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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 2 0 Browse Search
H. Wager Halleck , A. M. , Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. Army ., Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactis of Battles &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia. 2 0 Browse Search
Allan Pinkerton, The spy in the rebellion; being a true history of the spy system of the United States Army during the late rebellion, revealing many secrets of the war hitherto not made public, compiled from official reports prepared for President Lincoln , General McClellan and the Provost-Marshal-General . 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Erie, Lake, battle on. (search)
Erie, Lake, battle on. Who should be masters of Lake Erie was an important question to be solved in 1813. The United States government did not fulfil its promise to Hull to provide means for securing the naval supremacy on Lake Erie. The necessity for such an attainment was so obvious before the close of 1812 that the government took vigorous action in the matter. Isaac Chauncey was in command of a little squadron on Lake Ontario late Perry's battle flag. in 1812, and Capt. Oliver Hazard Perry, a zealous young naval officer, of Rhode Island, who was in command of a flotilla of gunboats on the Newport station, offered his services on the Lakes. Chauncey desired his services, and on Feb. 17 Perry received orders from the Secretary of the Navy to report to Chauncey with all possible despatch, and to take with him to Sackett's Harbor all of the best men of the flotilla at Newport. He sent them forward, in companies of fifty, under Sailing-Masters Almy, Champlin, and Taylor.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gaines, Edmund Pendleton 1777-1849 (search)
Gaines, Edmund Pendleton 1777-1849 Military officer; born in Culpeper county, Va., March 20, 1777; removed with his family to Tennessee in 1790; entered the army as ensign in 1799; and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in the summer of 1812. He rose to brigadier-general in March, 1814; and after his gallant conduct at Fort Erie in August, that year, he was brevetted major-general. For that exploit, and Edmund Pendleton Gaines. his general good services during the war, Congress gave him thanks and a gold medal. Gaines served under Jackson in the Creek War, and fought the Seminoles in 1836. Late in life he married Myra Clark, of New Orleans, heiress of a large estate, who, after his death, became General Gaines's medal. famous for her successful persistence in litigation to secure her rights. He died in New Orleans, June 6. 1849.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gardner, Charles K. 1787-1869 (search)
Gardner, Charles K. 1787-1869 Military officer; born in Morris county, N. J., in 1787; joined the army in May, 1808; served in the War of 1812, being present at the actions of Chrysler's Field, Chippewa, Niagara, and Fort Erie; was in the Treasury Department in 1850-67. His publications include A dictionary of commissioned officers who have served in the army of the United States from 1789 to 1853; A compendium of military tactics; and A permanent designation of companies, and Company books, by the first letters of the alphabet. He died in Washington, D. C., Nov. 1, 1869.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), George, Fort, (search)
He and Scott both leaped into the water at the head of the first division of the men, and, in the face of a galling fire and gleaming bayonets, they ascended the bank. The other troops followed, and, after a severe conflict on the plain, the British fell back discomfited. General Vincent, satisfied that he must retreat, and knowing Fort George to be untenable, ordered the garrison to spike the guns, destroy the ammunition, and abandon it. This was done, and the whole British force retreated westward to a strong position among the hills, at a place called The Beaver Dams, about 18 miles from the Niagara River. There Vincent had a deposit of stores and provisions. The garrisons of forts Erie and Chippewa abandoned them, and the whole Niagara frontier passed into the hands of the Americans. Still another Fort George was at the end of Manhattan Island. When the English captured New Amsterdam the name was changed to New York, and the fort to Fort James, and later to Fort George.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hall, James 1744-1826 (search)
onged to the church militant, and during the Revolutionary War was an ardent patriot. He raised a troop of cavalry, and was at once commander and chaplain. He is the author of a Report of a Missionary Tour through the Mississippi and the southwestern country. He died in Bethany, N. C., July 25, 1826. Military officer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 19, 1793; enlisted as a private in 1812; commanded a detachment from his company at the battle of Chippewa in 1814 and at the siege of Fort Erie; received a commission in the army in 1815; and served in Decatur's expedition to Algiers on the United States brig Enterprise. He left the army in 1818; was admitted to the bar the same year; removed to Shawneetown, Ill., in 1820, and to Cincinnati in 1833. He edited at various times the Illinois gazette, the Illinois Intelligencer, the Illinois monthly magazine, and the Western monthly magazine. Among his published works are Life of Thomas Posey; Life of Gen. W. H. Harrison; Notes on
