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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Flint , Henry Martyn 1829 -1868 (search)
Flint, Henry Martyn 1829-1868
Author; born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 24, 1829; studied law and settled in Chicago, where he edited the Times in 1855-61.
He was the author of a Life of Stephen A. Douglas; The history and statistics of the railroads of the United States; and Mexico under Maximilian.
He died in Camden, N. J., Dec. 12, 1868.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McCalla , Bowman Hendry 1844 - (search)
McCalla, Bowman Hendry 1844-
Naval officer; born in Camden, N. J.. June 19, 1844; was appointed a midshipman in the navy, Nov. 30, 1861; was at the Naval Academy
Bowman Hendry McCalla. in 1861-64; promoted ensign, Nov. 1, 1866; master, Dec. 1 following; lieutenant, March 12, 1868; lieutenant-commander, March 26, 1869; commander, Nov. 3, 1884; and captain, March 3, 1899.
In 1890, while commander of the Enterprise, he was tried by court-martial on five charges, found guilty, and sentenced to suspension for three years and to retain his number on the list of commanders during suspension.
During the war with Spain he was in command of the Marblehead, and so distinguished himself, especially by his services in Guantanamo Bay, that the President cancelled the court-martial's sentence of suspension at the request of the Secretary of the Navy, and the written petition of all his classmates.
After his promotion to captain he was given command of the protected cruiser Newark, with o
Monmouth, battle of
Just before the dawn of June 18, 1778, the British began their evacuation of Philadelphia.
They crossed the Delaware to Gloucester Point, and that evening encamped around Haddonfield, a few miles southeast from Camden, N. J. The news of this evacuation reached Washington, at Valley Forge, before morning.
He immediately sent General Maxwell, with his brigade, to cooperate with the New Jersey militia under General Dickinson in retarding the march of the British, who, when they crossed the river, were 17,000 strong in effective men. They marched in two divisions, one under Cornwallis and the other led by Knyphausen.
General Arnold, whose wounds kept him from the field, entered Philadelphia with a detachment before the rear-guard of the British had left it. The remainder of the army, under the immediate command of Washington, crossed the Delaware above Trenton and pursued.
Gen. Charles Lee (q. v.), who had been exchanged, was now with the army, and persisten
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Whitman , Walt 1819 -1892 (search)
Whitman, Walt 1819-1892
Poet; born in West Hills, Long Island, N. Y., May 31, 1819; received a public school education; learned the printer's trade; taught school for a time; and later learned the carpenter's trade.
During the Civil War he was a nurse in the Federal military hospitals; and was a government clerk in 1865-73.
He was editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; a contributor to the Democratic review; established The Freedman in 1850; and wrote Drum Taps; Leaves of grass, etc. He died in Camden, N. J., March 26, 1892.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wissler , Jacques 1803 -1887 (search)