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L. P. Brockett, Women's work in the civil war: a record of heroism, patriotism and patience 7 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
, 1777 Act of attainder of enemies of American liberty as traitors, and confiscating their estates, passes the Assembly......March 1, 1778 Executive council invests the governor with sole executive power independent of council......April 16, 1778 British under Colonel Prevost advance north into Georgia to join Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell, who sailed from New York......Nov. 27, 1778 Campbell anchors off Tybee......Dec. 27, 1778 Campbell lands, attacks rear of Americans under General Howe, who retreats across the Savannah, abandoning the city. American loss, nearly 100 killed and wounded, thirty drowned in swamps, seven officers, 416 non-commissioned officers and privates taken prisoners. British loss, two captains and five privates killed, eight privates wounded......Dec. 29, 1778 Colonel Campbell takes possession of Cherokee Hill and Ebenezer......Jan. 1-2, 1779 Major Lane surrenders garrison at Sunbury to Prevost......Jan. 9, 1779 Augusta surrendered to Briti
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
...April 18, 1775 Major Pitcairn, with the advance at Lexington, about 12 miles northwest from Boston, is met by about sixty militia under Captain Parker; here the first collision takes place between British troops and Americans, early in the morning of......April 19, 1775 George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of the American forces by the Continental Congress......June 15, 1775 General Gage (lately reinforced) has at Boston about 10,000 men; Generals Clinton, Burgoyne, and Howe are also there......June, 1775 Massachusetts council of war decides to fortify Bunker Hill......June 16, 1775 Observing these works, General Gage attempts to prevent their completion; the British troops, 3,000 strong, under Sir William Howe and Gen. Robert Pigot, attack the Americans about 3 P. M.......June 17, 1775 The loss of the Americans was 115 killed (among them Dr. Joseph Warren, who had just been appointed major-general), 305 wounded, and thirty captured; British loss was 226
L. P. Brockett, Women's work in the civil war: a record of heroism, patriotism and patience, chapter 8 (search)
efforts for the establishment of hospitals for the sick and wounded in the Northwest co-operation with Mrs. Harvey and Mrs. Howe the Harvey Hospital at Natchez and Vicksburg other appeals for Northern hospitals at Huntsville with Mrs. Bickerdyk, she joined Mrs. Governor Harvey, who was striving to obtain a State Hospital for Wisconsin. Here she proposed to Senator T. O. Howe to draft a petition to the President, praying for the establishment of such hospitals. Judge Howe was greatly pleaJudge Howe was greatly pleased to comply, and accordingly drew up the petition to which Mrs. Howe and others obtained over eight thousand names. Mrs. Harvey desired Mrs. Porter to accompany her to Washington with the petition, but she declined, and Mrs. Harvey went alone, anMrs. Howe and others obtained over eight thousand names. Mrs. Harvey desired Mrs. Porter to accompany her to Washington with the petition, but she declined, and Mrs. Harvey went alone, and as the result of her efforts, succeeded in the establishment of the Harvey Hospital at Madison, Wisconsin. Other parties took up the matter in Illinois, and Mrs. Porter returned to her beloved work at the South, visiting Natchez and Vicksburg.