[46], A dragoon patrol under Lieutenant Thomas C. Hammond, guided by Rafael Machado, the son of Don Jos Manuel Machado (grantee of Rancho El Rosario and sent by the Machado family to assist Kearny), reconnoitered Capt. Q. Appendix III: List of Soldiers by Name Updated February 22, 2005 War of 1812 Discharge Certificates Appendix I: List of Units and Subunits Appendix II: List of Company/Detachment Commanders Appendix III: List of Soldiers by Name Appendix IV: List of Soldiers by Unit Appendix III: List of Soldiers by Name [table striped="true" [6]:188, A second charge ordered by Capt. I was a seaman on board the Tory. the mate, and William Mars the second matewe had a very valuable cargo, principally teawe did not touch at the Cape, nor at St. Helenathe wind was favourable shortly after we passed the Capewe missed St. Helena. His sorrowing father and surviving brothers and sisters have caused this stone to be erected as a mark of their enduring affection. Damp powder reduced the effectiveness of carbines to clubs and pistols to hammers, as described by Felicita[50] a San Pasqual Indian[51] that witnessed the battle. PETER CURTIS . No; oh, yes, I didI was over the ship's side, paintingI was sent down, and told him what the mate had said when he went forwardthe captain was cutting and hacking the men aboutI did not tell him the mate wanted to take his lifeI told him he wanted us to come aft and make the captain fast, or else he would murder all handsI am certain I did not tell him the mate wanted us to go aft and take his life. What was this 20l.? On the 24th Oct. had you occasion to go down into the captain's cabin? Killed/Missing in action of U.S. 1st Dragoon & attached forces, Clarke & Ruhlen p. 40 (M.I.A. Emory, W. H., Brevet Major; Calvin, Ross, Ph.D. (Introduction and notes). Woodward (1948) p. 65, Emory p. 145, "We finally beat them off the second time; they fled leaving, Note-Reconnaissance is spelled as shown in actual text as "RECONNOISSANCE. For Kit Carson and Pontho (or Panto) the foot journey to San Diego was "a matter of routine." WebGeorge Johnston (1764-1823), soldier and farmer, was born on 19 March 1764 at Annandale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, the son of Captain George Johnston, aide-de-camp But "to the young naval officer it was pure torture, and upon his arrival at old town [San Diego], being unable to stand because of his lacerated feet, he had to be carried into Commodore Stockton's headquarters." Stockton's unit then escorted Kearny's battered troops to San Diego, where they arrived December 12. I sailed from LiverpoolI remember Thomas RasonI saw him come down the after-cabin of the ship a day or two after we left FayalI cannot say what time it wasI. I never made any communication to the captain of anything I had heard any of the crew say, I am sure of thatI did not tell the captain that I had heard any of the crew say if he did not make the island of Ascension next day he would no longer be captain, nothing of the kind; nor that I had heard any of the crew say they would take the ship to Americaon the night Rason died I was aftI saw Rason go down into the cabinI cannot say what time that wasit was at nightI afterwards lent a hand to bring the body upthere were four or five of usthe captain was there at the timewhen I first saw the body it was lying on the cabin floor, close to the pantry, outside the cabin, close to the stairsthe captain was standing over the body with a cutlass in his handI saw him lay the point of the cutlass on the bodyI cannot say what he saidI took the body up by French's ordershe was on the poopI saw two stabs in the left breast. [7] On December 6 and December 7, 1846, General Stephen W. Kearny's US Army of the West, along with a small detachment of the California Battalion led by a Marine Lieutenant, engaged a small contingent of Californios and their Presidial Lancers Los Galgos (The Greyhounds), led by Major Andrs Pico. Do you happen to know whether there was anybody among the crew capable of taking charge of, and managing the vessel, except the captain? Proceedings of a general court-martial held at Chelsea hospital, which commenced on Tuesday, May 7, 1811, and continued by adjournment to Joseph E. Johnston (1807-1891) was a U.S. military officer who served as a Confederate general during the Civil War (1861-65). WebThe senior Johnston was a prominent attorney who had represented George Washingtonin legal matters, as well as serving together in the Virginia House of Burgesses.1The younger Johnston received a good education, read law and, on March 12, 1770, established himself as an attorney in Loudoun County, Virginia.2 As the rift widened between Great To insure that at least one messenger would make it through, the three men had separated a few miles from San Diego, Pontho (Panto) was the first to make it, then followed Carson, then later the much suffering naval officer Lieut. Did you hear that any of the crew who shipped at Hong Kong formerly belonged to the William the Fourth? A. WebGeorge