nottingham, N. H., July 2, 1802; graduated at Bowdoin College in 1825; elected to Congress as a Democrat in 1837, and served until Feb. 24, 1838, when he was fatally wounded in a duel with William J. Graves, a Representative from Kentucky. The trouble arose from an address in the House of Representatives by Mr. Cilley, in which he denounced a charge of immorality made against some unmarried Representatives in an article published in the New York Courier and Enquirer under the signature of A spy in Washington. The result of this criticism was the challenge to a duel by Mr. Graves. The weapons used were rifles; were rifles; the place, Bladensburg, Md.; and on the third shot Mr. Cilley fell, with a ball through his body. When the affair became known in Congress, a committee of seven was appointed, and after a thorough investigation, reported that Mr. Graves should be censured by the House for his conduct. See Bladensburg duelling field.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
at Schlosser's Landing, above Niagara Falls, on the American side......Dec. 29, 1837 President issues a proclamation of neutrality as regards the disturbance in Canada......Jan. 5, 1838 Duel between William J. Graves, of Kentucky, and Jonathan Cilley, of New Hampshire, members of the House......Feb. 24, 1838 [Fought with rifles; Cilley killed at the third shot.] First regular passage by steamer across the Atlantic completed by the Great Western and Sirius. Sirius seventeen days froCilley killed at the third shot.] First regular passage by steamer across the Atlantic completed by the Great Western and Sirius. Sirius seventeen days from London, and Great Western fifteen days from Bristol. Both arrive at New York City......April 23, 1838 Banks in New England and New York resume specie payments......May 10, 1838 Iowa receives a territorial government......June 12, 1838 Second session adjourns......July 9, 1838 United States exploring expedition to the Antarctic and Pacific oceans, under command of Lieut. Charles Wilkes, sails from Hampton Roads......Aug. 18, 1838 Third session assembles......Dec. 3, 1838 Ch