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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Borgne, Lake, battle on. (search)
e. At one time Jones's schooner was attacked by fifteen barges. The British captured the tender Alligator early in the contest and finally, by the force of overwhelming numbers, they gained a victory. which gave them undisputed command of Lake Borgne. The triumph cost them about 300 men killed and wounded. The Americans lost six men killed and thirty-five wounded. Among the latter were Lieutenants Jones, McKeever, Parker, and Speddon. The British commander, Locker, was severely wounded: so, also, was Lieutenant Pratt, the officer who, under the direction of Admiral Cockburn, set fire to the public buildings in Washington, D. C. Several of the British barges were shattered and sunk. the lighter transports, filled with troops, immediately entered Lake Borgne. Ship after ship got aground, until at length the troops were all placed in small boats and conveyed about 30 miles to Pea Island, at the mouth of the Pearl River, where General Keane organized his forces for future action.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ireland, John 1838- (search)
f St. Paul in the Vatican Council in Rome. Subsequently the Pope named him Bishop of Maronea and coadjutor to Bishop Grace, and he was consecrated Dec. 21, 1875. He succeeded to the see of St. Paul on July 31, 1884, and was made archbishop on May 15, 1888. From early youth he was a strong advocate of temperance. In 1869 he established the first total abstinence society in Minnesota. He also became active in colonizing the Northwest with Roman Catholics. In 1887 he went to Rome with Bishop Keane, of Richmond, for the purpose of placing before the Pope the need of a Roman Catholic University at Washington, D. C., which has since been established under the name of the Catholic Archbishop John Ireland. University of America. In 1891 a memorable controversy arose over the action of a Roman Catholic priest in Faribault, Minn., in transferring the parochial school to the control of the public school board. The transfer and the conditions were approved by Archbishop Ireland, and the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Keane, John Joseph 1839- (search)
Keane, John Joseph 1839- Clergyman; born in Ballyshannon, Ireland, Sept. 12, 1839; came to the United States in 1846; was educated in St. Charles's College and St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore; ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Church in 1866, and assigned to St. Patrick's Church, Washington. He remained there till Aug. 25, 1878, when he was consecrated Bishop of Richmond, Va. He became rector of the Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C., in 1886, and held that post till 1897, when he resigned at the Pope's request and went to Rome. He was an associate editor of the revised edition of Johnson's universal Cyclopaedia in 1892-95. In 1897, having received from Rome a leave of absence for two years, he returned to the United States, and in September, 1900, was appointed Archbishop of Dubuque, to succeed the late Archbishop John Hennessy.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Louisiana, (search)
The British had now complete control of Lake Borgne. The transports, filled with troops, entered, and the latter were conveyed in barges to Pea Island, where General Keane organized his forces for future operations. Learning from some Spanish residents of New Orleans that there was a bayou navigable for large barges to within a of a division of Louisiana militia, and made him prisoner; but he soon escaped, and, hastening to New Orleans, gave warning of the invasion to General Jackson. General Keane, a gallant Irish officer, the commander-in-chief of the British landforces, was with this advance party, with several of his officers, and felt confident that and prepared to move forward. The invaders were now within 9 miles of New Orleans. A proclamation, printed in the Spanish and French languages, and signed by General Keane and Admiral Cochrane, was sent forward by a negro to be distributed among the inhabitants. It read as follows: Louisianians! remain quietly in your houses; yo
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Orleans. (search)
e American intrenchments. It was arranged in two columns— one commanded by General Keane; the other ed by General Gibbs, a good soldier, who came with Pakenham, andd by Jackson in command of one of the 24-pounders. As a solid column under General Keane drew near, they were met by a terrible fire of musketry, but they bravely ae same time the British racketeers were busy, but they did very little damage. Keane's troops endured the tempest that was thinning their ranks for a while, when thesseeans near the swamp very severely, when Gibbs, seeing the heavy pressure on Keane's column, ordered his troops to their assistance. When it gave way, Pakenham od forward to carry the works in front of Carroll and Coffee. At that moment, Keane, on the left, wheeled his column and pushed to the aid of the right, terribly elive-oak-tree. General Gibbs was also mortally wounded, and died the next day. Keane, shot in the neck, was compelled to leave the field, and the command devolved o
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Roman Catholic Church. (search)
es comes an increase of warlike perils, not only from commercial rivalry, but from that root of ambition and domination which grows in every heart, unless checked and subdued in time, and which in the past has been too often the source of violent injustice on the greatest scale. Apostolic delegation to the United States.—Sebastian Martinelli, Archbishop of Ephesus, Papal Delegate, Washington, D. C. Archbishops.—Baltimore, Md., James Gibbons, Cardinal, consecrated 1868; Boston, Mass., John J. Williams, 1866; Chicago, Ill., Patrick A. Feehan, 1865; Cincinnati, O., William H. Elder, 1857; Dubuque, Ia., John J. Keane, 1878: Milwaukee, Wis., Frederick Katzer, 1886; New Orleans, La., P. L. Chapelle, 1897; New York, N. Y., M. A. Corrigan, 1873; Portland, Ore., Alexander Christie, 1898; Philadelphia, Pa., Patrick J. Ryan, 1872; St. Louis, Mo., John J. Kain, 1875; St. Paul, Minn., John Ireland, 1875; San Francisco, Cal., Patrick W. Reardon, 1883; Santa Fe, New Mexico, Peter Bourgade, 18