Ankers, 754 Bryant Street, San Francisco Henry Anson, 1133 Union Street, San Francisco *Captain Auguay *Richard Austin, 415 East, San Francisco *Elihu Avery, 1437 Steiner, San Francisco B F. R. Baby *Charles Backus, 230 Francisco, San Francisco A. Bacon *Charles A. F. Bahn, 906 Filbert, San Francisco *James G. Baker, Pacific St. ", San Pasqual Valley, San Diego, California, San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park, "San Pasqual Battlefield Site Location Project", "California and the Mexican War: The Battle of San Pasqual", "Get a Look at the Mighty Pacific: Thomas Swords Dragoon Quartermaster", "Commodore Stockton's Report on the War in California", "VIVA LOS CALIFORNIOS! It was on all the while I was thereI had to lift it off to see the faceat least I did not, one of the men did, that dressed his woundshe opened it just below the neck. A. Nohe had called the crew down several times, and I heard the greater part of the crew telling things of each other when he called them downthe first time Rason was called down that night I think Spence and French were presentI cannot recollect who elsehe was cut a good deal on the first occasion on the head and facewhen he came down the second time the blood was dried upthere were the marks of blood on his temples and head, more than one cutCordeviola and Spence were present on the second occasion, but Spence went out of the cabin when he was calledI cannot recollect Slack being thereI am not sure he was not thereI saw a boy called Jemmy in and outI cannot say whether he was there at the time of the blowsDunn was there to the best of my knowledge when he came into the cabinthere was nobody there when he was stabbed but Cordeviolawhen he came down the first time the captain had the cutlass in his handhe might have said, "This is the arm that won the Boyne," &c., while he held the cutlasshe did when he had the bayonet, and was saying it all night nearlyhe struck him two or three times or so with the cutlass the second time he came down, on the head and body, shoving it against himhe did not stab him with the cutlasshe struck him with the blade of it once or twiceI am certain he struck him on the head with the cutlass more than once, and two or three times with the flat of itI saw the blood running from himI did not pay attention whether he cut him more than oncehe afterwards put it down, took up the bayonet and rushed at him with ithe took the bayonet off the table by his sideI do not recollect his calling anybody firstI did not see anybody come before he stabbed himI saw him take up the bayonetthe cabin was lighthe put down the cutlass and had the bayonet in his hand afterwardsI believe he took it upI did not see it given to himI do not suppose anybody could have come into the cabin and give it to him without my seeing itto the best of my knowledge he took it up himselfI saw the bayonet on the tableI did not hear him call to anybody for ithe might have done ithe put the cutlass down and had the bayonet in his hand at the instanthe then pitched him backward and forward with his left hand for a few minuteshe raised him from the sofa and pitched him backward and forwardCordeviola. spare me!". His torn and bloodstained tunic serves as evidence of a bitter struggle that saw Q. I believe you belong to the Isle of Man? [15] While Machado quickly ran back to Hammond's scouting party, Alipaz sounded the alarm but was dismissed by General Pico, until a U.S. Army blanket and dragoon coat were discovered on the edge of camp by Pablo Vjar. WebGeorge became Major George Johnston and received benefits from successive governors, acquiring significant land holdings. I was an apprentice on board the ToryI shipped at Liverpoolon passing the Cape on the homeward voyage the provisions and water fell shorton the night we expected to make Ascension Island I was forward with Rason and some of the crewwe were on short allowance at the time (I think it was before we fell in with the French barque)I asked Rason if he thought we should make the land before morninghe said he did not know, but if we did make the land, he would put a blue shirt on the fore yard-arm, so that some of the men-of-war's men might come on board, and he would let them know how they had been treated during the passage, and the captain would be no more captain of the Torythat was all I heard to the best of my recollectionsome time after the captain sent on deck for me into the cabinit was after we fell in with the French barqueI think it was the day afterhe began to speak to me about how the mate had insulted him, and said he could judge by the mate's appearance that there had been something going on that was not right, and asked if I had heard anything about itI said I did not hear anything at allhe took the cutlass in his hand, and said, "Tell me this instant, did not you hear any person. Before that time had not the captain treated the whole crew with great kindness? and died in a fitI did not take on myself to believe itI judged how he had died, but I