Biographies

The sufferings of families during the depredations of the Indians on the frontier, in Wawasink and its vicinity, were not exceeded even by those of Wyoming. The women bore their…

Mrs. Graydon has been made known to us in her son’s “Memoirs” of his own life and times. She was the eldest of four daughters; was born in the island…

Sarah, Lady Stirling, was the sister of Governor Livingston. She accompanied the Earl, her husband, who was Major General in the American army, to the camp. While the Earl was…

The history of the Rev. David Caldwell is in many ways identified with that of North Carolina. He was for almost sixty years the pastor of the two oldest and…

The name of Elizabeth Zane is inseparably associated with the history of one of the most memorable incidents in the annals of border warfare. The most reliable account of it…

Mrs. Campbell was a distinguished representative of the female actors in the Revolutionary drama in the section of country where she lived. Prominent in position and character, her influence was…

Many were the brilliant exploits of the pioneers of Kentucky, and among them many a tale of woman’s fortitude, intrepidity, and heroism, lived long in the recollection of those who…

The name of Wyoming is celebrated from its association with events of thrilling interest. Its history from its first settlement is well known to the American reader, nor is there…

At the commencement of the Revolutionary War, a large district in the State of Georgia, extending in one direction from Newson’s Ponds to Cherokee Corner near Athens, and in the…

So many wild tales have been told of the tragical fate of Jane McCrea, that the reader of different accounts, inconsistent with each other knows not which to receive as…

The wife of Benedict Arnold was Margaret Shippen, of Philadelphia. One of her ancestors – Edward Shippen, who was Mayor of the city in the beginning of the eighteenth century,…

The name of Mrs. Gaston is associated with that of her distinguished son, to whose education she devoted herself with assiduous care, and whose eminent character was most appropriately praised,…

Few occurrences in the history of ancient or modern warfare have so strongly influenced the public feeling – have excited so universal a sentiment of horror, or such deep resentment…

Of the men of strong energy of thought or action, who arrested public attention during the momentous period of the Revolution, there is scarcely one who assimilates at all to…

The presentation of a pair of colors, by the wife of Colonel Barnard Elliott, is mentioned in several historical works. They were presented to the second South Carolina regiment of…

The influence of women, so powerful an agent during the progress of the Revolutionary war, was essential after its close in restoring a healthful tone and vigor to society. The…

At the time of the burning of New London, in Connecticut, a detachment of the army of the traitor Arnold was directed to attack Fort Griswold, at Groton, on the…

The husband of this lady, Colonel Clement Biddle, was among the first of those who took an active part on the breaking out of the war, resolved to sacrifice every…

The following extract from Butler’s “History of Groton,” may show that the women of Massachusetts were not behind their sisters of other States in patriotic daring. “The patriotism of the…

It is not generally known that Joel Barlow – the poet, philosopher and politician, the author of the Columbiad and other works – owed much of the formation of his…

The correspondence of Ralph Izard was published a few years since by his daughter, Anne Izard Deas, at the desire of her mother, whose anxiety to do justice to the…

Mrs. Angelica Nott, widow of the late Judge Nott, of South Carolina, remembers some illustrative incidents which occurred in the section where she resided with her aunt, Mrs. Potter, near…

The first expedition into North Carolina projected by Lord Cornwallis was baffled by the fall of Colonel Ferguson at King’s Mountain. The disaster at the Cowpens forbade perseverance in the…

The long, arduous, and eventful retreat of General Greene through the Carolinas, after the battle of the Cowpens, that retreat on whose issue hung the fate of the South –…

The portion of South Carolina near the frontier, watered by the Pacolet, the Tyger, and the Ennoree, comprising Spartanburg and Union Districts, witnessed many deeds of violence and blood, and…

The daring exploit of two women in Ninety-Six District, furnishes an instance of courage as striking as any remembered among the traditions of South Carolina. During the sieges of Augusta…

Fruitful in noble spirits were those wild and gloomy times; and woman’s high truth and heroic devotion poured a solemn radiance over the dreary and appalling scene of civil war.…

The state of popular feeling after the occupation of Charleston by the British, and during the efforts made to establish an undisputed control over the State, might be in some…

“The memory of Mrs. Martha Bratton. – In the hands of an infuriated monster, with the instrument of death around her neck, she nobly refused to betray her husband; in…

The letters of Eliza Wilkinson present a lively picture of the situation of many inhabitants of that portion of country which was the scene of various skirmishes about the time…

The failure of the British commissioners to conclude an amicable adjustment of differences between the two countries – and the ill success of the effort to gain their ends by…

The celebrated Miss Franks, so distinguished for intelligence and high accomplishment in Revolutionary times, could not properly be passed over in a series of notices of remarkable women of that…

This anecdote is given in the first number of the American Quarterly Review, and is said to be taken from Lydia’s own narration. It is mentioned or alluded to by…

About the close of the year 1777, while the commander-in-chief of the British forces was in possession of Philadelphia, a foot passenger might have been seen on the road leading…

Sarah Hull, the wife of Major William Hull, was one of those women who followed their husbands to the camp, resolved to partake their dangers and privations. She was with…

Mrs. Hancock was one of those, who, at Cambridge, extended courtesies to the ladies of Burgoyne’s army, when under the convention of surrender. She was the daughter of Edmund Quincy,…

When the news reached Connecticut that blood had been shed, Putnam, who was at work in the field, left his plow in the furrow, and started for Cambridge without delaying…

When Major Henry Knox, then a resident of Boston, was parading the company to the command of which he had just been elected, he was seen, among many who admired…

Catharine Littlefield, the eldest daughter of John Littlefield and Phebe Ray, was born in New Shoreham, on Block Island, 1753. When very young, she came with her sister to reside…