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In 1864, a fire burned everything except the stone walls and the Savoy Chapel, and the property sat empty until impresario Richard D ' Oyly Carte bought it in 1880 to build the Savoy Theatre specifically for the production of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, of which he was the producer.
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1864 and fire
When an Ohio regiment vacated the house in 1864, they attempted to raze it with fire as a punishment for Tyler's support of the Confederacy.
In 1864 a fire burned everything except the stone walls and the Savoy Chapel, and the property sat empty until Richard D ' Oyly Carte bought it in 1880 to build the Savoy Theatre specifically for the production of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, of which he was the producer.
* The Royal Cambridge Music Hall, 136 Commercial Street ( 1864 – 1936 ), was destroyed by fire in 1896, then rebuilt in 1897 by Finch Hill, architect of the Britannia Theatre, in nearby Hoxton.
The next courthouse, built in 1864, also fell victim to fire in May 1866.
On December 23, 1864, the courthouse was complete gutted by a fire and, within two years, a new structure was completed on the same site.
On June 15, 1864, Confederate forces under Colonel Stand Watie attacked with cannon and small arms fire as the ship negotiated a bend at Pleasant Bluff.
The " Old Jail " was built in 1818, survived the fire of 1864 and is the oldest jail building in Pennsylvania.
Barnum's Unionist sympathies incited a Confederate arsonist to start a fire in 1864.
* was one of nine ships of the line authorized ( as the ) in 1816, but not launched until 1864 as a storeship and destroyed by fire in 1921
The transcendentalist author Nathaniel Hawthorne, while on vacation in 1864 with former U. S. President Franklin Pierce, died in Plymouth at the second Pemigewasset House, which was later destroyed by fire in 1909.
Douglas was buried in the church of the Savoy, where a monumental brass ( removed from its proper site after the fire in 1864 ) still records his death and interment.
During the American Civil War, Atlanta, as a distribution hub, became the target of a major Union campaign, and in 1864 Union General Sherman's troops set on fire and destroyed the city's assets and buildings, save churches and hospitals.
On February 4, 1864 a fire destroyed most of the factory including arms, machinery, plans, and factory records.
Most records of the event were lost, possibly in an 1864 fire that destroyed the courthouse.
At the Battle of Cold Harbor ( 3 June 1864 ) he was left in command of the brigade, Gen. Brooke being wounded, and later he was himself slightly wounded, but not disabled, and remained at his post during the rest of the day, holding an advanced position close to the enemy's works, and constantly under fire.
During the infamous Sand Creek Massacre of November 29, 1864, Soule had disobeyed orders by refusing to fire on Chief Black Kettle ’ s peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho village.
A Victorian hotel was built in 1864 ; it later was lost to a fire.
Unfortunately, most of Cook's photographs were lost in a fire in 1864.
It is for this reason that Raphael Semmes spoke with bitter sarcasm about USS Kearsarges continuing to fire after CSS Alabama had struck her colors in their 1864 duel.
The Dukes of the Mark bought the town from Cologne, who in 1301 built the castle Schwarzenberg ( which was destroyed by fire in 1864 ).
Von Jachmann steamed towards the blockade forces at midday on 17 March 1864 with the Arcona, Nymphe and Loreley, and opened fire at 14. 30 hrs.
He was always much interested in military matters, and was under fire, on the Danish side, in the Second Schleswig War in 1864.
Karpeles received the Medal of Honor for rallying retreating troops, inducing them to check the enemy's advance while under heavy fire on May 6, 1864, during the Battle of the Wilderness.
After massive looting, the city was set on fire which lasted till July 26, 1864.
1864 and burned
This building served the county until it was burned by Union troops, along with almost entire town of Doniphan, on September 19, 1864.
In December 1864 federals raided the town and burned much of it.
The courthouse in Madisonville was burned by Kentucky Confederates led by Gen. Hylan Benton Lyon on December 17, 1864, as they passed through western Kentucky because it was being used to house Union soldiers.
In December 1864, raiding Kentucky Confederate cavalry commanded by General Hylan B. Lyon burned the Caldwell County courthouse in Princeton, since it was being used to house the Union garrison.
The second courthouse was opened in 1864, and was burned down to the first floor during an explosive Fourth of July fireworks demonstration.
Vienna was burned by the Union Army on December 15, 1864.
In 1864, the city was burned to the ground by Union forces in retaliation for the sinking of the tinclad Union gunboat USS Queen City by forces under the command of Confederate Brigadier General Joseph O. Shelby.
In December 1864, raiding Kentucky Confederate cavalry commanded by General Hylan B. Lyon burned the Caldwell County courthouse in Princeton, since it was being used to house the occupying Union garrison.
On another occasion, a diary by Josh Ellison states that in the winter of 1864 a squad of soldiers from Paducah burned the east side of the court square on Friday night, and on Monday they burned the north side of the court square.
In December 1864, Confederate troops under General Hylan B. Lyon captured the town and burned the Christian County courthouse, as it was being used by the Union army as barracks.
The town did not incorporate until 1849, and was ransacked on October 13, 1864 by Confederate guerrillas, who burned the jail.
The courthouse in Madisonville was burned by Confederates led by Gen. Hylan B. Lyon on December 17, 1864, as they passed through western Kentucky.
The first courthouse was burned by Confederate cavalry in 1864 because the Union Army was using it for barracks.
A two-story, four-room brick building, it survived until September 20, 1864, when it was burned by Confederate raiders during the American Civil War.
The original town was burned by the Union Army on September 19, 1864, during the American Civil War.
On July 30, 1864, a large portion of the town was burned down under orders from Brig.
The account of the township ’ s formation was lost when the Confederates burned the county seat Chambersburg in 1864, but according to the recollection of older citizens the township was organized ca.
On 12 June 1864 Union forces under the command of General David Hunter shelled and burned the Institute as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864.
This is the structure that received most of the damage when Union forces shelled and burned the Institute in June 1864.
* Charter Oak A schooner and cargo ship out of Boston used in the American Civil War, captured by Confederate forces and burned in 1864.
Stuart made cavalry raids in 1862 and 1863 ; John Imboden raided in 1863 and John McCausland in 1864, when his troopers burned the city of Chambersburg.
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