entered in the log-book what the captain desired meI think these six names were put to it the day after Mars was committed to the deepI signed it a short time after I made the entryI believe it was at the timeI generally signed at the same time as themwhen any particular transaction took place the captain signed in the log-book, also the chief and second officer, nobody else before Rambert's deathafter his death some of the crew were called to sign it. He was promoted previous to that, if I recollect right, to be boatswainthat was after French had made that statement to the captainhe was afterwards promoted to be matethat was after Rambert's deathI think it was after the whole of their deaths, to the best of my recollectionbetween the death of Rambert and our reaching Fayal everything went on as quietly in the ship as usualthe captain was in command of the ship, and gave orders for the navigation entirely as usualhe gave orders all along with regard to the navigation of the ship, from the time the men were released till we reached the Western Islands. Captain Turner ordered Lieutenant William H. Emory and a squad of dragoons to engage and drive off the menacing lancers. [6]:187 They had just completed a 2,000 mile march; the longest march in U.S. Army history;[10] the force was travel weary and mounted mules and half-broken horses which were rounded up around Warner Ranch that were owned by California Capt. While Kearny made a poor decision to engage the Californios at San Pasqual, the operations on either side of the battle revealed a brilliant military mind coordinating complex actions across the expanse of a continent. JAMES GLOVER . [8] Kearny's force, guided by Carson, reached Warner's Ranch in California on 2 Dec., in a greatly weakened condition. You say you had a quarrel with the captain about this woman? No, nothing but what is termed a grumblenothing mutinousthat was at the time the crew were on short provisions and waterI was not present at any time when French said anything to the men about what he would do to the captainafter Yelverton and French. Briggs, Carl and Trudell, Clyde Frances. A. NoI do not know that Mars had sailed in the William the Fourthhe was a FrenchmanI did not hear anybody tell the captain some of the crew had been discharged from their ships for mutinyI did not tell him of anything the crew had threatened to do to himI never said Rason had sworn he would have his lifeI never reported any such thingwhen Rason died, Dunn was in the pantryhe came out when I called himwhen the captain' called for the bayonet, Glover came out of the pantry, and gate him the bayonethe had then thrown the cutlass on one sideI and Rason were in the cabin with himI think Spence was there, but he went awayHarry, the boy, was in the cabin part of the timeGlover came out of the pantry, and gave the prisoner the bayonetthe captain was very violent, like a chimpanzehe swung his cutlass and said, "This is the arm that slew the Boyne at the battle of Bannockburn"whether that was before or after he struck Rason, I cannot sayhe used the expression very oftenhe would frequently come on deck with a cutlass, and swing it against the brass of the gangway, and say thathe did it three times after Rambert's deathhe struck Rason both times on the breastI saw only one hole, but saw his arm move twiceRason at that time was quite quiet on the sofahe never made any effort to defend himself, or make any resistancehe fell directly, from the effect of the blowthe captain instantly stooped over him, and said, "Tom, speak a couple of words, for God's sake"he could not speak, and the captain went to the water-closet. A. Abraham R. Johnston was an American army officer. A. G. SPENCE. Johnston claimed he was being unfairly persecuted and demanded that he be sent to England for trial. [8] Historian Hollon wrote: The combat losses at the Battle of San Pasqual often overshadow the success of the overall campaign. A. [65], Stockton quickly dispatched a unit of over 200 sailors and marines, whose arrival caused the Californios to disperse. WebDeath: June 05, 1901 (52) Echuca, Victoria, Australia. 11 Jul 1843 & David b. login . : The Battle of San Pasqual", "Clearing Up The Confusion About California Cannon Of John Sutter", "THE USE OF ARTILLERY AT THE BATTLE OF SAN PASQUAL", "THE JOURNALS OF MARINE SECOND LIEUTENANT HENRY BULLS WATSON 18451848", "Battalion of Sailors, from the fleet on the Pacific coast 1847", "A Brief History of John Sutter and his Bronze Field Cannon", "William Henry Russell, Callaway, Jackson, Cass Co., MO", "An historical sketch of Los Angeles county, California. PIONEER SOLDIERS, 1778 TO 1781. "On the morning of the 7th, having made ambulances for our wounded . BARRY YELVERTON. