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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Borgne, Lake , battle on. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jones , Thomas Ap Catesby 1789 -1858 (search)
Jones, Thomas Ap Catesby 1789-1858
Naval officer; born in Virginia, in 1789; entered the navy in 1805.
From 1808 to 1812 he was engaged in the Gulf of Mexico in the suppression of piracy, smuggling, and the slave-trade.
He fought the British flotilla on Lake Borgne late in 1814, when he was wounded and made captive.
He commanded the Pacific squadron in 1842.
He died in Georgetown, D. C., May 30, 1858.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Villereas plantation , battle of. (search)