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	Lossing, Benson John, Finding Aid, New York State Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Benson John Lossing, editor, illustrator, and historian was born, 12 February 1813 in Beekman, New York.
		Lossing moved to New York in 1838 to establish himself in the wood engraving profession, yet he continued to supply the telegraph with his engravings and designs.
		Lossing was actively involved in several charitable, civic, literary, and historical clubs and societies in Dutchess County.
	www.nysl.nysed.gov /msscfa/sc19618.htm (1070 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / Historian on the Double
		Lossing set out late in September for New England, “the nursery of the Revolutionary spirit.” He stopped in Danbury, Connecticut, and there found a genuine eyewitness jackpot: three men who had been in the village on April 26, 1777, when British troops put the torch to every house except those occupied by Tories.
		In Washington, Lossing had the privilege of an hour with President James Polk; it was a visit prompted not by “the foolish desire to sec the exalted,” but rather by the hope that the President would give him a letter of introduction to people in his native North Carolina.
		Lossing was acclaimed wherever history buffs met, even though some of the nation’s small band of professional historians protested that his journalistic approach sacrificed academic standards on the altar of popularity.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1968/4/1968_4_54.shtml (6162 words)

	Amazon.com: Reflections of Rebellion: Hours with the Living Men and Women of the Revolution: Books: Benson John ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Lossing goes to great lengths to capture the tales of Americans from many walks of life, including that of Eleanor, one of Washington’s many slaves, and Frances Slocum, who was abducted and raised by a tribe of Delaware Indians.
		Benson Lossing was one of the foremost American historians of the 19th century.
		Lossing's style meanders at a good pace and is full of information from two historical periods (the period of the subject and the period in which the author himself lived).
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1596290307?v=glance (1074 words)

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		The loss of the Delaware frigate, and of Billingsport, greatly discouraged the seamen by whom the galleys and floating batteries were manned.
		The loss of the assailants was estimated by the Americans at 400 men.
		The parties first attacked were driven in, but the enemy reinforcing in numbers and Washington unwilling to move from the heights and engage on the ground which was the scene of the skirmish, declining to reinforce Gist and Morgan, they, in turn, were compelled to retreat.
	www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/etext05/8ltw210.txt (17719 words)

	Charles Hector, comte d'Estaing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Portrait by Benson John Lossing in The pictorial field-book of the revolution.
		Comte Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing (November 1729 – April 28, 1794) was a French admiral.
		All his attempts, as well as those of the Americans, against the town were repulsed with heavy loss, and he was finally compelled to retire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Hector,_comte_d'Estaing (599 words)

	Benson J. Lossing's Pictorial Fieldbook of War of 1812
		The loss of the enemy must have been much greated, for they left fifteen dead in the open field, while the most sanguinary portion of the conflict occured in the wood.
		The loss of the Americans in the affair at the Raisin was nine hundred and thirty-four.
		The loss of the British, according to Proctor's report, was twenty-four killed, and one hundred and fifty-eight wounded.
	mlloyd.org /gen/navarre/text/lossing.htm (11439 words)

	The River Reporter Online - By the Book by Sandy Long
		Ironically, after turning the final page of Lossing’s delightful journal depicting the heart and soul of the Hudson, I was left with a distilled sense of loss for what his exploration revealed.
		Lossing achieves his aim in a manner both informative and delightful: the intellect is fortified with facts while the senses are fed a steady stream of sensory detail, not the least of which derives from the poetry, folklore and wonderful engravings that decorate the book’s pages.
		The traveler is urged to “linger awhile on the banks of the Katz-Kill, from the Hudson a few miles into the country, for there may be seen, from different points of view, some of the most charming scenery in the world...
	www.riverreporter.com /issues/01-05-31/long.htm (585 words)

