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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 63 | 3 | Browse | Search |
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10 | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 3 | 1 | Browse | Search |
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: December 20, 1860., [Electronic resource] | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gilmore , James Roberts 1823 - (search)
Gilmore, James Roberts 1823-
Author; born in Boston, Mass., Sept. 10, 1823; turned his attention to literary work.
In July, 1864, with Colonel Jaquess he was sent on an unofficial mission to the Confederate government to see if peace could be established.
Jefferson Davis gave answer that no proposition of peace would be considered except the independence of the Confederacy.
The result of this mission was the destruction of the Northern peace party and the certainty of Lincoln's re-election.
Mr. Gilmore's publications include My Southern friends; Down in Tennessee; Life of Garfield; The rear-guard of the Revolution; Among the Pines (a novel which had a remarkable sale) ; John Sevier as a commonwealth builder; The advance-guard of Western civilization, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), King's Mountain , battle on (search)
King's Mountain, battle on
Maj. Patrick Ferguson was sent by Lord Cornwallis to embody the Tory militia among the mountains west of the Broad River.
Many profligate men joined his standard, and he crossed the river at the Cherokee Ford, Oct. 1, 1780, and encamped among the hills of King's Mountain, near the line between North and South Carolina, with 1,500 men. Several corps of Whig militia, under Colonels Shelby, Sevier, Campbell, and others, united to oppose Ferguson, and on Oct. 7 they fell upon his camp among a cluster of high, wooded, gravelly hills of King's Mountain.
A severe engagement ensued, and the British forces were totally defeated.
Ferguson was slain, and 300 of his men were killed or wounded.
The spoils of victory were 800 prisoners and 1,500 stand of arms.
The loss of the Americans was twenty men. The event was to Cornwallis what the defeat of the British near Bennington was to Burgoyne.
Among the prisoners were some of the most cruel Tories of the western C
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Putman , Albigence Waldo 1799 -1869 (search)
Putman, Albigence Waldo 1799-1869
Author born in Marietta, O., March 11, 1799; was admitted to the bar and practised in Mississippi till 1836, when he removed to Nashville, Tenn. His publications inelude History of Middle Tennessee; Life and times of Gen. James Robertson; and Life of Gen. John Sevier in Wheeler's His-tory of North Carolina. He died in Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 20, 1869.
Sevier, John 1745-
Pioneer; born in Rockingham county, Va., Sept. 23, 1745; went to the Holston River, east Tennessee, with an exploring party, in 1769, and built Fort Watauga; was in the battle of Point Pleasant; settled in North Carolina; was a member of its legislature in 1777; fought the Indians on the frontiers; and was one of the leaders (as colonel) in the battle at King's Mountain (q. v. ). For his services there he was rewarded by North Carolina with public thanks and a sword.
He was afterwards attached to Marion's command, and was a brigadiergeneral at the close of the war. Sevier was active among the secessionists of western North Carolina, who formed the independent State of Frankland (q. v. ), over which he was elected governor in 1784.
When Tennessee was organized, in 1788, he was governor until 1801.
He was again governor from 1803 to 1809, and in 1811 he was a member of Congress.
In 1815 he accepted a mission to the Creek Indians, and died while in performance
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Thomas , Isaac 1735 -1819 (search)
Thomas, Isaac 1735-1819
Scout; born in Virginia about 1735; settled among the Cherokee Indians in 1755.
He warned Gen. John Sevier and James Robertson at Watauga, Va., on May 30, 1776, of an intended attack by the Indians.
About the middle of July he joined the small force of forty in the fort at Watauga, and with them repulsed the assault of Oconosta.
Later he led the party that invaded the Indian country.
He was guide to General Sevier for twenty years in almost all of his numerous mCherokee Indians in 1755.
He warned Gen. John Sevier and James Robertson at Watauga, Va., on May 30, 1776, of an intended attack by the Indians.
About the middle of July he joined the small force of forty in the fort at Watauga, and with them repulsed the assault of Oconosta.
Later he led the party that invaded the Indian country.
He was guide to General Sevier for twenty years in almost all of his numerous movements against the Creeks and Cherokees.
He died in Sevierville, Tenn., in 1819.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Watauga commonwealth, the (search)