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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 22. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 0 Browse Search
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 2 0 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 1: The Opening Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Schussele, Christian 1824-1879 (search)
Schussele, Christian 1824-1879 Artist; born in Guebvillers, Alsace, April 16, 1824; came to the United States about 1848; was Professor of Drawing and Painting in the Pennsylvania Academy in 1868-79. His principal works include Franklin before the Lords in council; Men of progress, Zeisberger preaching to the Indians; Washington at Valley Forge; and McClellan at Antietam. He died in Merchantville, N. J., Aug. 20, 1879.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Smith, Samuel 1752- (search)
g Island; was distinguished on Harlem Plains; and was wounded at White Plains. Captain Smith was in the retreat of Washington to the Delaware late in 1776; was lieutenant-colonel of a Maryland regiment in 1777; fought at Brandywine; and immediately afterwards was placed in command of Fort Mifflin, which weak and exposed work he gallantly defended from Sept. 26 to Nov. 11 against a British naval and land force; and in that affray was severely wounded. In the ensuing winter he suffered at Valley Forge; took an active part in the battle of Monmouth; and continued to do duty as a colonel of militia until the end of the war. Having lost his fortune during three years service, lie was compelled to resign his Continental commission late in 1778. He served a short time as Secretary of the Navy under Jefferson, and as major-general of Maryland troops did good service in the defence of Baltimore in 1814. General Smith was a member of Congress, either as Representative or United States Senator
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Steuben, Frederick William Augustus, Baron von 1730- (search)
adjutant-general the next year. In 1761 he was sent prisoner to St. Petersburg, but was soon released, and in 1762 was placed on the staff of Frederick the Great of Prussia. In 1764 he was appointed grand-marshal and general of the guard of the Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, who made him a knight of the Order of Fidelity. Leaving an ample income, he came to America late in Baron Von Steuben. 1777 (arriving at Portsmouth, N. H., in November), and joined the army under Washington at Valley Forge. He was appointed inspector-general of the army with the rank of majorgeneral in March, 1778, and fought as a volunteer in the battle of Monmouth in June. Steuben introduced thorough discipline in the army, and prepared a manual of tactics which was approved by Congress. He Steuben's log-house. commanded in Virginia in 1781, and was distinguished at Yorktown in October. The State of New Jersey gave him a small farm at the close of the war, and the State of New York gave him 16,00
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Thanksgiving day (search)
3, 1781; Thursday, April 25, 1782. These eight several appointments of thanksgiving days were made by the Continental Congress, in the form of recommendations to the executive heads of the several State governments, reciting the occasion which prompted the observance. With only one exception, Congress suspended business on the days appointed for thanksgiving. Washington issued a proclamation for a general thanksgiving by the Continental army on Thursday, Dec. 18, 1777; and again, at Valley Forge, May 7, 1778. As President, Washington appointed Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789, a day for general thanksgiving throughout the Union; also Thursday, Feb. 19, 1795. Successive Presidents of the United States were moved to do likewise, from time to time. The Book of common on prayer, revised (1789) for the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America, directed the first Thursday of November (unless another day be appointed by the civil authorities) to be observed as a day of thanksgiving t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pennsylvania, (search)
27, 1777 Battle of Germantown......Oct. 4, 1777 Successful defence of Forts Mifflin and Mercer......Oct. 22-23, 1777 British in possession of the defences of the Delaware......Nov. 20, 1777 American army go into winter quarters at Valley Forge, on the Schuylkill......Dec. 19, 1777 Battle of the kegs ......Jan. 5, 1778 Affair at Barren Hill......May 20, 1778 British evacuate Philadelphia and retire across the Delaware through New Jersey towards New York......June 18, 1778 Wav. Henry M. Hoyt dies at Wilkesbarre......Dec. 1, 1892 Agitation regarding the desecration of the battle-field of Gettysburg by electric cars for carrying sight-seers......1893 Twenty-five thousand dollars appropriated to buy the land at Valley Forge, used by the Continental army......1893 Free text-books authorized and $500,000 appropriated......1893 First summer meeting for university extension students opens at Philadelphia under the auspices of the American Society......July 5, 1
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Valley Forge (search)
Valley Forge Washington's army encamped at Whitemarsh, in a beautiful valley about 14 miles fros half-clad, half-bare- footed soldiers to Valley Forge, about 20 miles northward from Philadelphiafield duty. Washington's headquarters at Valley Forge. The place was chosen because it was farthesoldiers, marked the line of their march to Valley Forge. There, upon the slopes of a narrow valleyailed; and when Washington sought refuge at Valley Forge, the Pennsylvania legislature adopted a rh army was Washington's private office at Valley Forge. Old Bridge at Valley Forge. made as weValley Forge. made as weak by indulgence in the city as were the American soldiers by physical privations, and Franklin was e Philadelphia; Philadelphia took Howe. At Valley Forge Baron Steuben entered upon his duties as inAs the season advanced comforts abounded at Valley Forge, the army increased, and on June 18 the enc other representing a scene of camp-life at Valley Forge. Above these the original colonial flag wi[1 more...]
