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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McLane, Allan (search)
first a lieutenant in Caesar Rodney's regiment; joined the army under Washington in 1776, and distinguished himself at the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, and Princeton; was made a captain in 1777; commanded the outposts of the Continental army around Philadelphia while that city was occupied by the British (1777-78); and was made major of the infantry of Lee's Legion. While in service under Gen. Henry Lee (q. v.), he discovered and reported the weakness of the garrison at Stony Point, and promoted its capture on July 16, 1779. He also revealed the weakness of the garrison at Paulus's Hook, and participated in the brilliant affair there, Aug. 19, 1779. His personal courage and strength were remarkable. In an encounter, near Frankford, Pa., with three British dragoons, he killed one, wounded another, and caused the third to flee for his life. After the war he held prominent civil postsnamely, member of the Assembly of Delaware, and its speaker; six years a privy cou
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Matthews, Edward 1729-1805 (search)
of deposit of Virginia agricultural productions, especially tobacco. They captured and burned not less than 130 merchant vessels in the James and Elizabeth rivers, an unfinished Continental frigate on the stocks at Portsmouth, and eight ships-ofwar on the stocks at Gosport, a short distance above Portsmouth, where the Virginians had established a navy-yard. So sudden and powerful was the attack, that very little resistance was made by Fort Nelson, below Portsmouth, or by the Virginia militia. Matthews carried away or destroyed a vast amount of tobacco and other property, estimated, in the aggregate, at $2,000,000. Afterwards he assisted in the capture of Verplanck's and Stony Point. Appointed major-general, he was stationed at or near New York, and returned to England in 1780; was commander-in-chief of the forces in the West Indies in 1782, and the next year was governor of Grenada and the Caribbean Islands. In 1797 he became a general. He died in Hants, England, Dec. 26, 1805.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Medals. (search)
, 1776Gen. George WashingtonCapture of BostonGold. Nov. 4, 1777Brig.-Gen. Horatio GatesDefeat of BurgoyneGold. July 26, 1779Maj.-Gen. Anthony WayneStorming of Stony PointGold. July 26, 1779Lieut.-Col. De FleuryStorming of Stony PointSilver. July 26, 1779Maj. John StewartStorming of Stony PointSilver. Sept. 24, 1779Maj. Henry LStony PointSilver. July 26, 1779Maj. John StewartStorming of Stony PointSilver. Sept. 24, 1779Maj. Henry LeeSurprise of Paulus HookGold. Nov. 3, 1780John PauldingCapture of AndreSilver. Nov. 3, 1780David WilliamsCapture of AndreSilver. Nov. 3, 1780Isaac Van WartCapture of AndreSilver. March 9, 1781Brig.-Gen. Daniel MorganVictory of the CowpensGold. March 9, 1781Lieut.-Col. William A. WashingtonVictory of the CowpensSilver. March Stony PointSilver. Sept. 24, 1779Maj. Henry LeeSurprise of Paulus HookGold. Nov. 3, 1780John PauldingCapture of AndreSilver. Nov. 3, 1780David WilliamsCapture of AndreSilver. Nov. 3, 1780Isaac Van WartCapture of AndreSilver. March 9, 1781Brig.-Gen. Daniel MorganVictory of the CowpensGold. March 9, 1781Lieut.-Col. William A. WashingtonVictory of the CowpensSilver. March 9, 1781Lieut.-Col. John E. HowardVictory of the CowpensSilver. Oct. 29, 1781Maj.-Gen. Nathanael GreeneVictory at Eutaw SpringsGold. Oct. 16, 1787Capt. John Paul JonesCapture of the Serapis, 1779Gold. March 29, 1800Capt. Thomas TruxtonAction with the Vengeance (French）Gold. March 3, 1805Com. Edward PrebleTripoliGold. Jan. 29, 1
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel 1746- (search)
a Virginia colonel, read his commission as such, and ordered drummers to beat up for recruits. Nearly all the able-bodied men of his parish responded, and became soldiers of the 8th Virginia (German) regiment. He had been an active patriot in civil life, and was efficient in military service. In February, 1777, he was made brigadier-general, and took charge of the Virginia line, under Washington. He was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, and was at the capture of Stony Point. He was in chief command in Virginia in 1781, until the arrival of Steuben; and was second in command to Lafayette in resisting the invasion of the State by Cornwallis. At the siege of Yorktown (q. v.) he commanded a brigade of light infantry, and was made a major-general at the close of the war. Removing to Pennsylvania, he was elected a member of the council, and, in 1785, vice-president of the State. He was a member of Congress much of the time from 1789 to 1801, and in 1801-2 was U
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Posey, Thomas 1750- (search)
