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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Andre, John, 1751- (search)
ormer The captors' medal. with all needed refreshments for his table. Washington did not have a personal interview with Andre, but treated him as leniently as the rules of war would allow. The captors of Major Andre were John Paulding, David Williams, and Isaac Van Wart. Washington recommended Congress to reward them for their fidelity. They were each presented with a silver medal, and they were voted a pension of $200 a year each in silver or its equivalent. Monuments have been erecteaulding, in St. Peter's church-yard, near Peekskill; to Van Wart, by the citizens of Westchester county, in 1829, in the Presbyterian church-yard at Greenburg, of which church the captor was an active officer and chorister for many years; and to Williams, in Schoharie county, N. Y. The King caused a monument to be placed in Westminster Abbey to the memory of Andre. It seems to be quite out of place among the worthies of England, for he was hanged as a spy, and was a plotter for the ruin of a
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Medals. (search)
of Resolution.To whom presented.For what service.Metal. March 25, 1776Gen. George WashingtonCapture of BostonGold. Nov. 4, 1777Brig.-Gen. Horatio GatesDefeat of BurgoyneGold. July 26, 1779Maj.-Gen. Anthony WayneStorming of Stony PointGold. July 26, 1779Lieut.-Col. De FleuryStorming of Stony PointSilver. July 26, 1779Maj. John StewartStorming of Stony PointSilver. Sept. 24, 1779Maj. Henry LeeSurprise of Paulus HookGold. Nov. 3, 1780John PauldingCapture of AndreSilver. Nov. 3, 1780David WilliamsCapture of AndreSilver. Nov. 3, 1780Isaac Van WartCapture of AndreSilver. March 9, 1781Brig.-Gen. Daniel MorganVictory of the CowpensGold. March 9, 1781Lieut.-Col. William A. WashingtonVictory of the CowpensSilver. March 9, 1781Lieut.-Col. John E. HowardVictory of the CowpensSilver. Oct. 29, 1781Maj.-Gen. Nathanael GreeneVictory at Eutaw SpringsGold. Oct. 16, 1787Capt. John Paul JonesCapture of the Serapis, 1779Gold. March 29, 1800Capt. Thomas TruxtonAction with the Vengeance (Fren
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Revolutionary War, (search)
, 1780 Battles of Musgrove Mills and Fishing Creek, S. C. Aug. 18, 1780 Maj. John Andre, British adjutant-general, meets Benedict Arnold near Stony Point, N. Y. Sept. 21, 1780 Major Andre captured near Tarrytown.Sept. 23, 1780 Arnold escapes to the British vessel Vulture Sept. 24, 1780 Battle of Charlotte, N. C. Sept. 26, 1780 Andre convicted as a spy by military board, Gen. Nathanael Greene, president, Sept. 29, and hung at Tappan, N. Y. Oct. 2, 1780 Congress votes John Paulding, David Williams, and Isaac Van Wart, cap- tors of Andre, its thanks, a silver medal, and a pension of $200 each yearly, for life Oct., 1780 Henry Laurens, minister from United States, seized on his way to Holland by a British frigate, Sept. 3, and imprisoned in the Tower of LondonOct. 6, 1780 Battle of King's Mountain, S. C.Oct. 7, 1780 Congress resolves that western lands to be ceded shall be formed into republican States, and become equal members of the Union Oct. 10, 1780 Gen. Nathanael Green
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
stroy forty Indian villages and extensive fields of grain.] Verplanck's and Stony Point evacuated by the British......October, 1779 Command in the Highlands of the Hudson, with the works at West Point, is given to Gen. Benedict Arnold......Aug. 3, 1780 Maj. John Andre, adjutant-general of the British army, lands from the British sloop-of-war Vulture, and meets General Arnold on the night of......Sept. 21, 1780 Attempting to return to New York, he is captured by John Paulding, David Williams, and Isaac Van Wart, near Tarrytown......Sept. 23, 1780 Arnold, hearing of the capture of Andre, escapes to the Vulture......Sept. 24, 1780 [Arnold received from the British government £ 10,000 and commission of brigadier-general.] A military board, Gen. Nathanael Greene president, convict Andre as a spy......Sept. 29, 1780 General Washington approves the finding of the board......Sept. 30, 1780 Major Andre hanged at Tappan at twelve o'clock, noon, and buried there......Oc
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Van Wart, Isaac 1760-1828 (search)
Van Wart, Isaac 1760-1828 Patriot; born in Greenburg, N. Y., in 1760; engaged in farming in Westchester county, N. Y. During the Revolutionary War he was an ardent sympathizer with the patriot cause, and on Sept. 23, 1780, with John Paulding and David Williams, captured Maj. John Andre (q. v.) when that officer was returning from the American lines. For this act each of the three captors received the thanks of Congress, a pension of $200 per annum for life, and a silver medal. He died in Mount Pleasant, N. Y., May 23, 1828. A monument was erected to his memory by the citizens of Westchester county in 1829.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Williams, David 1754- (search)
Williams, David 1754- Patriot; born in Tarrytown, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1754; joined the American army in 1775; served till 1779, when, owing to badly frozen feet, he was forced to retire from active service. On Sept. 23, 1780, with John Paulding and Isaac Van Wart (qq. v.) he captured Maj. John Andre (q. v.), for which he received a congressional medal and later numerous tokens of esteem from his fellow-citizens. New York State erected a monument to his memory near Schoharie court-house. He died near Livingstonville, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1831.