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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Snelling, Josiah 1782-1829 (search)
Snelling, Josiah 1782-1829 Military officer; born in Boston, Mass., in 1782; served in the war against Tecumseh; promoted captain in June, 1809, and won distinction at Tippecanoe; was conspicuous for gallantry during the second war with England, taking part in the battles of Lundy's Lane, Chippewa, and Fort Erie. He refused to raise a flag of truce at the fall of Detroit, and while a prisoner declined to take his hat off to Nelson's monument, despite the efforts of the British soldiers to force him to remove it. Finally, he was freed from embarrassment by the command of Gen. Isaac Brock, who ordered the British soldiers to respect the scruples of a brave man. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1815 and colonel in 1819. He was the author of Remarks on Gen. William Hull's memoirs of the campaign of the Northwestern army, 1812. He died in Washington, D. C., Aug. 20, 1829.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tippecanoe, battle of (search)
Tippecanoe, battle of In the summer of 1811, the followers of Tecumseh and his brother showing signs of hostility, the governor of Indiana suggested to the government the propriety of establishing a military post high up the Wabash. The government proposed the seizure of Tecumseh and his brother as hostages for peace. A regiment under Col. John Boyd, stationed at Pittsburg, was ordered to repair to Vincennes to be placed under Harrison's command, and the latter was authorized, should the ott, and Warrick, the whole commanded by Lieut.-Col. L. Decker. The right flank, 80 yards wide, was filled with mounted riflemen under Captain Spencer. The left, about 150 yards in extent, was composed of mounted riflemen under Maj.-Gen. S. Tippecanoe battle-ground in 1860. Wells, and led by Cols. F. Geiger and David Robb. Two troops of dragoons under Col. J. H. Daviess, were stationed in the rear of the first line, and at a rightangle with those companies was a troop of cavalry as a reserv
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
64; fails in the Senate, 17 to 17, by the casting vote of the president of the Senate, George Clinton......Feb. 20, 1811 Eleventh Congress adjourns......March 3, 1811 President, United States frigate, forty-four guns, Com. John Rodgers commanding, meets the British sloop-of-war Little Belt in lat. 37°, about 40 miles off Cape Charles......May 16, 1811 Twelfth Congress, first session, convenes......Nov. 4, 1811 Gen. William H. Harrison defeats the Indians under the Prophet at Tippecanoe, within the present State of Indiana......Nov. 7, 1811 Brig.-Gen. James Wilkinson is tried by a general court-martial, convened at Fredericktown, Md., Sept. 2, and acquitted......Dec. 25, 1811 Theatre at Richmond burned; the governor and many eminent citizens perish (Virginia)......December, 1811 Case of John Henry and the Federalists of New England; papers laid before the Senate by the President......March 9, 1812 President requested to lay before the Senate any information, w
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 23: return to his profession.—1840-41.—Age, 29-30. (search)
Everett, recently Governor of Massachusetts, and now in Europe, where he purposes passing two or more years. He will be in England before he returns here; if so, I hope he may see you. He is, perhaps, the most accomplished man of my country. Our politics are shabby enough. The Whigs, constituting the opposition, have nominated for the Presidency the person whose head adorns a corner of this sheet. He has in his favor his good conduct during the war of 1812, and an alleged victory at Tippecanoe; and the vulgar appeal is made, grounded on military success. This has made him a more acceptable candidate than Clay or Webster, who have been serving the State well for years. Harrison lives in the State of Ohio, cultivating his farm with his own hands; and, as what is called help in that part of the country is not easy to be procured, his wife and daughter cook and serve the dinner for the seven or eight people who daily challenge his hospitality. An Administration paper alluded to
James Parton, The life of Horace Greeley, chapter 14 (search)
ad its log-cabin, its club, and its chorus. Tippecanoe songbooks were sold by the hundred thousand. There were Tippecanoe medals, Tippecanoe badges, Tippecanoe flags, Tippecanoe handkerchiefs, TippeTippecanoe flags, Tippecanoe handkerchiefs, Tippecanoe almanacs, and Tippecanoe shaving-soap. All other interests were swallowed up in the one interTippecanoe almanacs, and Tippecanoe shaving-soap. All other interests were swallowed up in the one interest of the election. All noises were drowned in the cry of Tippecanoe and Tyler too. The man whoTippecanoe shaving-soap. All other interests were swallowed up in the one interest of the election. All noises were drowned in the cry of Tippecanoe and Tyler too. The man who contributed most to keep alive and increase the popular enthusiasm, the man who did most to feed th was devoted to Literature of an exclusively Tippecanoe character, such as Sketch of Gen. Harrison, for Tippecanoe! He dropped the red Locos at Tippecanoe! From the song of the Buckeye Cabin, these atry through? It is the ball a-rolling on For Tippecanoe and Tyler too, For Tippecanoe and Tyler too;Tippecanoe and Tyler too; And with them we'll beat little Van; Van, Van, Van is a used — up man, And with them we'll beat litugh, Will all, to a man, do all they can For Tippecanoe and Tyler too; And with them, etc., etc. [6 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 25. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.38 (search)