, and was quartermaster to Lewis's division in Dunmore's army in 1774. He raised a company in Virginia, and assisted in the defeat of Dunmore at Gwyn's Island. He joined Washington, in New Jersey, early in 1777; was transferred to Morgan's rifle regiment, and with it did valuable service on Bemis's Heights and at Saratoga. He commanded the regiment in the spring of 1778, and was finally placed in command of a battalion of Febiger's regiment, under Wayne, participating in the capture of Stony Point in July, 1779, where he was one of the first to enter the works. Colonel Posey was at the surrender of Yorktown, and was afterwards with Wayne until the evacuation of Savannah, in 1782. In February, 1793, he was made brigadier-general; settled in Kentucky; became State Senator and lieutenant-governor; was major-general of Kentucky levies in 1809; and United States Senator in 1812-13. He succeeded Harrison as governor of Indiana Territory in March, 1813; and in 1816 was made agent for
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Putnam, Rufus 1738-1824 (search)
he displayed in casting up defences at Roxbury caused Washington to recommend him to Congress as superior, as an engineer, to any of the Frenchmen then employed in that service. He was appointed chief engineer (August, 1776), but soon afterwards left that branch of the service to take command of a Massachusetts regiment. He was with the Northern army in 1777, and in 1778 he, with General Putnam, superintended the construction of the fortifications at West Point. After the capture of Stony Point he commanded a regiment in Wayne's brigade, and served to the end of the campaign. He was made a brigadier-general in 1783. He was aide to General Lincoln in quelling Shays's insurrection (1787), and in 1788, as superintendent of the Ohio Company, he founded Marietta, the Rufus Putnam. first permanent settlement in the eastern part of the Northwest Territory. He was judge of the Superior Court of that Territory in 1789, and was a brigadier-general in Wayne's campaign against the Indi
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), Scott, Charles 1733- (search)
ny in the battle of the Monongahela, where Braddock was defeated in 1755. When the Revolutionary War broke out, he raised and commanded the first company organized south of the James River for the Continental service. On Aug. 12, 1776, he was appointed colonel, and was distinguished at Trenton and in the battle of Princeton; and just a year later he was promoted to brigadier-general. He was the last officer to leave the field at Monmouth in 1778. He was conspicuous in the storming of Stony Point, under Wayne, in 1779, and the next year was with Lincoln, at Charleston, where he was made prisoner. He was closely confined for a while, to the injury of his health. He was released on his parole near the close of the war, when he was exchange. In 1785 General Scott settled in Woodford, Ky., and in 1791, as brigadier-general of the Kentucky levies, led an expedition into the Ohio country, and participated in the events of St. Clair's defeat. He was afterwards successful in an expedi
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-ws 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 suflag was hauled down. Wayne the editors of wrote to Washington: Stony Point, 16th July, 1779, 2 A. M. Dear General,—The fort and garrison, wed on the night of July 18. The British repossessed themselves Stony Point on the 20th. Congress gave the thanks of the nation to the bravyne 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
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
aged by Indians and Tories......Oct. 16, 1778 Cherry Valley ravaged by Indians and Tories......Nov. 11-12, 1778 Sir Henry Clinton captures Verplanck's and Stony Point......June, 1779 Stony Point surprised and captured, with 500 prisoners, by Gen. Anthony Wayne......July 16, 1779 General Sullivan leaves the Wyoming ValleStony Point surprised and captured, with 500 prisoners, by Gen. Anthony Wayne......July 16, 1779 General Sullivan leaves the Wyoming Valley with a force of 3,000 men, July 31, on an expedition against the Six Nations. He is joined at Tioga Point, Aug. 22, by Gen. James Clinton, with 1,600 men......Aug. 29, 1779 [In the course of three weeks the troops destroy forty Indian villages and extensive fields of grain.] Verplanck's and Stony Point evacuated by the BriStony Point evacuated by the British......October, 1779 Command in the Highlands of the Hudson, with the works at West Point, is given to Gen. Benedict Arnold......Aug. 3, 1780 Maj. John Andre, adjutant-general of the British army, lands from the British sloop-of-war Vulture, and meets General Arnold on the night of......Sept. 21, 1780 Attempting to retu
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