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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Greene, Nathanael 1742- (search)
nah, where he settled in the fall of Greene's medal. 1785, and died June 19, 1786. South Carolina also gave him a valuable tract of land. A monument dedicated jointly to Greene and Pulaski stands in the city of Savannah, and the State of Rhode Island has erected an equestrian statue of him at the national capital, executed by H. K. Browne. The doubt that had long existed as to the actual burial-place of Trading Ford on the Catawb the hero was settled early in March, 1901, when Col. Asa Bird Gardiner, acting in behalf of the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati, made an exploration of the cemeteries in Savannah, Ga., and, in the Jones vault of the long-abandoned colonial cemetery, found, the plate that had been on General Greene's coffin and three metal buttons, with the American eagle on them, doubtless from the uniform in which it is known that General Greene was buried. While Greene and his army remained on the Santee Hills until late in the fall, his partisan corps, led
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Narraganset Indians, (search)
arched through deep snow, and at 4 P. M. on Dec. 16 they attacked the fort. There was but one entrance, which had to be reached in the face of a fire from a blockhouse. The Massachusetts men, who first attacked, were repulsed, and several of the captains were killed. There was a desperate hand-to-hand fight, and the Indians were finally driven out into the open country. The 600 wigwams were set on fire, and the winter store of corn was destroyed. About 700 of the Indians were killed, including several chiefs, and of a large number wounded about 300 died. Many old men, women, and children perished, some of them in the flames. In this encounter Connecticut alone lost eighty men. Captains Johnson, Davenport, and Gardiner, of Massachusetts, and Gallop, Seely, and Marshall, of Connecticut, were slain. The Narragansets were almost exterminated in that war. The remnant settled at Charlestown, R. I., and were prosperous for a while, but the tribe is now extinct. See King Philip's War.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
velled 21,209 miles in eight weeks, addressed audiences aggregating 3,000,000 persons in twenty-four States......Nov. 2, 1900 Republicans' great sound-money parade in New York......Nov. 3, 1900 Election of B. B. Odell, Republican, as governor of New York......Nov. 6, 1900 Henry Villard, financier, born 1835, dies at Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.......Nov. 11, 1900 Oswald Ottendorfer, journalist, born 1826, dies at New York City......Dec. 16, 1900 Governor Roosevelt removes District Attorney Asa Bird Gardiner, of New York, on charges, and appoints Eugene A. Philbin as his successor......Dec. 21, 1900 Governor Odell transmits to the legislature the report of the New York City charter revision with a message urging municipal economy......Jan. 21, 1901 Sing Sing prison is condemned by the State board of health......Jan. 30, 1901 Mayor Van Wyck vetoes the New York Police Commission bill on the ground that the clause bestowing upon the governor the power of removal is unconstit
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), South Carolina, (search)
sembly as an act, March 19, 1778, goes into effect......November, 1778 State Supreme Court declares the constitutions of 1776 and 1778 acts of General Assembly, which it could repeal or amend......1779 Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Lincoln takes command of all the forces to the southward; establishes his first post at Purysburg on the Savannah River......1779 President Lowndes lays a general embargo, and prohibits the sailing of vessels from any port of the State......1779 British under Major Gardiner driven from Port Royal Island by General Moultrie......Feb. 3, 1779 Americans repulsed at Stono Ferry......June 20, 1779 British fleet from New York against Charleston lands forces under Sir Henry Clinton 30 miles from the city......Feb. 11, 1780 Royal fleet commanded by Admiral Arbuthnot anchors near Fort Johnson on James Island......April 9, 1780 Governor Rutledge retires from Charleston northward......April 12, 1780 American cavalry surprised by British under Colonels T