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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil War in the United States . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cornwallis , Lord Charles 1738 -1805 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Craik , James 1731 -1814 (search)
Craik, James 1731-1814
Physician; born in Scotland in 1731; came to America in early life, and practised his profession in Fairfax county, Va. He was the intimate friend and family physician of Washington; was with him in his expedition against the French in 1754, and in Braddock's campaign in 1755.
In 1775 he was placed in the medical department of the Continental army, and rose to the first rank.
He unearthed many of the secrets of the Conway cabal and did much to defeat the conspiracy.
He was director of the army hospital at Yorktown in the siege of that place, in 1781, and after the Revolution settled near Mount Vernon, where he was the principal attendant of Washington in his last illness.
He died in Fairfax county, Va., Feb. 6, 1814.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Custis , George Washington Parke 1781 - (search)
Custis, George Washington Parke 1781-
adopted son of George Washington; born in Mount Airy, Md., April 30, 1781; was a grandson of Mrs. Washington.
His father was John Parke Custis, and his mother was Eleanor Calvert, of Maryland.
At the siege of Yorktown his father was aide-de-camp to Washington; was seized with camp-fever; retired to Eltham, and there died before Washington (who hastened thither immediately after the surrender) could reach his bedside.
Washington afterwards adopted his two children—Eleanor Parke and George Washington Parke Custis—as his own. Their early home was at Mount Vernon.
George was educated partly at Princeton, and was eighteen years of age at the time of Washington's death, who made him an executor of his will and left him a handsome estate, on which he lived, until his death, Oct. 10, 1857, in literary, artistic, and agricultural pursuits.
In his early days Mr. Custis was an eloquent speaker; and in his later years he produced a series of histor
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dayton , Elias , 1737 -1807 (search)
Dayton, Elias, 1737-1807
Military officer; born in Elizabethtown, N. J., in July, 1737; fought with the Jersey Blues under Wolfe at Quebec; was member of the committee of safety at the beginning of the Revolution, and became colonel of the 3d New Jersey Regiment.
He served in New York and New Jersey; fought in several battles, the last at Yorktown, and in January, 1783, was made a brigadier-general.
He was a member of Congress in 1787-88, and was afterwards in the New Jersey legislature.
He died in Elizabethtown, July 17, 1807.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dayton , Jonathan , 1760 -1824 (search)
Dayton, Jonathan, 1760-1824
Statesman; born in Elizabethtown, N. J., Oct. 16, 1760; son of Elias; graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1776; entered the army as paymaster of his father's regiment in August; aided in storming a redoubt at Yorktown, which was taken by Lafayette; and served faithfully until the close of the war. He was a member of the convention that framed the national Constitution in 1787, and was a representative in Congress from 1791 to 1799.
He was speaker in 1795, and was made United States Senator in 1799.
He held the seat until 1805.
He served in both branches of his State legislature.
Suspected of complicity in Burr's conspiracy, he was arrested, but was never prosecuted.
He died in Elizabethtown, Oct. 9, 1824.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dearborn , Henry , 1751 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Despard , John , 1745 -1829 (search)
Despard, John, 1745-1829
Military officer; born in 1745; joined the British army in 1760; came to America in 1773; was present at the capture of Fort Montgomery and of Charleston; and was with Cornwallis in the campaign which culminated in the surrender at Yorktown.
He was promoted colonel in 1795, and major-general in 1798.
He died in Oswestry, England, Sept. 3, 1829.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Duportail , Louis Lebegue , Chevalier , 1736 -1802 (search)
Duportail, Louis Lebegue, Chevalier, 1736-1802
military officer; born in France in 1736; came to America in the early part of the Revolutionary War, and was appointed brigadier-general in the Continental army in November, 1777, and major-general, November, 1781.
He was directing engineer at the siege of Yorktown in the fall of 1781.
Returning to France, he was named marechal-de-camp; and in November, 1790, was made minister of war. In December, 1791, he resigned; and when engaged in military service in Lorraine, he received a warning of the designs of the Jacobins, and sought safety in America.
He died at sea in 1802, when returning to France.