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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Olney , Stephen 1755 -1832 (search)
Olney, Stephen 1755-1832
Military officer; born in North Providence, R. I., in October, 1755; brother of Jeremiah Olney; entered the army as a lieutenant in his brother's company in 1775, and served with distinction in several of the principal battles of the Revolutionary War. He served under Lafayette in Virginia, and was distinguished in the capture of a British redoubt at Yorktown during the siege, where he was severely wounded by a bayonet-thrust.
Colonel Olney held many town offices, and for twenty years represented his native town in the Assembly.
He died in North Providence, R. I., Nov. 23, 1832.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Patton , Jacob Harris 1812 - (search)
Patton, Jacob Harris 1812-
Author; born in Fayette county, Pa., May 20, 1812; graduated at Jefferson College, Pa., in 1839; and at the Union Theological Seminary in 1846; was principal of a private classical school in New York in 1846-87.
His publications include Four hundred years of American history; Natural resources of the United States; Yorktown, 1781-1881; The Democratic party, its history and influence; A brief history of the Presbyterian Church in the United States: political parties in the United States, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Porter , Fitz-john 1822 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Prevalaye , Pierre Dimas , Marquis de (search)
Prevalaye, Pierre Dimas, Marquis de
Naval officer; born near Brest, France, in 1745; joined the navy in 1760; participated in the American Revolutionary War; served under d'estaing at Newport in 1778; had charge of the batteries in the siege of Savannah in October, 1779, was with De Grasse at Yorktown; and was promoted rear-admiral in 1815.
His publications include Memoir on the campaign of Boston in 1778; Memoir of the naval and army operations of Count d'estaing during the American War, etc. He died near Brest, July 28, 1816.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Revolutionary War, (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rochambeau , Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur , Count de 1725 -1807 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), St.-Simon , Claude Anne , Marquis de 1743 - (search)
St.-Simon, Claude Anne, Marquis de 1743-
Military officer; born in the Castle of La Faye, Spain, in 1743; learned the art of gunnery and fortifications at Strasburg; distinguished himself in Flanders: and was chief of the body-guard of the King of Poland in 1758.
After various services in Europe, he came to America with De Grasse, at the head of French troops, and assisted in the siege of Yorktown in 1781.
In 1789 he was a deputy in the States-General.
Being a native of Spain, he returned to the service of that country, and assisted in the defence of Madrid in 1808.
He was made prisoner and condemned to death, but the sentence
Claude Anne St.-Simon. was commuted to exile.
After Ferdinand VII.
was re-established on the throne (1814), St.-Simon returned to Spain, and was made captain-general and grandee.
He died Jan. 3, 1819.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sampson , Deborah 1760 -1827 (search)
Sampson, Deborah 1760-1827
Heroine; born in Plympton, mass., Dec. 17, 1760; was moved by patriotic feeling to disguise her sex and enter the Continental army when less than eighteen years old. Under the name of Robert Shurtleff she joined the 4th Massachusetts Regiment and served for three years in the ranks; received a sabre-cut in the temple in an action near Tarrytown; and soon afterwards was shot in the shoulder.
During the campaign around Yorktown she had an attack of brain fever, and was taken to a hospital in Philadelphia, where her sex was discovered.
Upon her recovery she was sent to Washington, who gave her an honorable discharge, some advice, and a purse of money.
After the war she was invited to the capital, and congress voted her a grant of lands and a pension.
She wrote an autobiography entitled The Female review.
She died in Sharon, Mass., April 29, 1827.