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Like Elizabeth Macarthur, Esther managed her Cross-examined. Johnston. On December 6 and December 7, 1846, General Stephen W. Ke Q. we proceeded on our march, when the enemy showed himself, occupying the hills in our front, which they left as we approached, till reaching San Bernardo a party of them took possession of a hill near to it and maintained their position until attacked by our advance, who quickly drove them from it, killing and wounding five of their number with no loss on our part. Prior to capture by the Californios on their return trip, they had hid Stockton's message under a tree, "but when this cache was examined the letters were missing. Did you know what you were signing? I was a steerage-passenger on board the ship, with my mother, Mrs. ThompsonI went ashore at Fayal with the captainup to that time the ship had been all quiet for some weeksI went with the captain to the British consulthe captain said there that he would kill them all when he got on boardthat was as he was going up stain at the consul'sI said, "Don't"his phrase was, "Kill them all"I saw him talking with the consulI did not hear what he saidhe remained at the consul's about a quarter of an hourhe appeared to be rather intoxicated when he came away from the consul's, and he said he had drunk a bottle of wine with the English consul's daughterI saw Rason's body on deck after he was dead, and I saw two wounds on his left breastI cannot recollect what day it was. Pico then withdrew a half mile to higher ground. Q. In 1944 the federal government transferred the property to the County of San Diego. R. FRENCH. Signed, G. JOHNSTON. Pico's mounted force remained ahead of the pursuing U.S. forces. The body was put upon the topgallant forecastle while it was washed, and I saw he was cut violently across the lips and brow, and across the hands, and under the left breast there were two stabs. Son of John and Rachel Johnston. A. I cannot speak to the date, but on the day Rason diedI was in the cabin when Rason was called down into the captain's cabinit was nearly midnightthe captain had desired me to step into the cabinthe beginning of it was this, a charge was brought against Rason, by a man named Joseph Morris, of having said he would have law when he came to England, or words to that effecthe told the captain Rason had said so, and the captain desired Rason to be sent forhe appeared to act on thathe might have some private motiveI believe somebody was sent to call Rason downhe came downYelverton. WebLieutenant-Colonel George Johnston (19 March 1764 5 January 1823) was a British military officer who served as Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales, Australia after NOT GUILTY , being of unsound mind at the time of committing the act. Yes, at least I had no quarrel, a few wordsthat is allhe was angry with me for having the woman there, and charged me with living with herwe had not exactly sharp words on the subjectnor sharpish wordsby a quarrel, I meant a few words which the captain spoke to meit was the day we were in the parallel of AscensionI remembered when before the Magistrate what I have been saying as to the conversation with the mate. [8] While in Santa Fe, Kearny established Fort Marcy, named after the Secretary of War William L. Marcy, who had ordered Kearny's force westward. Edit your search. I was rather better than eighteen months in the cuddy acting as stewardI remember Rason's deathI saw him go down into the cabin about twelve o'clock on the night of his deathI only saw him go down onceI was in the passage where the pantry ishe did not pass me to go into the cabinI was at the door of the pantryyou go down some stairs, as if going to the cabinyou turn to the right to the pantry, and to the left to go into the after cabinI saw Rason go into the cabinI could see the captain in the cabin at the timeI did not notice anybody whom I. now rememberI never saw Rason alive after he went into the cabinI continued at the door of the pantry all the time Rason was in the cabinafter Rason had gone in I heard him cry out for the captain to have mercy upon himI heard the captain say he would never leave him to have the laws of his countryI heard nothing else said by either at that timeabout a quarter of an hour after Rason had gone in, the captain called to me for a bayonet, and I went inthat was after I had heard Rason calling for mercyI took a bayonet into the cabinI do not recollect whether I gave it to the captain, or laid it upon the table close by himI then saw Barry Yelverton in the cabin and JulianJulian was standing at the door of the cabin, and Yelverton was sitting on an after lockerRason was sitting on a couch in the cabinthe captain had hold of Rason by the collar of his shirt, shaking him about, and he had a sword in his handafter carrying in the bayonet I came out of the cabin again directly, and stood at the door of the cabin outside, at the same door where Julian was standingwhile I was at the door I saw the captain strike Rason with the bayonet on the head first, and then he struck him with the point of it in the left breast twicethere was a broken spar out of the Venetian blind of the cabin-door, and that is how I happened to seeRason did not appear to be doing anything to the captainhe was sitting