Named Entity Results, Hampton (Virginia, United States)

Contrabands. On the day after his arrival at Fort Monroe, General Butler sent out Colonel Phelps, of the Vermont troops, to reconnoitre the vicinity of Hampton. The citizens had just fired the bridge. The flames were extinguished by the troops, who crossed the stream, drove armed Confederates out of Hampton, and found the inHampton, and found the inhabitants in sullen mood; but the negroes were jubilant, regarding the Union troops as their expected deliverers. In the confusion caused by this dash into Hampton, three negroes, held as slaves by Colonel Mallory, of that village, escaped into the Union lines, and declared that many of their race, who were employed in building foHampton, three negroes, held as slaves by Colonel Mallory, of that village, escaped into the Union lines, and declared that many of their race, who were employed in building fortifications for the insurgents, desired to follow. They were taken before General Butler. He needed laborers in field-works which he was about to construct. Regarding these slaves, according to the laws of Virginia, as much the property of Colonel Mallory as his horses or his pistols, and as properly seizable as they, as aids i

; and when they came within gunshot distance George Nicholas, who commanded the Virginians, fired his musket at one of the tenders. This was the The burning of Hampton. first gun fired at the British in Virginia. It was followed by a volley. Boats sunk in the channel retarded the British ships, and, after a sharp skirmish theThis was the first battle of the Revolution in Virginia. In 1813 the British, exasperated by their repulse at Craney Island, proceeded to attack the village of Hampton. It was defended at the time by about 450 Virginia soldiers, commanded by Maj. Stapleton Crutchfield. They were chiefly militia infantry, with a few artillerymet on fire by order of the Confederate General Magruder, and all but the courthouse and seven or eight other buildings were consumed. National troops had occupied Hampton after the battle of Big Bethel (q. v.), but had just been withdrawn. Among other buildings destroyed at that time was the ancient St. John's Church, in the subur

Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, An institution organized by Gen. Samuel C. Armstrong (q. v.) for the education of colored youth, in Hampton, Va. It was opened in 1868, is nonsectarian and co-educational; and now, under an arrangement with the national government, gives instruction to Indian youth as well as colored. The development of the institute is due, in a large pleasure, to the students themselves. Nearly all the buildings have been erected by the students, who also worked out the timber, baked the bricks, and performed other technical work. At the end of 1900 the institute reported eighty professors and instructors, 1,017 students, 1,061 graduates, 11,000 volumes in the library, and $889,500 in productive funds. The president was the Rev. H. B. Frissell, D. D.

extensive military work in the United States. Its construction was begun in 1819, and was completed at a cost of $2,500,000. It was named in honor of President Monroe. Its walls, faced with heavy blocks of granite, were 35 feet in thickness and casemated below, and were entirely surrounded by a deep moat filled with water. It stands upon a peninsula known as Old Point Comfort, which is connected with the main by a narrow isthmus of sand and by a bridge in the direction of the village of Hampton. Fort Monroe in 1861. There were sixty-five acres of land within its walls, and it was armed with almost 400 great guns when the Civil War broke out. It had at that time a garrison of only 300 men, under Col. Justin Dimick, U. S. A. Its possession was coveted by the Confederates, but Dimick had turned some of its cannon landward. These taught the Confederates, civil and military, prudence, wisdom, and discretion. Gen. B. F. Butler, having been appointed commander of the Department of

barrels of powder Sept. 17, 1775 British capture Col. Ethan Allen and thirty-eight men near MontrealSept. 25, 1775 Bristol, R. I., bombarded Oct. 7, 1775 Gen. William Howe supersedes General Gage as commander of the British army in America, who embarks for England Oct. 10, 1775 Falmouth, Me., burned by BritishOct. 18, 1775 St. John, Canada, surrenders to Americans under Montgomery Nov. 2, 1775 Congress orders a battalion to protect Georgia Nov. 4, 1775 British fleet repulsed at Hampton, Va., Oct. 25, 1775, and Lord Dunmore declares open war Nov. 7, 1775 Night attack of the British vessels Tamar and Cherokee on the schooner Defence, in Hog Island Channel, S. C.Nov. 12, 1775 Americans under Montgomery capture Montreal Nov. 13, 1775 Benjamin Harrison, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Johnson, John Dickinson, and John Jay, appointed by Congress a committee for secret correspondence with friends of America in Great Britain, Ireland, and other foreign nations Nov. 29, 1775 Battle of

Soldiers and sailors homes, Institutions provided by national and State governments for the care of sick and disabled soldiers and sailors. The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers has branches at Dayton, O.; Milwaukee, Wis.; Togus, Me.; Hampton, Va.; Leavenworth, Kan.; Santa Monica, Cal.; Marion, Ind., and Danville, Ill. The aggregate number of inmates is about 27,000. The requirements for admission are: 1. An honorable discharge from the United States service. 2. Disability which prevents the applicant from earning his living by labor. 3. Applicants for admission will be required to stipulate and agree to abide by all the rules and regulations made by the board of managers, or by its order; to perform all duties required of them, and to obey all the lawful orders of the officers of the home. Attention is called to the fact that by the law establishing the home the members are made subject to the rules and articles of war, and will be governed thereby in th

Thayer, Sylvanus 1785-1872 Military officer; born in Braintree, Mass., June 9, 1785; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1807 and at West Point in 1808, entering the corps of engineers. He was chief engineer of Dearborn's army in 1812, and of Hampton's division in 1813. He was chief engineer in the defence of Norfolk, Va., in 1814. In 1815 he was sent with Colonel McRae to Belgium and France to examine the fortifications there; and from 1817 to 1833 he was superintendent at West Point, and established the academy on its present basis. In 1838 he was made lieutenantcolonel, and from 1833 to 1857 was constructing engineer of the defences of Boston Harbor, and temporary chief of the engineer corps from 1857 to 1859. He was commissioned colonel in March, 1863; brevetted brigadier-general in May; and resigned June 1. He died in South Braintree, Mass., Sept. 7, 1872.