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MEMOIR OF LIEUT COL TENCH TILG
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Confederate General Lloyd Tilghman
Lloyd Tilghman was a man of distinguished family. His forefathers, men of rank during colonial times, included Matthew Tilghman, who helped frame Maryland's constitution, Chief Justice William Tilghman of Pennsylvania and Lieutenant Colonel Tench C. Tilghman, George Washington's military secretary. Trained at West Point, Lloyd Tilghman originally resigned his commission in 1836. However, with the onset of the Mexican conflict--a veritable training ground for the War Between the States--in 1846, Tilghman rejoined the army as an aide-de-camp to General David E. Twiggs. When the ultimate question was posed almost two decades later, Tilghman, a Southern sympathizer with decidedly Northern ties, ...
History of Talbot County, Maryland, 1661-1861. in Two Volumes
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...portion of Talbot County than now belongs to it. There were then within its bounds, besides the Parish Church--called "Chester Church"--three Chapels of ease, viz.: the "Up-River Chapel" (upon the site of the present St. Luke's, Church Hill)--"Tuckahoe Chapel" (in what is now St. John's Parish, in the counties of Caroline and Queen Anne) and "St. Luke's, Wye." From the fact that the Parish Church very shortly afterwards needed repair, and the Chapel at Wye renewal, thes...
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History of Talbot County, MD
This important work of Maryland history will be welcomed by all who wish to know of its historical beginnings, political contests, religious conflicts, progress in education, industrial development, social life, and finally of the notable citizens who established its greatness. Volume I contains fifty biographical sketches of notable citizens. Volume II relates the history of Talbot County from its early settlement down to the beginning of the Civil War, with particular stress on the Colonial, Revolutionary, and War of 1812 periods. Chapters include: Samuel Alexander Harrison, M.D.; Lieutenant Colonel Tench Tilghman; Hon. James Hollyday, Jr.; Francis Butler, gent; Robert Morris; Henry Callis...
Washington's Loyalist (Abridged, Annotated)
One of twelve children of a family split by loyalist sympathies, Tench Tilghman chose to fight for American freedom from the crown of England. He became one of the close members of George Washington's military family. Like many of the young men around the childless Washington, Tilghman became something of a son to him.His importance to Washington can be seen in the painting that adorns the cover of this book. It is Charles Peale's "Washington, Lafayette and Tilghman at Yorktown." The honor of carrying the news of the British surrender at Yorktown to Congress was given to Tench Tilghman.Every memoir of the American Revolution provides us with another view of the event that changed world history.
