The Johnstown Flood

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The Johnstown Flood occurred on Friday, May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam, located on the south fork of the Little Conemaugh River... . (Source)

Francis Walker's Letter

December 22, 1791, letter to General Daniel Smith regarding pending suit.

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John Pershing, A Member Of The Lost Battalion

*Frederick Pershing (1724-1794) was a Huguenot from Alsace and immigrated to America in 1749. He moved to Western Pennsylvania in 1769 and settled on land in what is now Westmoreland County. *Ancestor of General John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing

An Area Of Western Pennsylvania

His [Frederick's] younger brother John joined him in shortly after he moved to Westmoreland. John was a member of Captain Stokely's Company during the Revolutionary War and was killed during the Lochry Expedition in 1781.   [Indiana Library/Archives, Pershing family papers S0842]

The article by another Pershing descendant, **Edgar J. Pershing, in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. XVI, Sept., 1928, No. 3, told the story of Lochry's Expedition in the Lost Battalion of the Revolutionary War, PA.  **Edgar J. Pershing also wrote The Pershing Family In America... .

John Pershing perished in the ambush of Lochry and his soldiers; he left no descendants. 

Hostilities At Alamance Creek

From Documenting the American South (Description by Morgan Edwards of the North Carolina Baptists in the Battle of Alamance [Extracts] Edwards, Morgan, 1722-1795, Volume 08, Pages 654-657):

“Next to Virginia Southward is North Carolina, a poor and unhappy province where superiors make complaints of the people, and the people of their superiors... .” These complaints rose to hostilities at Alamance Creek May 16th 1771, where about 6,000 appeared in arms and fought each other 4,000 Regulators killing three Tryonians and 2,000 [Tryonians] killing twelve Regulators besides lodging in the trees an incredible number of balls which the hunters have since picked out and killed more deer and turkies than they killed of their antagonists.”

Sergeant Corbett's Shot

The Murderers doom. Miserable death of J. Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln. Shot through the head by Sergeant Boston Corbett in a barn on Garrett's Farm near the Rappahannock, April 25, 1865.

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"Throwing open the door, I [Captain Doherty] saw that the straw and hay behind Booth were on fire. He was half-turning towards it."   [Source]

I Heard A Shot

"I [Captain Doherty] told him I knew exactly what weapons he had." "I then said to Herold, 'Let me see your hands.' He put them through the partly opened door and I seized him by the wrists. I handed him over to a non-commissioned officer. Just at this moment I heard a shot and thought Booth had shot himself." [Source]

Report To Colonel L. C. Baker

The call to Lincoln's Avengers:

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Engagement Between The Monitor And Merrimac

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In The Reign Of James IV Of Scotland

Highland Campaigns:

Nickajack Expedition

"Maj. Ore, who had been detached...to protect the frontiers of Mero District, opportunely arrived at Nashville as the troops were concentrating for the Nickajack expedition... .

Upon the arrival of the Kentucky troops, Col. Whitley was given command of the entire force, and Col. Montgomery of the volunteers raised within the Territory."

"...[on September 7th] the army set out upon its march. It crossed the Barren Fork of Duck River near the Stone Fort, and arrived at the Tennessee on the night of the 8th. Of the individuals present at this expedition were Joseph Brown, son of Col. James Brown, whose melancholy fate is elsewhere recorded in this work; William Trousdale, afterward governor of Tennessee, and *Andrew Jackson.

Partial 1795 Map Including Nickajack (Source: LOC)

The troops having the next morning crossed the river, penetrated to the center of the town of Nickajack, a village inhabited by about 250 families. In this village the troops killed quite a number of warriors...".

*The author of the book, Life of Andrew Jackson, disputes that Jackson participated in the Nickajack expedition

On The 5th Of September

On the 5th of September, 1780, [General William] Davie was appointed by Governor Nash colonel commandant of cavalry in the western district of North Carolina, with instructions to raise a regiment. When he had collected only about seventy men, with that force and two small companies of riflemen commanded by Major George Davidson, he took post at Providence, twenty-five miles from the British camp.

Remnants Of  Tree In Camden, South Carolina

Cornwallis, after resting at Camden till the first week in September, had advanced to the Waxhaws, forty miles below Charlotte, while the fragments of the American army were slowly gathering at Hillsboro, two hundred miles distant. South Carolina was wholly subjugated and North Carolina had not recovered from the shock of Gates's defeat.

See earlier post from A biography of General Davie (1756 - 1820) which was found in the Magazine Of America here.  

Morgan's Raiders Overtaken

"General Morgan's great anxiety was to get to this ford before Shackelford's force, which was then traveling a parallel road."

