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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Idaho (search)
nois included in the Virginia act of cession to the United States, Dec. 20, 1783, the deed of which is executed......March 1, 1784 Illinois included in Northwest Territory, organized by act of Congress......July 13, 1787 Maj.-Gen. Arthur St. Clair, elected by Congress governor of the Northwest Territory, arrives at Kaskaskia February, 1790 By act of Congress 400 acres are granted to every head of family who had improved farms in Illinois prior to 1788......1791 By the treaty of Greenville, sixteen tracts 6 miles square in Illinois are ceded by the Indians; one at the mouth of the Chicago River, where a fort formerly stood ......Aug. 3, 1795 Site of Peoria fixed by the abandonment of a settlement called La Ville de Maillet, located farther up the lake in 1788......1796 Jean Baptiste Point de Saible, a negro who settled at Chicago about 1779, sells his cabin to a French trader named Le Mai and moves to Peoria......1796 Illinois part of Indian Territory, created by ac
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
Under a call of Colonel Henderson, though his purchase was not recognized by Virginia, the people in convention at Boonesboro adopt a proprietary government for their new State of Transylvania and pass laws......May 23, 1775 Simon Kenton and Thomas Williams land at the mouth of Limestone Creek, now Maysville, and plant a corn crop......May, 1775 Daniel Boone and others bring their wives and children into Kentucky......September, 1775 Representatives of Transylvania at Oxford, Greenville co., N. C., elect James Hogg delegate to the Continental Congress, but Virginia prevents seating him......September, 1775 Kentucky county formed by Virginia out of Fincastle county......Dec. 6, 1776 First siege of Harrodsburg by forty-seven Indians under Blackfish......March 7, 1777 Indian attack on Boonesboro, April 15, fails; a second unsuccessful attempt by 200......July 4, 1777 Daniel Boone, captured by the Indians, with twenty-seven others, while making salt at the Blue Li
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tennessee, (search)
.....April 14, 1785 Constitution for Frankland, or the State of Franklin, accepted by a convention of the people at Greeneville, which chooses John Sevier as governor......Nov. 14, 1785 Capt. James White and James Connor settle on the site of f North Carolina or the State of Frankland ......March 20, 1787 Legislature of Frankland meets for the last time at Greeneville, and government reverts to North Carolina......September, 1787 Deed conveying to the United States territory west once of the provisional government of the Confederate States......June 8, 1861 Eastern Tennessee Union convention at Greeneville declares its opposition to the Confederate government......June 21, 1861 Governor Harris proclaims Tennessee out ofderals under Gen. A. C. Gillem surprise the Confederate Gen. John H. Morgan at the house of a Mrs. Williams in Greeneville, east Tennessee. In attempting to escape he is killed......Sept. 4, 1864 Federals under Schofield repulse Confederates und
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Winnebago Indians, (search)
ful, and the terror of the neighboring Algonquians. Early in the seventeenth century there was a general confederation of the tribes in the Northwest against the Winnebagoes. They were driven to a place where they lost 500 of their number, and afterwards the Illinois reduced them to a very small tribe; but they remained very turbulent. Until the conquest of Canada they were with the French, and after that with the English, until beaten by Wayne, when they became a party to the treaty at Greenville, in 1795. With Tecumseh they gave help to the British in the War of 1812. Afterwards, for many years, until the conclusion of the Black Hawk War, in 1832, there were continual collisions and irritations between the Winnebagoes and white people on the frontiers. They ceded their lands in Wisconsin and became lawless and roving bands. They had reservations (from which they were removed from time to time) on the head-waters of the Mississippi, and, finally, they had begun to plant and sho
