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te. At one time Jones's schooner was attacked by fifteen barges. The British captured the tender Alligator early in the contest and finally, by the force of overwhelming numbers, they gained a victory. which gave them undisputed command of Lake Borgne. The triumph cost them about 300 men killed and wounded. The Americans lost six men killed and thirty-five wounded. Among the latter were Lieutenants Jones, McKeever, Parker, and Speddon. The British commander, Locker, was severely wounded: so, also, was Lieutenant Pratt, the officer who, under the direction of Admiral Cockburn, set fire to the public buildings in Washington, D. C. Several of the British barges were shattered and sunk. the lighter transports, filled with troops, immediately entered Lake Borgne. Ship after ship got aground, until at length the troops were all placed in small boats and conveyed about 30 miles to Pea Island, at the mouth of the Pearl River, where General Keane organized his forces for future action.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
, dies at Bridgeport, Conn.......April 7, 1891 Patent centennial opened in Washington by President Harrison......April 8, 1891 President Harrison and party leave Washington for an extended trip in the South and West......April 14, 1891 Resignation of Senator John H. Reagan, of Texas, to take effect June 10......April 24, 1891 China formally objects to Henry W. Blair as minister from the United States because of his speech in Congress against the Chinese......April 28, 1891 Charles Pratt, philanthropist, born. 1830, dies at New York City......May 4, 1891 United States marshal, at the request of Chilean minister, seizes the Chilean insurgent transport Itata at San Diego, Cal.......May 6, 1891 Itata sails from San Diego, carrying off the United States deputy marshal......May 7, 1891 [The marshal was landed some 8 miles south of San Diego, and the Itata took from the American schooner Robert and Minnie a cargo of arms shipped from Ilion, N. Y.] United States
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
27, dies suddenly at a banquet at Delmonico's, New York......Jan. 29, 1891 Board of regents of the University adopt a plan for university extension under a university extension council of five representatives of colleges to be appointed annually......Feb. 11, 1891 Gen. William T. Sherman, born 1820, dies at New York......Feb. 14, 1891 Ex-Gov. Lucius Robinson dies at Elmira, aged eighty-one......March 23, 1891 Ground broken for Grant monument in New York......April 27, 1891 Charles Pratt, philanthropist, born 1830, dies at New York......May 4, 1891 School-children of the State choose the rose as State flower by a vote of: Rose, 294,816; golden-rod, 206,402; majority, 88,414......May 8, 1891 Benson John Lossing, historian, born 1813, dies at Chestnut Ridge, Dutchess county......June 3, 1891 Chauncey Vibbard, called the father of the American railway, dies at Macon, Ga.......June 5, 1891 Statue of Henry Ward Beecher unveiled at Brooklyn......June 24, 1891 Fo