"We were then running for dear life with empty guns as well as empty stomachs, but alas, the mountain made a bend to the right and ran us right into the arms of Shackelford's parallel force." (Source: The Partisan Rangers of the Confederate States Army)

George Washington's Sword To Captain Kearsley

See Kearsley LWT post 

I likewise give and bequeath my cane containing the sword worn by General Washington at Braddocks defeat and by General Washington presented to my Father during the winter campaign at Valley Forge in 1778 at the headquarters of the army my Father then being a captain in the Revolutionary Service and subsequently place the same in a cane with a suitable inscription and presented it to me.  To my grandson I commend the precept on the blade and which was as nobly and honorably fulfilled by Washington in his use of it "Draw me not without reason, sheath me not without honor." [Source - Jonathan Kearsley's Last Will And Testament In Wayne County, Michigan, Deed Book 77, Page 437]

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Baker Provided Photograph Of Booth

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"I [Captain Doherty] proceeded to the barracks...and in less than half an hour had reported to Colonel Baker. I took the first twenty-five men in the saddle, Sergeant Boston Corbett, being the only member of my own company. Colonel Baker handed me photographs of the assassins of President Lincoln. He told me no troops had yet been in Fredericksburg, but that I must reach that vicinity with all dispatch. He introduced me to E.J. Conger and L.B. Baker of the detective force, and said they would accompany me." [Source]

A Respectful Look At Henry Dodge

"For two centuries the family of Tristram Dodge, who landed on Block Island (off Rhode Island) in 1661, prospered from its instinct of migration. Its trail winds throughout the land, marked by Indian wars, exploits in frontier settlements, and a decoration for Israel Dodge from General George Washington for heroic action in the Battle of Brandywine. The record gained new strength with Henry Dodge, born to Israel and his wife, Nancy Ann Hunter, six years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence."

Vincennes, Indiana (early settlement where Moses Henry lived)

"The date was October 12, 1782, and he was the first white child born in what is now Indiana. An Indian chief of the Piankeshaw, seeing the baby, threatened to kill him. But Moses Henry, a manufacturer of arms, in whose house Henry Dodge was born, saved him by telling the chief that the child and mother would not stay there but would soon leave for their home in Kentucky. In gratitude, Nancy Ann named her firstborn after their benefactor, Moses Henry.  Eight years later Israel left his wife, son, and six-year-old daughter at Bardstown (where he had built the first stone house and tavern) to seek adventure and fortune in the Spanish country, in what is now Missouri." [Source]

Once An Implacable Foe

Black Hoof's Grave Near Wapakoneta, Au Glaize, Ohio

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Maunsell At The Siege Of Louisbourg

Military Achievements of Lieutenant-General John Maunsell, 1724-1795:

Map Of Louisbourg

"It was at this period that the services of John Maunsell become historical. He was in 'the sieges of Port l'Orient, Louisbourg, Quebec, Montreal, Martinique, and the Havana; he commanded the Thirty-fifth regiment, which mounted the breach of the Moro; was at the battle of the Plains of Abraham, under General Wolfe, in action under General Murray at the same place, and was twice wounded on service."'

"The capture of Louisbourg after a hard siege, in 1758, opened the door to Quebec, whither Wolfe sailed the next year with nine thousand men, a quarter less than had been promised him. With him went Captain Maunsell, at the head of his company, and took his share in the dangers, privations, and disappointments of the eventful summer of 1759. At length, on the fateful September 13 came the closing of the first act on the Plains of Abraham, and Captain Maunsell was carried wounded from the field in his own sash, which is preserved in the family, stained with his blood." [Source]

Morgan's Raid Route (Near Chester)

September 2006 Photograph

History Of Morgan's Cavalry

Morgan's Troops Ate Breakfast Here

Jefferson Co.  Historical Society

Per a National Park Service document:

July 11, 1863: Vernon, Indiana

Upon leaving Lexington, Morgan turned his column north, following the railroad to Vernon. The
column stopped in Paris briefly, to rest and fill their canteens.

 Morgan knew he did not have time to fight a battle at Vernon. While the militia emptied the town of women and children, Morgan’s men turned south.

July 12, 1863: Dupont, Indiana
The Confederates arrived in Dupont about midnight. The town was on the Madison and
Indianapolis Railroad and Morgan took this opportunity to wreck it. He sent detachments to burn the trestles over Big Creek about one mile south of Dupont and the trestle over Graham’s Fork.  The Confederates in town cut telegraph wires, burned a water tower, the Dupont depot and twelve railroad cars, and took 2,000 hams from a local meat-packing house. Leaving the ruined remains of Dupont behind, Morgan’s cavalry turned east.

Morgan’s command spent the night near Sunman.

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Died At The Battle Of Gettysburg

Michigan Probate Records...Wayne Probate packets 1879...:

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Wayne County, Michigan

Probate File 9279

John P. Thelen, who died at the battle of Gettysburg

Died: 4 July 1863

(Father died in 1874)

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