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Sallust, Conspiracy of Catiline (ed. John Selby Watson, Rev. John Selby Watson, M.A.), BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF SALLUST. (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., Chapter 14 : field-engineering.—Field Fortifications.—Military Communications.—Military Bridges.—Sapping, Mining, and the attack and defence of a fortified place (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., chapter 2 (search)
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), Chapter 3 : (search)
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), chapter 18 (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 7.48 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alexander , Sir William , 1580 -1640 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bartram , William , 1739 -1823 (search)
Bartram, William, 1739-1823
Naturalist; born in Kingsessing, Pa., Feb. 9, 1739.
He engaged in business in North Carolina in 1761, and became a devoted student of natural history.
Son of John Bartram, a distinguished botanist, and the founder of the first botanical garden in the United States.
William accompanied his father, when the latter was seventy years of age, in a botanical excursion and exploration of east Florida, and resided some time on the banks of the St. John River, returning home in 1771.
He was employed by Dr. Fothergill, of London, in 1773-78, in botanical explorations and collections in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Mr. Bartram was a member of the American Philosophical Society and other scientific associations in the United States and Europe.
In 1790 he published an account of his travels in the Gulf region, in which he gave an account of the Creek.
Choctaw, and Cherokee indians.
Mr. Bartram made the most complete table of American ornithology prev
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bigelow , Timothy , 1739 -1790 (search)
Bigelow, Timothy, 1739-1790
Military officer; born in Woreester, Mass., Aug. 12, 1739; was a blacksmith and a zealous patriot; member of the Provincial Congress; led minute-men to Cambridge; and accompanied Arnold in his notable expedition to Quebec in 1775, where he was made a prisoner.
As colonel, he assisted in the capture of Burgoyne, and was active in some of the stirring scenes of the war afterwards.
Colonel Bigelow was in charge of the Springfield Arsenal after the war, and was one of the original grantees of Montpelier, Vt. He died in Woreester, Mass., March 31, 1790.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Campbell , Sir Archibald 1739 -1791 (search)
Campbell, Sir Archibald 1739-1791
Military officer; born in Inverary, Scotland, in 1739; entered the British army in 1758; became a lieutenant-colonel in 1775; with a part of his command was captured in Boston Harbor early in the Revolutionary War, and was cruelly treated in retaliation for treatment of American officers captured by the British.
On Dec. 29, 1778, he captured Savannah, Ga., and gave orders to his officers to show leniency to the people.
On Jan. 29, 1779, he took Augusta,1739; entered the British army in 1758; became a lieutenant-colonel in 1775; with a part of his command was captured in Boston Harbor early in the Revolutionary War, and was cruelly treated in retaliation for treatment of American officers captured by the British.
On Dec. 29, 1778, he captured Savannah, Ga., and gave orders to his officers to show leniency to the people.
On Jan. 29, 1779, he took Augusta, but on Feb. 13, he was forced to evacuate that city.
He died in London, England, March 31, 1791.