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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 20 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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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1, Chapter 15: resignation from the army.-marriage to Miss Taylor.-Cuban visit.-winter in Washington.-President van Buren.-return to Brierfield, 1837. (search)
nators Thomas H. Benton from Missouri; his colleague, Dr. Lewis F. Linn; William Allen, Senator of Ohio; Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, and forty or fifty others. I introduced Lieutenant Davis to my friends. He was then on his way to his home in Mississippi from Havana, whither he had gone for his health. He soon won the high esteem and respect of the foremost men in the national capital. He was my guest when I seconded Jonathan Cilley, of Maine, in the great duel with William J. Graves, of Kentucky, in which Cilley was killed. On one occasion, that winter, Davis and I accompanied Dr. Linn, the Senator from Missouri, and Senator Allen, of Ohio, to a reception given by the Secretary of War. Dr. Linn and I returned home, leaving Senator Allen and Davis to return with John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, at Crittenden's request. After Dr. Linn and I got to bed, we heard the voice of Allen at a distance. He and Davis soon entered our room. Mr. Davis was bleeding p
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chesapeake Bay. (search)
Chesapeake Bay. At the mouth of this bay a contest took place between the British Admiral Graves and the French Admiral de Grasse, aiding the American colonies against Great Britain; the former was obliged to retire, Sept. 5, 1781. The Chesapeake and Delaware were blockaded by the British fleet in the War of 1812, and the bay was, at that period, the scene of hostilities, with various results. See State of Maryland; State of Virginia
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cilley, Jonathan 1802- (search)
; 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 immorali 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; the place, Bladensburg, Md.; and on the third shot Mr. Cilley fell, with a ball through his body. When the affair became known 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), Grasse-Tilly, Francois Joseph Paul, Count de 1723-1788 (search)
America, but did not suppose the whole fleet would take that direction. He thought it only necessary to reinforce Admiral Graves, so he sent Admiral Hood with fourteen ships-of-the-line for the purpose. He reached the Chesapeake (Aug. 25, 1781) before the French. Not finding Graves there, he proceeded to New York, where news had just arrived that the French squadron at Newport had gone to sea, plainly with intent to join the new French fleet. In the hope of cutting off one or the other of the French fleets before the junction could be effected, Graves sailed with the united British fleets, nineteen ships-of-the-line, and was astonished, when he arrived at the capes of Virginia, to find the French anchored within. De Grasse, also suro cover the arrival of the squadron from Newport. So a distant cannonade was kept up. De Barras entered the Chesapeake. Graves finding his vessels badly shattered, returned to New York to refit, leaving the French in undisturbed possession of the b
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
first abolition speech in Faneuil Hall, Boston, to protest against the murder of Elijah P. Lovejoy......Dec. 8, 1837 Col. Zachary Taylor defeats the Seminole Indians at Okeechobee Swamp, Fla.......Dec. 25, 1837 American steamer Caroline is attacked and burned by Canadian troops 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 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 g
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maine. (search)
, loading at Machias, is seized by a party of volunteers under Benjamin Foster and Jeremiah O'Brien; after capturing this prize O'Brien sails into the Bay of Fundy, and on his return captures a schooner and tender which were in search of the Margranetto......June, 1775 Col. Benedict Arnold, with a force of about 1,100 men, passes up the Kennebec to attack Quebec......September, 1775 Captain Mowatt arrives in Falmouth (now Portland) with four armed vessels, Oct. 17, with orders from Admiral Graves to destroy the town, which he burns......Oct. 18, 1775 Warren incorporated; first town on St. George River......Nov. 7, 1776 Fryeburg, scene of Lovewell's fight in 1725, incorporated......Jan. 11, 1777 Counties of York, Cumberland, and Lincoln, by vote of Congress, erected into the District of Maine ......1778 British General McLane and 900 troops take possession of the Peninsula of Major Biguyduce (now Castine), begin a fort, and station three sloops-of-war under Captain Mo
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Appendix. (search)
ment Infantry (became the Twenty-second regiment, which see). Second Heavy Artillery regiment (Home Artillery, or Virginia Home Artillery. Became Twenty-second battalion Virginia Infantry, May 23, 1862): Burwell, W. P., major; Pannill, Joseph, lieutenant-colonel; Tansill, Robert, colonel Second Cavalry battalion (transferred to Fifth Cavalry): Pate, H. Clay, lieutenant-colonel. Second Cavalry regiment (also called Thirtieth regiment): Breckinridge, Cary. major, lieutenant-colonel; Graves, William F., major; Langhorne, John S., major; Munford, Thomas T., lieutenantcol-onel, colonel; Radford, Richard Carlton Walker, colonel; Watts. James W., lieutenant-colonel. .Second battalion Reserves: Cook, Edward B., major; Guy, John H., major, lieutenant-colonel; Scruggs, D. E., major, lieutenant-colonel; Waller, Richard P., lieutenant-colonel. Second Infantry regiment: Allen, James W., colonel; Botts, Lawson, major, lieutenant-colonel, colonel; Colston, Raleigh T., major, lieuten
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical (search)
ears with Henry St. George Tucker, and in 1828 removed to Nashville, Tenn., for the practice of his profession. Returning to Accomack in 1831, he soon became prominent politically, and in 1833, as a supporter of Jackson, was elected to Congress, the contest at the polls being followed by a duel in which his opponent for Congress was wounded. He was re-elected in 1835 and again in 1837, and was a zealous advocate of the admission of Texas. In 1837 he acted as second in a duel between William J. Graves, of Kentucky, and Jonathan Cilley, of Maine, both congressmen, in which Cilley was killed, and Wise was made to suffer much of the opprobrium of the unfortunate affair. He was very influential in causing the nomination of John Tyler for vice-president and exerted considerable power under his administration. Tyler appointed him minister to France, but the Senate objecting, he was appointed to Brazil in 1844, and remained there until 1847. He was a Democratic elector in 1848 and 1850