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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Howe, William Wirt 1833- (search)
Howe, William Wirt 1833- Lawyer; born in Canandaigua, N. Y., in 1833; served in the Union army during the Civil War; studied law and practised in New Orleans, La.; and became judge of the chief criminal court of New Orleans, and associate justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana. He is author of Municipal history of New Orleans; and Studies in the Civil law.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lafayette, Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves Gilbert Motier, Marquis de 1757- (search)
, occupying the Lutheran church there as headquarters. General Howe sent General Grant to make a secret night march to gain the rear of the marquis (May 20), and the next morning Howe marched with about 6,000 men, commanded by Clinton and Knyphausugh they surprised him, and escaped across the Schuylkill. Howe was disappointed, for he was about to depart for England unone remained in arms, and these were closely pursued by General Howe. From that moment all the credit of the insurgents van its own fate was even dependent upon his. During that time Howe was only thinking of Philadelphia, and it was at the expens the Americans awaited the battle. The evening of Sept. 10 Howe advanced in two columns, and, by a very fine movement, the ternation. The Americans had lost from 1,000 to 1,200 men. Howe's army was composed of about 12,000 men. Their losses had y, he lost there the greatest part of his corps. At length Howe crossed the Schuylkill at Swede's Ford, and Lord Cornwallis
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lee, Charles 1731- (search)
ricans to submit to become slaves, he performed treasonable acts with a hope of accomplishing his ends. He wrote to Congress from Perth Amboy (Oct. 12, 1776) that Howe would not attack Washington, but would infallibly proceed against Philadelphia; and he sought to weaken the Continental army by dividing it, by inducing Congress to order Washington to send a part of his army to Trenton. At that very moment Howe was moving against Washington. (See page 340.) While the British were desolating New Jersey (November, 1776), and Washington, with his handful of troops, was powerless to prevent them, Lee, with a large reinforcement, persistently lingered on t suspicious circumstances. A letter which he had just written to Gates contained disparaging remarks on Washington's military character. His tender treatment by Howe, who at first regarded him as a deserter from the British army, was a matter of wonder; and when, after he had been exchanged and had rejoined the army at Valley F