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Biographical Note
Samuel Chester Reid
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1783, Aug. 25 | Born, Norwich, Conn. |
| 1813 | Married Mary Jennings (died 1855) |
| 1814, Sept. | Captain of the privateer General Armstrong in battle with British warships at Faial, Azores |
| 1816 | Petitioned Congress for compensation for the officers and crew of the scuttled General Armstrong |
| 1818 | Congress established the current design of the United States flag in conformity with a design by Reid |
| 1822 | Published The New York Telegraph and Signal Book. New York: N.p. |
| 1843 | Appointed harbor master, New York, N.Y. |
| 1861, Jan. 28 | Died, New York, N.Y. |
Samuel C. Reid
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1818, Oct. 21 | Born, New York, N.Y. |
| 1838 | Participated in United States government survey of Ohio River |
| 1839 | Settled in Natchez, Miss., and studied law under John A. Quitman |
| 1841 | Admitted to the Mississippi bar |
| 1844 | Admitted to the Louisiana bar |
| 1846 | Admitted to U.S. Supreme Court bar |
| 1846-1848 | Served in the Texas Rangers under Ben McCulloch during the Mexican War |
| 1847 | Published The Scouting Expeditions of McCulloch's Texas Rangers. Philadelphia, Pa.: G. B. Zieber & Co. |
| 1849 | Editor, New Orleans Picayune, New Orleans, La. |
| 1853 | Louis Napoleon decided General Armstrong case in favor of Portugal and England |
| 1854 | Appealed unsuccessfully to Congress on behalf of General Armstrong shareholders for financial reimbursement |
| 1857 | Declined invitation from James Buchanan to be ambassador to Italy Published The Case of the Private Armed Brig of War Gen. Armstrong. New York, N.Y.: Banks, Gould & Co. |
| 1860 | Published A Reply to Lord Brougham. Charleston, S.C.: N.p. |
| 1861 | Candidate for Confederate Congress from Louisiana |
| 1861-1865 | Confederate war correspondent |
| 1863 | Published Great Battle of Chicamauga!, by Ora [pseud.]. Mobile, Ala.: F. Titcomb |
| 1864 | Published A Full Account of the Capture and Wonderful Escape of Gen. John H. Morgan with Captain T. Henry Hines, by 290 [pseud.]. Atlanta, Ga.: Intelligencer Steam Power Presses |
| 1865 | Married Josephine Rowan (died 1911) |
| 1874 | Founded Mississippi Valley & Brazil Steamship Co., St. Louis, Mo. |
| 1882 | Published Reasons for Asking a Reconsideration of the Conclusions Determined by the Secretary of State in the Settlement of the Claim of the Brig General Armstrong. Washington, D.C.: N.p. Congress appropriated $70,739 to General Armstrong shareholders for loss of the privateer and personal effects |
| 1891 | Retrieved "Long Tom" gun of General Armstrong from Castle of Santa Cruz, Faial, Azores, and returned it to United States |
| 1893 | Published The History of the Wonderful Battle of the Brig-of-War General Armstrong with a British Squadron, at Fayal, 1814. Boston, Mass.: L. Barta & Co. |
| 1894 | Arranged display of "Long Tom" gun at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1895 | Arranged placement of "Long Tom" gun at the Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. |
| 1897, Aug. 13 | Died, Washington, D.C. |
| 1947 | Published posthumously, The Capture and Wonderful Escape of Gen. John H. Morgan as Reported by Samuel Chester Reid, Joseph J. Mathews, ed. Atlanta, Ga.: Emory Univ. Library |