	Benson J Lossing
		This is the point at which Lossing inserted his footnote about a traditional story: "It is said" that Greene’s message to Sumter was delivered by Emily Geiger, a young woman of the Fairfield district.
		Lossing’s 1852 footnote is a close paraphrase of the account of Emily Geiger’s ride published in Elizabeth Ellet’s 1848 "Women of the Revolution." Lossing acknowledges Ellet as his source for other material, and is obviously dependent upon her account of Emily Geiger’s ride.
		Lossing added a single item of additional information, the name of the "rich planter on the Congaree" whom Emily was believed to have married.
	sciway3.net /clark/revolutionarywar/Lossing.htm (1057 words)

	Benson John Lossing
		3 June 1891, Dover Plains, NY Autodidact journalist, Lossing was born to a poor family, orphaned and apprentice watchmaker at 11, part owner of the Poughkeepsie Telegraph at age 22, at which point he started reading to make up for his lack of education.
		A prolific writer and sketch artist, he traveled extensively collecting reminiscences of historical events - often from relatives and descendants far removed from the actual events.
		Lossing's New History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent to the Present Time, Gay Brothers & Co., NY, 1889
	www.aandc.org /research/lossing.html (636 words)

	The Capture And Burning Of Washington
		Yet it was so gallantly defended by about twenty men with two or three old guns that the fleet was finally forced to withdraw, with a loss of seventy men, while the loss of the defenders was only seven men wounded.
		Barney's fleet of gunboats was given to the flames, and Winder retreated to Bladensburg, where he drew up his small army in a commanding position, behind the creek at that point, and on hills in the rear.
		They moved sullenly onward, so wearied with fatigue and loss of sleep that when the columns halted for a few minutes the roads would be filled with sleeping soldiers.
	www.history1700s.com /articles/article1089.shtml (3170 words)

	Special Collections Research Center - Syracuse University Library
		Benson John Lossing was born in Beekman, New York, in 1813.
		In 1835 he founded a literary journal called The Poughkeepsie Casket, which he edited and illustrated with wood engravings, an art form that he was to become famous for.
		Lossing died at Dover Plains, New York, in 1891.
	libwww.syr.edu /information/spcollections/bkomonth/june2002 (411 words)

	Amazon.com: Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War: Journeys through the Battlefields in the Wake of Conflict (Pictorial ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Lossing wrote from a relentlessly Unionist point of view, and his prose effectively conveys the sentiments Northerners felt at the end of the conflict.
		"Benson J. Lossing, a popular ninetenth-century historian, combined travelogue, history, and image to create a vivid and comprehensive account of the Civil War in the 1870s.
		Comparable to Ken Burns and Shelby Foote today, Lossing's work reached thousands of people and often set the tone of how the war was remembered by the ordinary citizen...
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0801856698?v=glance (1011 words)

	Charles Stewart Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Benson J. Lossing, 19th century author of the massive classic Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812, published in 1869, states that Stewart’s father had come to America at an “early age” but unfortunately, did not elaborate.
		Lossing reports that Stewart’s father was a “merchant mariner” who died before Charles Stewart was two years old.
		In the summer of 1863, Benson Lossing visited Stewart at his home in Bordentown, New Jersey and conducted his interview with the Rear Admiral that provided information for a part of his working study on the War of 1812.
	users3.ev1.net /~de238/stewart/history004.htm (3868 words)

	The Battle of Hobkirk's Hill
		The loss of each was less then two hundred and seventy.
		This defeat was unexpected to Gen. Greene, and disconcerted him at first, but his genius and courage were equal to the occasion.
		Considering the forces involved, losses were astonishingly high.
	www.southerncampaign.org /hobkirk/ss.html (1452 words)

	William Johnston, 1852-1860
		In the same book, Lossing described two visits he made to see Johnston while he was keeper.
		During the second visit, in 1858, Lossing made a sketch of the lighthouse as it appeared at that time, which is the only known image of the original lighthouse bult in 1847.
		Lossing's book contains an account of Johnston's life—including a summary of his War of 1812 service, plus Johnston's own first-hand account of his exploits during the "Patriot War" of 1838 which made him famous—some of which is reproduced below:
	rockislandlighthouse.org /johnston.html (2628 words)

