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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rodgers , John 1771 -1838 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sands , Joshua Ratoon 1795 -1883 (search)
Sands, Joshua Ratoon 1795-1883
Naval officer; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 13, 1795; became a midshipman in 1812, serving under Chauncey on Lake Ontario.
He was promoted commodore on the retired list in 1862, and rear-admiral in 1866.
He served on the Mexican coast in 1847-48, and was at different times commander of the East India, Mediterranean, and Brazilian squadrons.
He died in Baltimore, Md., Oct. 2, 1883.
Sandusky, a city and port of entry in Erie county, O.; on Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Sandusky River.
Near by is Johnson's Island, on which 2,500 Confederate officers who had been taken prisoners were confined in 1863.
During the summer a plot was formed to liberate these prisoners and in connection with this act to burn or otherwise destroy Buffalo and other lake cities.
An expedition for these objects was organized in Canada.
The plans of the Confederate sympathizers became known to the American consulgeneral in Montreal, who immediately notified the Canadian
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Shufeldt , Robert Wilson 1822 -1895 (search)
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tingey , Thomas 1750 -1829 (search)
Tingey, Thomas 1750-1829
Naval officer; born in London, England, Sept. 11, 1750; served in the British navy; came to America before the Revolutionary War, and became an East India trader.
He was appointed captain in the Continental navy in 1798; commanded the Ganges in 1799, and captured many French vessels.
He was in the naval service fifty years, twenty-eight of which he was in command of the navy-yard at Washington.
He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 23, 1829.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Truxtun , Thomas 1755 -1822 (search)