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, chapter 27 (search)
1862. A. S. Johnston, Genl. Comdg., Courtland: Following despatch just received from Van Dorn: Van Buren, Ark., March 21st, 1862. I march my first brigade to-morrow towards Jacksonport, Arkansas. All the troops here will march in a few days to the same point. I will probably have, on White River, by 10th or 12th April, twenty thousand men or more, and about seventy pieces of artillery. It was my intention to attack the forces near New Madrid and Point Pleasant from the north by Greenville. What do you now advise? There is an army of about twenty thousand. Enemy north of this in Arkansas, but they cannot subsist there; nor do I think they can do much harm in the West. We cannot subsist here. I think it more important to save the Mississippi River. Answer me at once. I start for Little Rock day after to-morrow. Earl Van Dorn. I shall try to see you to-morrow, unless you prefer to come here. G. T. Beauregard. Jackson, March 22d, 9 h. P. M. Major-General E. Van
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Tennessee, 1863 (search)
3d, 4th and 10th Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--9th Cavalry. TENNESSEE--1st, 2d and 3d Cavalry. WISCONSIN--1st Cavalry. UNITED STATES--4th Cavalry. Union loss, 14 killed, 108 wounded, 5 missing. Total, 127. Oct. 1: Skirmish, Anderson's or Mountain Gap, near Smith's Cross RoadsKENTUCKY--21st Infantry. Union loss, 38 killed, wounded and missing. Oct. 2: Skirmish, Pitt's Cross Roads, Sequatchie ValleyKENTUCKY--2d Cavalry. Oct. 2: Skirmish near ChattanoogaINDIANA--84th Infantry. Oct. 2: Skirmish, GreenvilleOHIO--2d Cavalry. Oct. 2: Skirmish, Valley Road, near JasperINDIANA--4th Cavalry. Oct. 2: Skirmish near DunlapPENNSYLVANIA--15th Cavalry. Oct. 2: Skirmish, Anderson's Cross RoadsILLINOIS--60th Infantry (Detachment). KENTUCKY--21st Infantry. OHIO--Battery "D" 1st Light Arty. (Section). WISCONSIN--1st Cavalry. Union loss, 70 killed, wounded and missing. Oct. 3: Skirmish, Cumberland MountainsINDIANA--17th Mounted Infantry. Oct. 3: Skirmish, Bear CreekILLINOIS--9th Mounted Infantry. Oct.
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Tennessee, 1864 (search)
N--1st Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 20 missing. April 15: Skirmish near GreenvilleINDIANA--3d Cavalry. April 16: Skirmish, RheatownINDIANA--3d Cavalry. April ple Creek, Woodbury PikeOHIO--115th Infantry (Detachment). May 30: Skirmish, GreenvilleMICHIGAN--10th Cavalry. June 1-13: Expedition (Sturgis') from Memphis into Mirty. (Cos. "C," "H," "L" and "M"). Aug. 1-5: Scout from Strawberry Plains to GreenvilleMICHIGAN--10th Cavalry. Aug. 1-30: Expedition (Smith's) from La Grange to OxfCavalry. Union loss, 2 killed, 26 wounded. Total, 28. Aug. 21-23: Pursuit to GreenvilleMICHIGAN--10th Cavalry. TENNESSEE--9th and 13th Cavalry; Battery "E" Light Art Sept. 4: Skirmish, TriuneKENTUCKY--2d Cavalry. Sept. 4: Action, Park's Gap, GreenvilleMICHIGAN--10th Cavalry. TENNESSEE--9th and 18th Cavalry; Battery "E," Light Ar(Detachment). Union loss, 4 killed, 9 wounded. Total, 13. Oct. 12: Skirmish, GreenvilleTENNESSEE--8th Cavalry; 3d Mounted Infantry. Oct. 15: Skirmish, Mossy CreekMI
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Tennessee, 1865 (search)