	Untitled Document
		Pictorial history of the Civil War in the United States of America, by Benson J. Lossing.
		Ilustrated by many hundred engravings on wood, by Lossing and Barritt, from sketches by the author and others.
		The pictorial field book of the civil war in the United States of America / By Benson J. Lossing ; illustrated by many hundred engravings on wood, by Lossing and Barritt, from sketches by the author and others.
	clarke.cmich.edu /civilwar/cwpublished/overviews.htm (1430 words)

	Ben Albert Benson ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		Benson J. Lossing, The Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War by Benson J. Lossing (New Haven: Geo.
		Frank Weston benson - My Daughter Elisabeth c.
		Benson's virtuosity with light in all its manifestations will be the focus of a major exhibition opening at the Peabody Essex Museum September 29, 2000.
	wwar.com /masters/b/benson-ben_albert.html (693 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The estimated loss of the Nationals was four hundred and forty-six killed, seventeen hundred and fifty-five wounded, and one hundred and fifty who were made prisoners, and who, being sent across the river, were not recaptured.
		The admirably arranged army mail-service was begun at Forts Henry and Donelson, under the auspices of General Grant, to whom it was suggested by Colonel A. Markland, special agent of the National Post-office.
		It was a powerful preventive of that terrible home-sickness with which, at first, raw troops are often prostrated and it brought the sweet influence of the domestic circle to bear most powerfully in strengthening the men against the multifarious temptations of army life.
	www.angelfire.com /ca6/minuteman/chapter121.htm (4224 words)

	Sinclair Hamilton Non-Book Collection
		Benson Lossing: Prospectus for "Pictorial Field Book" and autograph letter from the publisher to Lossing, dated April 24, 1868
		9 Autograph letters: (1) To Benson Lossing; (5) From Johnson; Wilson and Co. to B. Lossing; (1) From F.O.C. Darley to B. Lossing; (1) from B.
		Lossing to F.O.C. Darley; (1) Letter and envelope to Miss Dorothy L. Dix from B. Lossing; proof pages of "Our Country" with hand written notes in the margins by Lossing.
	libweb.princeton.edu /libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/gc181 (921 words)

	Ticonderoga At Sunset - The Early America Review, Winter 1996-97
		The captured cannons from Ticonderoga were later transported to Boston where a grand display of them from the fortified American position of Dorchester Heights caused the British to pack up and leave the occupied city.
		It's interesting, in an age before Federal parks and conservation acts, to hear of an aging veteran's plan to set up a refreshment stand within the ruins of the fort to sell beer and fruits to the tourists.
		llow yourself to be tranported back to the 1840's and follow Benson Lossing in his travels.
	www.earlyamerica.com /review/winter96/ticonderoga.html (2459 words)

	The Patriot Resource - American Revolution Book Reviews: Reflections of Rebellion
		The History Press is proud to present Reflections of Rebellion: Hours with the Living Men and Women of the Revolution, by nineteenth-century historian Benson J. Lossing, as a new addition to the "New World Classics" series.
		This fascinating collection of interviews—conducted by Lossing during an epic pilgrimage across the United States—comes with a new, insightful introduction by noted Revolutionary War scholar Michael C. Scoggins and is a triumph of preservation and a treasure for history-conscious Americans, present and future.
		Lossing also captures the tales of Americans from different walks of life, including that of Eleanor, one of Washington's many slaves, and Frances Slocum, who was abducted and raised by a tribe of Delaware Indians.
	www.patriotresource.com /resources/history/books/lossing.html (223 words)

	Ambrosius Benson (1495 - 1550) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		Ambrosius Benson was born in Italy but began working in Bruges in 1518.
		Ambrosius Benson - Elegant Couples Dancing in a Landscape c.
		In Boston, Edmund Tarbell, Frank Benson, Robert Reid and Frederick Carl Frieseke developed a genteel version of Impressionism related to the culture of that city.
	wwar.com /masters/b/benson-ambrosius.html (776 words)

