Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Washington initially hoped to bring the fight to New York, drawing the British forces away from Virginia and ending the war there, but Rochambeau advised him that Cornwallis in Virginia was the better target. [136] On August 19, 1781, Washington and Rochambeau began a march to Yorktown, Virginia, known now as the "celebrated march". [137]
Ann Beattie (born September 8, 1947) is an American novelist and short story writer. She has received an award for excellence from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the short story form.
Richard Hakluyt (/ ˈ h æ k l ʊ t, ˈ h æ k l ə t, ˈ h æ k əl w ɪ t /; [1] 1553 – 23 November 1616) was an English writer. He is known for promoting the English colonization of North America through his works, notably Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America (1582) and The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation (1589–1600).
Simon Kenton (aka "Simon Butler") (April 3, 1755 – April 29, 1836) was a renowned American frontiersman, soldier, and pioneer who played a significant role in the settlement of Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio.
Virginia is located in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States. [86] [87] Virginia has a total area of 42,774.2 square miles (110,784.7 km 2), including 3,180.13 square miles (8,236.5 km 2) of water, making it the 35th-largest state by area. [88]
Francis "Frank" Pharcellus Church was born in Rochester on February 22, 1839, to Pharcellus Church, a Baptist minister, [1] [2] and Chara Emily Church (née Conant). He had three sisters; an older brother, William Conant Church; [2] and a younger brother, John Adams Church. [3]
John Mercer Langston (December 14, 1829 – November 15, 1897) was an American abolitionist, attorney, educator, activist, diplomat, and politician.He was the founding dean of the law school at Howard University and helped create the department.
Scott was born on July 30, 1895, in Richmond, Virginia. She attended Bryn Mawr College from 1914 through 1916 and graduated from Barnard College in 1921. She received a doctorate in art history from the University of Chicago in the mid-1930s. [1] She went on to teach at Westhampton College, a women's college now part of University of Richmond. [2]