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Amelia Island,
An island at the mouth of the St. Mary River, near the boundary between Georgia and Florida.
In the summer of 1817 Gregor McGregor, styling himself Brigadier-general of the armies of New Granada and Venezuela, and general-in-chief employed to liberate the provinces of both the Floridas.
commissioned by the supreme councils of Mexico and South America, took possession of this island.
His followers were a band of adventurers which he had collected in Charleston and Savannah; and when he took possession he proclaimed a blockade of St. Augustine.
In the hands of these desperadoes the island was soon converted into a resort of buccaneering privateers under the Spanish-American flag, and a depot for smuggling slaves into the United States.
Another similar establishment had been set up on Galveston Island, off the coast of Texas, under a leader named Aury.
This establishment was more important than that on Amelia Island, as well on account of numbers as for the great
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Annexed Territory ,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Armand , Charles Teffin , Marquis de la Rouarie
Armand, Charles Teffin, Marquis de la Rouarie,
French military officer; born near Rennes, in 1756; came to America in 1777, and entered the Continental army as a volunteer.
He received the commission of colonel, and commanded a small corps, to which was attached a company of cavalry who acted as the police of camps.
He was an exceedingly active officer, and was highly esteemed by Washington.
In February. 1780, his corps was incorporated with that of Pulaski, who was killed at Savannah a few months before.
In March, 1783, his services throughout the war from 1777 were recognized, and he was created a brigadier-general.
Returning to France, he took part in the Revolution there, and was for a time a prisoner in the Bastile.
The execution of Louis XVI.
gave such a shock to his nervous system that he sank under it and died, Jan. 30, 1793.
Augusta,
City and county-seat of Richmond county, Ga.; on the Savannah River at the head of steamboat navigation; 120 miles northwest of Savannah.
It is one of the largest and most progressive manufacturing cities in the South.
It was founded by English settlers under Oglethorpe, and received the name of an English princess.
In 1817 it was incorporated a city, and was for many years the most important inland place in the State.
The population in 1890 was 33,300; in 1900, 39,441.
When Cornwallis proceeded to subjugate South Carolina, he sent Lieutenant-Colonel Brown, a Tory leader, to hold Augusta.
Over this garrison Pickens and Clarke had kept watch, and when, on May 20, 1781, they were joined by Lee and his legion, they proceeded to invest the fort there.
They took Fort Galphin, 12 miles below, on the 21st, and then an officer was sent to demand the surrender of Augusta.
Lieutenant-Colonel Brown was one of the most cruel of the Tories in that region, and the partisans
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Benjamin , Judah Philip 1811 -1884 (search)
Benjamin, Judah Philip, 1811-1884
Lawyer; was born in St. Croix, West Indies, Aug. 11,
Judah Philip Henjamin. 1811; was of Jewish parentage, and in 1816 his family settled in Savannah, Ga. Judah entered Yale College, but left it, in 1827, without graduating, and became a lawyer in New Orleans.
He taught school for a while, married one of his pupils, and became a leader of his profession in Louisiana.
From 1853 to 1861 he was United States Senator.
He was regarded for several years as leader of the Southern wing of the Democratic party; and, when the question of secession divided the people, he withdrew from the Senate, and, with his coadjutor, John Slidell, he promoted the great insurrection.
He became Attorney-General of the Southern Confederacy, acting Secretary of War, and Secretary of State.
After the war he went to London, where he practised his profession with success.
He died in Paris, May 8, 1884.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Blakeley , Johnston 1771 - (search)
Blakeley, Johnston, 1771-
Naval officer; born at Seaford, Down, ireland, in October, 1771 ; was educated at the University of North Carolina, and entered the navy, as midshipman, Feb. 5, 1800.
He was made lieutenant in 1807, master-commander in 1813, and captain in 1814.
He commanded the brig Enterprise in protecting the American coast-trade.
In August, 1814, he was appointed to the command of the Wasp, which captured
Johnston Blakeley. the Reindeer.
For this exploit Congress voted him a gold medal.
Capturing the brig Atlanta on Sept. 21, that vessel was sent to Savannah, and brought the last intelligence of the Wasp.
It is supposed she foundered in a gale, as no tidings were ever heard of her afterwards.
Blockade.
In May, 1813, the British proclaimed a formal blockade of New York, the Delaware, Chesapeake Bay, Charleston, Savannah, and the mouth of the Mississippi.
On June 11, the United States, Macedonian, and Hornet, under the command of Decatur, blockaded in the harbor of New York, attempted to get to sea through the East River and Long Island Sound, but off the Connecticut shore they were intercepted by a British squadron and driven into the harbor of New London.
The militia were called out to protect these vessels, and the neighborhood was kept in constant alarm.
The British blockading squadron, commanded by Sir Thomas Hardy, consisted of the flag-ship Ramillies, of the Orpheus, Valiant, Acasta, and smaller vessels.
The commander-in-chief had won the respect of the inhabitants along the coast because of his honorable treatment of them.
The blockade of New London Harbor continued twenty months, or during the remainder of the war. In the spring of 1814, all hopes of their
Bosomworth, Thomas,
Clergyman; came to America in 1736 with General Oglethorpe's regiment of Highlanders; married a Creek woman, who gradually came to be recognized as the queen of the Creek Indians.
The crown granted Bosomworth a tract of land, and Governor Oglethorpe gave his wife a yearly allowance of $500. Her pretensions gradually increased, until she claimed equality with the sovereign of Great Britain.
This not being conceded to her, she induced the Creek nation to revolt, and for a short time Savannah was in imminent danger.
Both Bosomworth and his wife were imprisoned for a short time, but released upon giving peaceful assurances.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brier Creek ,
Brier Creek, battle of.
Colonel Ashe, of North Carolina, was sent by General Lincoln, with 2,000 men, to drive the British from Augusta, Ga., in 1779.
The latter fled when Ashe appeared on the opposite side of the river, and pushed towards the sea, led by Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell.
Ashe crossed and pursued as far as Brier Creek, 40 miles below Augusta, on the Georgia side of the Savannah River, where he encamped.
He was surprised (March 3) and utterly defeated by General Prevost, who was marching up from Savannah to support Campbell.
Ashe lost almost his entire army by death, captivity, and dispersion.
Some were killed, others perished in the morasses, and many were drowned in attempting to pass the Savannah River.
This blow deprived Lincoln of about one-fourth of his army and led to the temporary re-establishment of royal authority in Georgia.