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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Flag, National. (search)
or of first The National flag. displaying the national flag in a port of Great Britain. He arrived in the Downs, with it flying at the fore, Feb. 3, 1783. That flag was first carried to the East Indian seas in the Enterprise (an Albanybuilt vessel), Capt. Stewart Dean, in 1785. When Vermont and Kentucky were added to the union of States the flag was altered. By an act of Congress (Jan. 13, 1794) the number of the stripes and stars in the flag was increased from thirteen to fifteen. The act went into effect May 1, 1795. From that time until 1818, when there were twenty States, the number of the stars and stripes remained the same. A committee appointed to revise the standard invited Capt. Samuel C. Reid, the brave defender of the privateer Armstrong, to devise a new flag. He retained the original thirteen stripes, but added a star for every State. That has been the device of the flag of the United States ever since. In 1901 the field of the flag contained forty-five stars.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), General Armstrong, the (search)
than he suspected. They poured heavy shot into each other, and for a while the fight was very obstinate, within pistol-shot distance. Champlin was wounded and his vessel severely bruised, but, getting free from the Coquette by a vigorous use of sweeps, the Armstrong escaped under a heavy fire from her antagonist. The Tammany Society of New York gave the captain an elegant sword, and voted thanks to his companions in the fight. In 1814 the General Armstrong was under the command of Capt. Samuel C. Reid, and in September she was in the harbor of Fayal, one of the islands of the Azores, belonging to Portugal. It was a neutral port, and Reid did not expect to be disturbed there by British vessels. He was mistaken. On the 26th Commodore Lloyd appeared off the harbor with his flag-ship, the Plantagenet, seventy-four guns; the frigate Rota, forty-four, Captain Somerville; and the brig Carnation, eighteen, Captain Bentham; each with a full complement of men. the Armstrong had only sev
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Privateering, (search)
a, and Charleston, was thirty-five. The remainder went out from other ports. The clippers were the fastest sailors and most successful of the privateers. These were mostly built at Baltimore, or for parties in that city, and were known as Baltimore clippers. They were schooners with raking masts. They usually carried from six to ten guns, with a single long one, which was called Long Tom, mounted on a swivel in the centre. They were usually manned with fifty persons besides officers, all armed with muskets, cutlasses, and boarding pikes, and commissioned to burn, sink, and destroy the property of the enemy, either on the high seas or in his ports. A complete history of American privateering would fill several volumes; an outline of it is contained in Coggeshall's History of American privateers. The most famous and desperate combat recorded in the history of American privateering is that of the General Armstrong, Capt. S. C. Reid, in September, 1814. See General Armstrong, the.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Reid, Samuel Chester 1783-1861 (search)
Reid, Samuel Chester 1783-1861 Naval officer; born in Norwich, Conn., August 25, 1783; went to sea when only eleven years of age, and was captured by a French privateer and kept a prisoner six months. Acting midshipman under Commodore Truxtun, he became enamoured of the naval service, and when the War of 1812-15 broke out he eering. He comhanded the General Armstrong in 1814, and with her fought one of the most remarkable of recorded battles, at Fayal (see General Armstrong, the). Captain Reid was appointed sailing-master in the navy, and held that office till his death. He was also warden of the port of New York. Captain Reid was the inventor of ted sailing-master in the navy, and held that office till his death. He was also warden of the port of New York. Captain Reid was the inventor of the signal telegraph that communicated with Sandy Hook from the Narrows, and it was he who designed the present form of the United States flag. He died in New York City, Jan. 28, 1861.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Reid, Whitelaw (search)
Reid, Whitelaw Journalist; born near Xenia, O., Oct. 27, 1837; graduated at Miami University in 1856; and soon after- Samuel Chester Reid. Whitelaw Reid wards began his connection with the press and with politics. As war correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette he attracted attention by his graphic and accurate descriptions over the signature of Agate. After a short experience in cotton-plant---ing, he began, in 1868, his long association with the New York Tribune. He succeeded Greeley in 1872 in the editorship, and soon became the chief owner. Though influential in party politics, he held no office until 1889, when he accepted the position of United States minister to France. Returning in 1892, he was associated with Benjamin Harrison on the Republican ticket as candidate for Vice-President. He was a special commissioner of the United States at Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1897, and one of the American commissioners to negotiate peace with Spain at the close of the war o
The Daily Dispatch: January 31, 1861., [Electronic resource], Death of a Naval hero. (search)
Death of a Naval hero. Captain Samuel Chester Reid died in New York on the 28th inst. He was born in New London, Ct., in 1784, and was famous as the hero of the wonderful defence of the privateicitations of the Governor of the Island, as well as that of the American Consul at the port, Captain Reid scuttled her, and went on shore with the gallant fellows under his command. The privateer was soon after boarded by the English and blown up. Captain Reid was confined to about a dozen men in killed and wounded, while the English had, according to their own calculation, one hundred and tf this action was received all over the country with the greatest rejoicing, and subsequently Captain Reid was presented by the State of New York with a gold sword, in company with Gen. Scott, Peter B. In addition to this gift, he received from the city a service of silver plate. It was Captain Reid who gave the flag of the Union its present form by placing all the stars in the form of one l