Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography

Patrick Theodore Moore (Virginia Biography)
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Citation:
Lyon Gardiner Tyler, ed., “Moore, Patrick T.,” Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), 3: 76.
Body Summary:
Moore, Patrick T., born in Galway, Ireland, September 22, 1821. Prior to the war he was a merchant, and captain of militia in Richmond, Virginia. In the spring of 1861 he was commissioned colonel of the First Regiment Virginia Infantry, and assigned to Longstreet's brigade; in the battle of Manassas was severely wounded in the head while leading his regiment. During the seven days' campaign before Richmond, he served upon the staff of Gen. Longstreet. In May, 1864, he organized the reserve forces of Virginia; later in the year was promoted to brigadier-general, and given command of First Brigade, Virginia Reserves, under Gen. Ewell. He died February 20, 1883.

American sailing vessel capsizes during a gale and fifteen passengers and crew are lost

The American registered barque, the Mayflower, had sailed from New York for Europe, with ten passengers and eleven crew, on July 9, but capsized in a mid-Atlantic gale.  The ship righted itself half an hour later and the survivors found twelve people drowned below decks.  Three others, including the wife of the captain were also lost.  The merchant vessel Cairo was to happen upon the wreck the next day, rescue the remaining passengers and crew, and land then at Queenstown in Ireland on August 23. (By John Osborne)
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Another great warehouse fire on the London Docks

Another large fire on the London Docks, the second in eight days, demolished a block of eight warehouses on the south quay of the Docks. A massive explosion, caused when melting sugar combined with salt petre stocks as a rudimentary gunpowder, helped finally to subdue the flames. More than $600,000 worth of goods were lost. (By John Osborne)
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Massive fire on the London Docks

Warehouses at Fresh Wharf, close to London Bridge, caught fire in the morning and burn all day. Large quantities of dried fruit, silk and others goods were destroyed. Despite the efforts of police and firemen, including two floating fire engines, three structures were completely destroyed. Goods to the value of more than a hundred thousand pounds were lost, although 15,000 gold watches were rescued. (By John Osborne)
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Mattew Boyd Patterson (Dickinson Alumni Record)

Reference
George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 75.
*Patterson, Mattew Boyd --- Born September 23, 1803, in Montour county, Pa.; 1825, Princeton theological seminary; 1828-9, supply at Bloomsburg, Pa.; 1830, ordained by Northumberland presbytery; 1830-53, pastor in Perry county, Pa., and during most of this time was principal of an academy at new Bloomfield, Pa.; 1854-8, pastor at Washington, Pa.; 1865-77, supply at Ridott, Ill.  Died September 17, 1877, at Freeport, Ill.
Alumni Record: Dickinson College

Loreta Janeta Velazquez, dressed as Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, C.S.A.

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Carlene Hempel and Jill Kuhn, University of North Carolina, 1999
Notes
Cropped and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, July 1, 2008. The original work is the property of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching, and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text.
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engraving
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Courtesy of
Documenting the American South Project, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Permission to use?
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Source citation
Loreta Jeneta Velazquez, The Woman in Battle....(Richmond, Virginia: Dustin, Gilman & Co., 1876), 61.
Source note
Electronic Version from the Documenting the American South Project, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

Charles Heydrick (Dickinson Alumni Record)

Reference
George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 190.
*Heydrick, Charles---Born September 20, 1832, in Flourtown, Montgomery county, Pa.; A. B., 1860; taught at Oakland, Md., and Bridgeville, Del.; captain of infantry, United States army; B. L. society.  Died May 11, 1874, in Bridgeville, Del.
Alumni Record: Dickinson College

Loreta Janeta Velazquez, detail

Scanned by
Carlene Hempel and Jill Kuhn, University of North Carolina, 1999
Notes
Cropped and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, July 1, 2008. The original work is the property of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching, and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
Yes
Courtesy of
Documenting the American South Project, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Permission to use?
Yes
Source citation
Loreta Jeneta Velazquez, The Woman in Battle....(Richmond, Virginia: Dustin, Gilman & Co., 1876), frontispiece.
Source note
Electronic Version from the Documenting the American South Project, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
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