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Izard, George 1777-1828 (search)
nder the direction of the Secretary of War, with about 4,000 troops, where he received a despatch from General Brown at Fort Erie, Sept. 10, urging him to move on to his support, as he had not more than 2,000 effective men. The first division of Izat Lewiston on Oct. 5. He moved up to Black Rock, crossed the Niagara River, Oct. 10-11, and encamped 2 miles north of Fort Erie. Ranking General Brown, he took the chief command of the combined forces, then numbering, with volunteers and militia, about 8,000 men. He prepared to march against Drummond, who, after the sortie at Fort Erie, had moved down to Queenston. Izard moved towards Chippewa, and vainly endeavored to draw Drummond out. He had some skirmishing in an attempt to destroy a her operations in that region to be useless, and perhaps perilous, Izard crossed the river and abandoned Canada. Knowing Fort Erie to be of little service, he caused it to be mined and blown up, Nov. 5. He died in Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 22, 1828.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lundy's Lane, battle of. (search)
ack to Chippewa, with orders from General Brown to return after a brief rest, before the dawn, and occupy the battlefield. The always tardy and disobedient Ripley failed to obey the order, and the British returned and took possession of the battery (excepting one piece) and the field. The battle had been fought by about 4,500 British troops and 2,600 Americans. The latter lost in killed, wounded, and missing, nearly one-third of their whole number; the British lost 878, or twenty-six more than the Americans. Both armies claimed a victory. Ripley, whose disobedience caused the Americans to lose the advantages of a victory won at midnight, led the army to Fort Erie, where he was soon afterwards superseded by Gen. E. P. Gaines. The exploit of Miller in capturing the battery was considered one of the most brilliant of the war. The moment that General Brown met Miller afterwards, he said, You have immortalized yourself. Congress voted him the thanks of the nation and a gold medal.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McRee, William 1787-1832 (search)
McRee, William 1787-1832 Military officer; born in Wilmington, N. C., Dec. 13, 1787; graduated at West Point in 1805, and entered the corps of engineers. He was major in July, 1812; became chief engineer on the northern frontier, and was brevetted colonel for services in defence of Fort Erie in August, 1814. He was sent to France by Major Thayer in 1816, to collect scientific and military information for the benefit of the Military Academy at West Point, of which Thayer was then superintendent. Promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1818, he resigned in 1819, and was surveyor of public lands in the Mississippi region from 1825 to 1832. He died in St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 10, 1832.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Niagara, Fort (search)
3, Generals Scott and Ripley crossed the Niagara River with a considerable force and captured Fort Erie, nearly opposite Black Rock. The garrison withdrew to the intrenched camp of General Riall atBrown and Scott were both wounded, and the command devolved on General Ripley, who withdrew to Fort Erie. Drummond again advanced with 5,000 men, and appeared before Fort Erie on Aug. 4 and preparedFort Erie on Aug. 4 and prepared for a siege. There was almost incessant cannonading from the 7th to the 14th. On the 15th Drummond attempted to carry the place by assault, but was repulsed with heavy loss (see Erie, Fort). NearlErie, Fort). Nearly a month elapsed without much being done, when General Brown, who had resumed the chief command, ordered a sortie from the fort. It was successful (Sept. 17). The Americans pressed the besiegers bacinforcements for Brown, Drummond retired to Fort George. The Americans abandoned and destroyed Fort Erie Nov. 5, crossed the river, and went into winter quarters at Black Rock, Buffalo, and Batavia.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ohio land Company, the (search)
least intercolonial, disputes immediately occurred. The French claimed, by right of discovery, the whole region watered by the tributaries of the Mississippi River. The English set up a claim, in the name of the Six Nations, as under British protection, and which was recognized by the treaties of Utrecht (1713) and Aix-la-Chapelle (1748), to the region which they had formerly conquered, and which included the whole eastern portion of the Mississippi Valley and the basin of the lower lakes, Erie and Ontario. These conflict ing claims at once embarrassed the operations of the Ohio Land Company. It was provided by their charter that they were to pay no quit-rent for ten years; to colonize at least 100 families within seven years; General Putnam's land office at Marietta. and, at their own cost, to build and garrison a fort. The government was anxious to carry out this scheme of colonization west of the Alleghany Mountains to counteract the evident designs of the French to occupy
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