	Index: Images
		Lossing pic of Gates used in Stevens art.
		Lossing: Appearance of the road, 1849 [Bill Carr]
		Lossing: Battle map as seen in chapter [Bill Carr]
	battleofcamden.org /idx_image.htm (406 words)

	Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Lives of The Signers by B. Lossing is a unique epic that traces the lives of fifty-seven of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
		Lossing first published his book in 1848, a time when the new nation was young, and fresh.
		This book was used for many years in our country's public schools.
	www.sharisgarden.net /mystores/item_0925279455.html (502 words)

	NPS Historical Handbook: Kings Mountain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Kings Mountain Battleground, showing the north slope of the ridge, on the left, and the original Chronicle marker in the background.
		Sketched by Benson J. Lossing during his visit to the area on January 8, 1849.
		The American patriot force meanwhile had moved cautiously south ward down Cane Creek toward Gilbert Town on October 3.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/hh/22/hh22h.htm (1349 words)

	Illustrations
		Any use of copyrighted images is accidental, and any such material will be promptly removed from this site upon notification from the copyright holder.
		Benson J. Lossing, Our Country: A Household History for All Readers.
		Statesmen of the War in Retrospect 1918-1928 by William Martin.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1254.html (3934 words)

	Amazon.com -zShops: Lossing, Benson J.: Common-School History of the United States (1868) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Amazon.com -zShops: Lossing, Benson J.: Common-School History of the United States (1868)
		Lossing, Benson J.: Common-School History of the United States (1868)
		Description: subtitle: from the earliest period to the present time; 1868 hardcover; no dustjacket; illustrated "by maps and over 200 other engravings"; some OLD writing inside; binding very wel...
	s1.amazon.com /exec/varzea/ts/exchange-glance/Y01Y5753396Y8895626 (211 words)

	The Drummer America's Civil War: Drummer Boy of the Rappahannockof the Rappahannock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		He quoted letters and cited historian Benson Lossing's The Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War, which included an account of Hendershot's heroics.
		Many reports of a drummer boy crossing the Rappahannock had appeared in the press immediately after the Battle of Fredericksburg, writers asserted, but Hendershot's name had not been connected with the incident until many days later.
		As for Lossing, one column stated that he "was a weak judge of evidence" who had written his history 20 years after the war.
	www.thehistorynet.com /acw/bldrummerboy/index2.html (1625 words)

	My Heart Goes Home: A Hudson Valley Memior - Purple Mountain Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In 1872, Thomas Sweet Lossing was born at his family's farm, "The Ridge," on Chestnut Ridge above Dover Plains, the son of artist and historian Benson J. Lossing and his second wife, Helen Sweet Lossing.
		This memoir, written in the 1930s after Thomas had retired to California, recalls his childhood on the Lossing farm, evoking the sights, sounds, and smells of rural Hudson Valley.
		It offers, as well, a child's-eye view of Benson Lossing, as this prominent man of letters and founding trustee of Vassar College worked at home in his magnificent library.
	www.catskill.net /purple/hearhome.htm (411 words)

	Publisher-supplied biographical information about contributor(s) for Library of Congress control number 97012445 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Publisher-supplied biographical information about contributor(s) for Pictorial field book of the Civil War : journeys through the battlefields in the wake of conflict / by Benson J. Lossing ; with a new introduction by Reid Mitchell.
		The Library of Congress makes no claims as to the accuracy of the information provided, and will not maintain or otherwise edit/update the information supplied by the publisher.
		Benson J. Lossing (1813-1891) was the author of many books, including 1776, or the War of Independence, The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812, Empire State: A Compendious History of New York, and The Hudson: From Wilderness to Sea.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/bios/jhu051/97012445.html (172 words)

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