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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ford, Paul Leicester (search)
Ford, Paul Leicester Author; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1865; has published the The true George Washington; The many-sided Franklin; the political novels, The honorable Peter Sterling, and Janice Meredith; and has edited the writings of Christopher Columbus, .Thomas Jefferson, and John Dickinson; Bibliography of works written by and relating to Alexander Hamilton, and Essays on the Constitution of the United States.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Navy of the United States (search)
osite gunboatComp.1,008S.6 Princeton1,000Composite gunboatComp.800S.6 Fourth rate a, Estimatedb, Secondary battery.c, Main battery. Ajaxa7,500CollierS.3,000S.b2 Glaciera7,000Refrigerator-shipS......S.b3 Celtic6,428Supply-shipS.1,890S... Culgoaa6,300Supply-shipS.al,500.... Saturna6,220CollierI.1,500S.b2 Rainbow6,206Distilling-shipS.1,800S... Arethusaa6,200Tank steamerS.....S... Alexander6,181CollierS.1,026S.b2 Iris6,100Distilling-shipS.1,300S... Brutusa6,000CollierS.1,200S.b2 Sterling5,663CollierI.a926S.b2 Caesar5,016CollierS.1,500S.b4 Nero4,925CollierS.1,000S.b4 Nanshana4,827CollierS......... Abarenda4,670CollierS.1,050S.b4 Supply4,460Supply-shipI.1,069S.b2 Marcellusa4,400CollierI.1,200S.b2 Hannibal4,291CollierS.1,100S.b2 Leonidas4,242CollierS.1,100S.b2 Lebanon3,375CollierI......S.b4 Justin3,300CollierS......S.b2 Southerya3,100CollierI......S.b2 Pompeya3,085CollierS......S.b2 Zafiroa2,000Supply-shipS.......... General Alava1,400TransportS.770S.b4 Yankton9
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
1776, when it takes the name Convention of the Representatives of the State of New York, meeting at Kingston.] One sloop, three schooners, and five smaller boats, carrying fifty-eight guns and eighty-six swivels, built at Whitehall by the Americans to control Lake Champlain; manned by about 400 men......Aug. 22, 1776 Lord Howe lands 10,000 men and forty guns near Gravesend, L. I.......Aug. 22, 1776 Americans under General Sullivan defeated by General Howe, and Generals Sullivan and Sterling taken prisoners; battle of Long Island......Aug. 27, 1776 General Washington withdraws his forces to the city of New York from Long Island......Aug. 29-30, 1776 British use condemned hulks moored in Wallabout Bay as prison-ships; it is estimated that 11,400 American prisoners died in them during six years beginning......1776 New York City evacuated, occupied by the British......Sept. 14, 1776 Battle of Harlem Heights; British repulsed......Sept. 16, 1776 Nathan Hale executed
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washington, Fort, capture of (search)
e morning of the 16th Howe opened a severe cannonade from the heights on the Westchester shore. Under its cover the attack was made in four columns. Knyphausen, with his Germans, moved up from the flats along the rough hills nearest the Hudson. At the same time Lord Percy led a division of English and German troops to attack the lines on the south. General Mathews, supported by Lord Cornwallis, crossed the Harlem near King's Bridge, with guards, light infantry, and grenadiers; while Colonel Sterling, with Highlanders, crossed at a point a little above the present High Bridge. The outworks of the fort were defended on the north by Colonel Rawlings, with Maryland riflemen and militia from Mercer's Flying Camp, under Colonel Baxter. The lines towards New York were defended by Pennsylvanians, commanded by Col. Lambert Cadwalader. Magaw commanded in the fort. Rawlings and Baxter occupied redoubts on heavily wooded hills. By a simultaneous attack at all points, the battle was very