came President of the United States he introduced gold spoons into the White House. This was considered a terrible piece of extravagance for a democratic country. His administration was characterized by his enemies as the most extravagant of the Presidents. In the next campaign, when he was a candidate for re-election, the gold spoons were used against him with telling vengeance. Everywhere the cry rang out in the North against Martin Van Buren's extravagance, and with this cry that of Tippecanoe and Tyler, too, with the result that Harrison was elected. But succeeding years have shown that Mr. Van Buren's administration was the most economical of all the Presidents, notwithstanding the gold spoons, as it was certainly one of the most brilliant. Then Mr. Semmes recalled personal experiences with all the Presidents of those succeeding days, and his reminiscences form a delightful history of themselves. After graduating at Georgetown College, in which he took first honors for th
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Indiana, Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana (search)
Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana a town of 3,300 pop., on Tippecanoe River and the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, 29 miles from Fort Wayne.
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 17., An old Medford school boy's reminiscences. (search)
we's trunk store. In its rear, looking down on the bathing place, was his workroom where he utilized his boxes, leather and brass tacks. In the front was a large airy room with some finished goods in it, and an assortment of loafers. It was so convenient that when a Whig headquarters was wanted in 1840, for a presidential campaign, all eyes turned to Howe's front room and he let the Whigs have it. They fitted it up grandly. At least we boys thought so. Pictures of General Harrison, of Tippecanoe and Tyler too, log cabins and hard cider barrels galore hung on the walls, also others ridiculing Matty Van Buren and his Kinderhook cabbages, etc., etc. The secretary of the club was Charles Hall, chosen unanimously, and to be in charge of the place all the time until election. He was a hero in Medford politics, an old bachelor, well dressed, one of the prominent Hall family, deemed himself a ladies' man and had a tremendous voice and good arguments, too. He was vox et proeterea both. A
The Daily Dispatch: may 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], Kentucky arms (search)
t be made to feel that they cannot and dare not arrest and assault our Union and our flag. They are as weak as they are insolent. The gigantic strength, the superior civilization, and the boundless resources of the free States are able to carry desolation from the Potomac to the Rio Grande. The whole North from Maine to California, although usually "slow to wrath," patient and forbearing, is at last fearlessly aroused. The descendants of the heroes of Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Brandywine, Tippecanoe, Chippewa, and Fort Meigs, are flying to arms.--Presently the Continent will resound under the stern and steady tramp of unprecedented myriads of the free laborers and mechanics of the North. Let them finish their enterprise. Let them plant the stars, stripes, and eagles of an indissoluble Republic on the steeples of Richmond, Charleston and New Orleans. Let the traitor States be starved out by blockade and given to the swords and bayonets of stalwart freemen. No matter at what cos
The Daily Dispatch: August 8, 1862., [Electronic resource], Stuart cavalry Again in the enemy rear. (search)
McClellan's "Small-Tull Movement." During the Presidential canvass between Harrison and Van Buren, a speaker was dilating with great fervor upon the exploits of the former at a grand barbecue somewhere in Indiana, especially his great victory at Tippecanoe, when a long legged, grizzly bearded chap of the Van-Buren stripe interrupted him in one of his most sublime flights by crying out. "Harrison made the small-tail movement on that occasion." Here was a poser. The orator could not imagine what the man in the crowd was at. He had never beard of the "small-tail" movement. No description of it was to be found in any book of tactics he had ever read. At the same time it would never do to confess ignorance. He therefore did the best he could "under the circumstances." He denied, vehemently and peremptorily, that Harrison had ever made the "small-tail" movement, and called upon his vilifier to prove the charge. Thus challenged, that individual ran his hand into his pocket, and p
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