upon the couch all the whilehe sat upon the couch when the captain pulled him abouthe moved him off the couch and then on againRason was always asking the captain for mercyabout three or four minutes after he had stabbed Rason in the breast, the captain called to me for some lintI went in on that and told him it was all usedthe cook then got some cottonRason was lying back upon the couch when I went inI was there when he diedit was, I think, about two minutes after I went inafter he had stabbed him, the captain said to Rason, "If you will speak two words, Tom, I will make friends with you"I was in the cabin, I should think, about ten minutes after he diedI then went into the pantryI was not backwards and forwards in the cabin all the nightI was asleepI went to bed about half-past one o'clockI went into the cabin once to give the captain a little brandy and water before he went to bedI had not taken him much brandy and water in the course of the night, not more than usualhe was in the habit of drinking a good deal of brandy and water at that timehe drank more than I had seen him do at the former part of the voyageI remember the death of Rambert, the chief matethe captain appeared to drink more after his death than beforewhen I went to bed at half-past one o'clock the body of Rason was still in the cabinI remember signing the log with the account of Rason's deathI see my name here(looking at it)it is my handwritingI do not recollect whether or not it was read over to me before I signed itI was always going backwards and forwards to the cabinI do not recollect exactly how soon it was after Rason's death that I signed itI knew what the statement was with respect to Rason's death at the time I signed itI knew that the writing represented that he had died in a fitI heard the captain tell Spence to write it, and he smiled while he told himI cannot say exactly how soon that was after Rason's deathI think it was the day after. ALEX. Turner, Henry, Smith, Edited & Introduction by Clarke, Dwight, L. (1966). Gorenfeld, Will and Gorenfeld, John. I was acting as steward on board the vessel at the latter part of the voyage. WILLIAM DUNN.") You observed excitement about the captain from the time Yelverton made the first communication to him? In late December 1846, Kearny's force began its march to Los Angeles. (1951). Crass-examined. [60] That night Lieut. Captain George Johnson was wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Kearny had already determined the night before (December 9) to continue the march the next morning. Hollon states that Kearny's misjudgments resulted in nearly disastrous consequences for the Army of the West and put the United States plans for conquest and empire in peril. "[74] Some time after the battle, General Kearny wrote that the U.S. had achieved victory since the Californios had "fled the field,"[75] but the Californios saw the engagement as their victory. threatening my life"I told him I did not, and he sent on deck for French, and said, "French, were you not forward and heard Thomas Rason say, if we did not make the island of Ascension before morning, he would have my life? BARRY YELVERTON. Q. HENY SLACK . A. G. SPENCE. Cross-examined. A. told them to turn to, and they said they could not turn to on a quart of water a daythis was the day we were in the parallel of Ascension, the day we expected to make itRambert went down to the cabin, and the captain came on deck with himthe captain had nothing in his hand when he came on deckhe came up directly, went forward, and said if any man came aft the windlass he would shoot himhe and Rambert afterwards went on the poopI was at the wheel at the time, and heard the captain say to Rambert that he would have them on a pint of water, and after that he would see them glad to take a wine glass, and after that he would see them hanging at the main-stay like porpoises, sucking each other's bloodwhen I was relieved from the wheel and went forward, I told the crew what I had heard the captain saythis was about four or five days before we fell in with the French barqueI remember the day before we fell in with the barquethere was a vessel in sight in the course of that day before dinner, but the Tory had kept her course, and had not made for that vesselabout dinner time that day, French came into the forecastle with his knife sharpened at both edgesRason was in the forecastle at that time, and most of the crewFrench said if the captain touched him, he would have his guts outI had said we had better go aft to the captain and ask him for some more stores, and if he was to offer to take any person's life, to confine him till we got to a British portwhen French made use of the expression I have named, Rason said it could be done without murderthat was all that passednext day we fell in with the French barque, and got provisions, water, wine, and brandyI mentioned to the captain that evening, the 23rd of Sept., what I had heard said by some of the crew.
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