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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bigelow , Timothy , 1739 -1790 (search)
Bigelow, Timothy, 1739-1790
Military officer; born in Woreester, Mass., Aug. 12, 1739; was a blacksmith and a zealous patriot; member of the Provincial Congress; led minute-men to Cambridge; and accompanied Arnold in his notable expedition to Quebec in 1775, where he was made a prisoner.
As colonel, he assisted in the capture of Burgoyne, and was active in some of the stirring scenes of the war afterwards.
Colonel Bigelow was in charge of the Springfield Arsenal after the war, and was one of the original grantees of Montpelier, Vt. He died in Woreester, Mass., March 31, 1790.
Dewey, George, 1837-
Naval officer; born in Montpelier, Vt., Dec. 26, 1837; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1858; and served on the frigate Wabash in the Mediterranean squadron until the beginning of the Civil War, when he was assigned to the steam sloop Mississippi of the West Gulf squadron.
On April 19, 1861, he was commissioned lieutenant, and was with Admiral Farragut when the latter's squadron forced the passage of forts St. Philip and Jackson in April, 1862.
He also took part in the attack on Fort St. Philip and the subsequent battles with gunboats and ironclads which gave Farragut control of New Orleans.
In the smoke of the battle the Mississippi ran aground within range of the shore batteries.
When it was seen
Admiral George Dewey.
Birthplace of Admiral Dewey. that the ship could not be saved, the officers and men set her afire and escaped in the boats.
Later, Dewey served in the North Atlantic blockading squadron, and still later with the Europea
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pastorius , Francis Daniel -1681 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Thompson , Daniel Pierce 1795 -1868 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)