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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Matthews , Edward 1729 -1805 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Medals. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Muhlenberg , John Peter Gabriel 1746 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Putnam , Rufus 1738 -1824 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Robinson , Sir Frederick Phillipse 1763 -1852 (search)
Robinson, Sir Frederick Phillipse 1763-1852
Military officer; son of Beverly, the loyalist, born in the Hudson Highlands in September, 1763.
In 1777, though only fourteen years of age, he was made ensign of his father's regiment of American loyalists.
He was wounded and made prisoner at the capture of Stony Point.
He left the United States with his father in 1783, and served in the West Indies, Spain, and Canada, rising to the rank of general in 1841.
He commanded a brigade at the battle of Vittoria, Spain; was wounded at the siege of St. Sebastian; and at the close of the Peninsular War went to Canada as commander-in-chief of the forces there, and was engaged in the events of the War of 1812-15. General Robinson was Governor of Upper Canada in 1815-16, and in the former year was knighted.
He received the Grand Cross in 1838.
He died in Brighton, England, Jan. 1, 1852.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stony Point , capture of (search)
Stony Point, capture of
The unfinished fort at Stony Point at the King's Ferry, on the Hudson, was seized by the British on May 30, 1779Stony Point at the King's Ferry, on the Hudson, was seized by the British on May 30, 1779.
The fort stood upon a rocky promontory, connected with the mainland by a tide-submerged causeway across a narrow marsh—an island at high-w s forced their way through every obstacle, until the
Battle of Stony Point. van of each column met in the centre of the work.
Wayne had been hit on the of
View of Stony Point from the Southwest. head and stunned by a musket-ball, but speedily recovered.
The garrison soon su flag was hauled down.
Wayne the editors of wrote to Washington: Stony Point, 16th July, 1779, 2 A. M. Dear General,—The fort and garrison, w ed on the night of July 18.
The British repossessed themselves Stony Point on the 20th.
Congress gave the thanks of the nation to the brav yne and a silver medal to Stewart and De Fleury.
The capture of Stony Point was regarded as one of the most brilliant as well as the most im