Reid, Samuel C. (Samuel Chester), 1818-1897

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Birth 1818
Death 1897

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Biographical Note

Samuel Chester Reid

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

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

From the guide to the Samuel Chester Reid Family Papers, 1807-1963, (bulk 1830-1897), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Dwellings
  • Flags
  • Mexican War, 1846-1848

Occupations:

  • Naval officers

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  • United States (as recorded)
  • Confederate States of America (as recorded)
  • Faial Island (Azores) (as recorded)
  • Saint Louis (Mo.) (as recorded)
  • Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (as recorded)
  • Brazil (as recorded)

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