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Varnum, James Mitchell 1748- (search)
me General Greene and about thirty other officers of the Revolution. He was made colonel of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment in January, 1775, and soon afterwards entered the Continental army, becoming brigadier-general in February, 1777. He was at Red Bank (Fort Mercer), in command of all the troops on the Jersey side of the Delaware, when the British took Philadelphia; and it was under his direction that Major Thayer made his gallant defence of Fort Mifflin (q. v.). General Varnum was at Valley Forge the following winter; took part in the battle of Monmouth (June 28, 1778) ; joined Sullivan in his expedition to Rhode Island, serving under the immediate orders of Lafayette, and resigned in 1779, when he was chosen major-general of militia, which office he held until his death. In the Continental Congress (1780-82 and 1786-87) he was very active, and an eloquent speaker. Appointed judge of the Supreme Court in the Northwestern Territory, he removed to Marietta, O., in June, 1788, and
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Walcot, Charles Meton 1815-1868 (search)
Walcot, Charles Meton 1815-1868 Playwright; born in London, England, in 1815; received a collegiate education; became an architect, but later turned his attention to the stage; came to the United States and appeared first in Charleston, S. C., in 1839; became popular; moved to Philadelphia in 1866. His original plays include Washington, or Valley Forge; The custom of the country; The haunted man; and Hiawatha. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., May 10, 1868.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Waldo, Albigence 1750-1794 (search)
Waldo, Albigence 1750-1794 Surgeon; born in Pomfret, Conn., Feb. 27, 1750. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War he was made a surgeon's mate in the army, but on account of feeble health was soon discharged. In December, 1776, he was appointed chief surgeon of the ship Oliver Cromwell; in April, 1777, joined the regiment of Col. Jedediah Huntington, and was its surgeon during the campaigns in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He won distinction at Monmouth and Valley Forge through his service in inoculating the troops against small-pox. He died in Windham county, Conn., Jan. 29, 1794.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washingtoniana. -1857 (search)
us band who wish to fight under your banner. And Dr. Benjamin Rush, of Philadelphia, in an anonymous letter to Patrick Henry, after declaring that the army at Valley Forge had no general at its head, said: A Gates, a Lee, or a Conway would in a few weeks render them an irresistible body of men. Some of the contents of this letter Washington of the chief command of the army was fully ripe, a day was secretly chosen when a committee of Congress should be appointed to arrest Washington at Valley Forge. At that time there was a majority of the friends of the conspirators in Congress (then sitting at York, Pa.), because of the absence of the New York delegati, N. Y., 1776; Schuyler House, Pompton, N. J., 1777; the Ring House, at Chad's Ford, on the Brandywine, and the Elmar House, Whitemarsh, 1777; the Potts House, Valley Forge, 1777-78; Freeman's Tavern, Morristown, N. J., 1777-78; the Brinkerhoff House, Fishkill, N. Y., 1778; at Fredericksburg (in Putnam county, N. Y.) 1779; Ford Ma
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