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Acadia, or Acadie,
The ancient name of Nova Scotia (q. v.) and adjacent regions.
It is supposed to have been visited by Sebastian Cabot in 1498, but the first attempt to plant a settlement there was by De Monts, in 1604, who obtained a charter from the King of France for making settlements and carrying on trade.
In that charter it is called Cadie, and by the early settlers it was known as L'Acadie.
A settlement was made at a place named Port Royal (now Annapolis), by Poutrincourt, a bosom friend of De Monts, but it was broken up in 1613, by Argall, from Virginia.
These French emigrants built cottages sixteen years before the Pilgrims landed on the shores of New England.
When English people came, antagonisms arising from difference of religion and nationality appeared, and, after repeated struggles between the English and French for the possession of Acadia, it was ceded to Great Britain by the treaty of Utrecht in 1713.
But for many years not a dozen English families were s
Adams, Henry A., Jr.
Born in Pennsylvania in 1833.
Graduated at Annapolis in 1851.
Took part in the engagement with the forts at the mouth of Canton River, China, in 1854.
Was on the Brooklyn at the passage of Forts St. Philip and Jackson in 1862, and also participated in the attack on Fort Fisher.
Was highly praised by Admiral Porter in his official despatches.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams , John Quincy , 1767 - (search)
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barnes , James , 1866 -1869 (search)
Barnes, James, 1866-1869
author: born in Annapolis, Md., Sept. 19, 1866; was graduated at Princeton College in 1891: author Of naval actions of 1812; For King or country; A loyal traitor; Midshipman Farragut, etc.
military officer; born in Boston, Mass., about 1809); was graduated at West Point in 1829, and resigned in 1836.
He became colonel of a Massachusetts volunteer regiment in 1861, and in November of that year was made brigadier-general in the Army of the Potomac, participating in its most exciting operations.
He commanded a division at the battle of Gettysburg, and was severely wounded.
He was brevetted major-general of volunteers in March, 1865, and was mustered out of the service Jan. 15, 1866.
He died in Springfield, Mass., Feb. 12, 1869.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Buchanan , Franklin , 1800 -1874 (search)
Buchanan, Franklin, 1800-1874
Naval officer; born in Baltimore, Md., Sept. 17, 1800: entered the navy in 1815; became lieutenant in 1825, and master-commander in 1841.
He was the first superintendent of the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Sympathizing with the Confederate movement, and believing his State would secede, he sent in his resignation.
Finding that Maryland did not secede, he petitioned for restoration, but was refused, when he entered the Confederate service, and superintended( the fitting-out of the old Merrimac (rechristened the Virginia) at Norfolk.
In her he fought the Monitor and was severely wounded.
He afterwards blew up his vessel to save her from capture.
In command of the ironclad Tennessee, in Mobile Bay, he was defeated and made prisoner.
He died in Talbot county. Md., May 11, 1874.
See monitor and Merrimac.
Buchanan, James
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Butler , Benjamin Franklin , 1818 -1893 (search)