hville on Nolensville PikeTENNESSEE--14th Cavalry (Detachment). Feb. 16: Attack upon AthensOHIO--2d Heavy Arty. (Detachment). Feb. 16: Attack upon SweetwaterOHIO--2d Heavy Arty. (Detachment). Union loss, 60 missing. Feb. 20-24: Expedition to Greenville and WarrensburgTENNESSEE--4th Infantry. Feb. 21-22: Skirmishes near GreenvilleTENNESSEE--4th Infantry. March 1: Skirmish near PhiladelphiaTENNESSEE--7th Mounted Infantry. March 2-4: Operations about AthensTENNESSEE--7th Mounted Infantry. MaGreenvilleTENNESSEE--4th Infantry. March 1: Skirmish near PhiladelphiaTENNESSEE--7th Mounted Infantry. March 2-4: Operations about AthensTENNESSEE--7th Mounted Infantry. March 3-5: Reconnoissance from Cumberland Gap toward Jonesville, Va.NORTH CAROLINA--2d Mounted Infantry. March 3-11: Expedition from Memphis into Northern MississippiILLINOIS--4th, 5th and 12th Cavalry. INDIANA--7th Cavalry. IOWA--1st Cavalry. NEW YORK--11th Cavalry. WISCONSIN--2d Cavalry. ARKANSAS--2d Cavalry. Union loss, 3 killed, 1 wounded. Total, 4. March 5: Skirmish, TazewellNORTH CAROLINA--2d Mounted Infantry. March 8: Skirmish, Jackson County(No Reports.) March 18: Skirmish, Livingston(
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Indiana Volunteers. (search)
nd Spring Hill March 13. Bull's Gap March 15. Near Greenville April 15. Rheatown April 16. Expedition from Bull'October 3, thence to Morristown October 6-8. March to Greenville and duty there till November 6. Moved to Bull's Gap aee into North Carolina March and April, 1865. Duty at Greenville, East Tennessee, till July. Mustered out July 19, 18617. Occupation of Knoxville September 2. Action at Greenville September 11. Kingsport September 18. Bristol Septer 6-8. Action at Blue Springs October 10. Duty at Greenville till November 6. Moved to Bull's Gap November 6, and r 6-8. Action at Blue Springs October 10. March to Greenville and duty there till November 6; thence march to Bull's Gr 6-8. Action at Blue Springs October 10. March to Greenville and duty there till November 6. Moved to Bean's Statir 6-8. Action at Blue Springs October 10. March to Greenville and duty there till November 6. March across Clinch M
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Michigan Volunteers. (search)
Springs Gap April 29. Newport May 2. Dandridge May 19. Reconnoissance from Strawberry Plains to Bull's Gap and Greenville May 28-31. Greenville May 30. Bean's Station June 14. Wilsonville June 16. Scout from Strawberry Plains to Greenville May 30. Bean's Station June 14. Wilsonville June 16. Scout from Strawberry Plains to Greenville August 1-5. Morristown August 2. Gillem's Expedition into East Tennessee August 17-31 (Cos. E, F and I remained at Knoxville.) Blue Springs August 23 (Co. A ). Bull's Gap August 24. Strawberry Plains and Flat Creek Bridge AugGreenville August 1-5. Morristown August 2. Gillem's Expedition into East Tennessee August 17-31 (Cos. E, F and I remained at Knoxville.) Blue Springs August 23 (Co. A ). Bull's Gap August 24. Strawberry Plains and Flat Creek Bridge August 24. Park's Gap, Greenville, September 4. （Morgan killed.) Expedition from East Tennessee toward Southwest Virginia September 20-October 17. Carter's Station September 30-October 1. Thorn Hill, near Bean Station, October 10. Mossy CGreenville, September 4. （Morgan killed.) Expedition from East Tennessee toward Southwest Virginia September 20-October 17. Carter's Station September 30-October 1. Thorn Hill, near Bean Station, October 10. Mossy Creek October 15. Sweetwater October 23. Morristown November 13. Russellsville November 14. Strawberry Plains November 16-17. Flat Creek November 17. Stoneman's Raid into Southwest Virginia December 10-29. Bristol December 14.
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