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Between July 1775 and January 1776 eight more companies of rangers were recruited from the frontiermen of northern New Hampshire as the regiment joined the Continental Army and took part in the Siege of Fort St. Jean and the Battle of The Cedars during the Invasion of Canada. Most of the regiment was captured at The Cedars but were exchanged ...
In 1680, the Province of New Hampshire was formally separated from Massachusetts, with Norfolk County forming the core. Massachusetts retained the northern bank of Merrimack River and the towns of Salisbury and Haverhill were added to Essex County. Hampton, Exeter, Dover, and Portsmouth were governed at two levels, town and province/colony ...
[MSSAR 1894] Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 1894 Yearbook. Contains list of names and towns of all patriots killed on April 19, along with the places of their deaths, on pp. 126-127. Nylander, Robert Harrington (1964). "Jason Russell and His House in Menotomy," Old Time New England, LV(2): 29-42.
Munroe Tavern, located at 1332 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, Massachusetts, is an American Revolutionary War site that played a prominent role in the Battle of Lexington and Concord. It is now preserved and operated as a museum by the Lexington Historical Society , with exhibits highlighting the role and perspective of the British soldiers ...
However, Volume 8 of Massachusetts Sailors and Soldiers in the War of the Revolution lists Private Anthony Hoskins or Haskins as a soldier in Captain Spoor's Company of John Ashley's Regiment from October 15 to 17, 1780 when they "marched to the Northward by order of Brig. Gen. Fellows on an alarm at the time Forts Ann and George were taken by ...
The 4th Massachusetts was summoned for active service on April 15, 1861, in response to President Lincoln's call for 75,000 troops to put down the insurrection in the southern states. Despite the various companies being dispersed over a large area of southeastern Massachusetts, the regiment was present for duty in Boston on the evening of April ...
The home of Colonel James Barrett, it was the destination of British regulars who crossed North Bridge intent on searching the farm for artillery and ammunition they thought was hidden there. The house and 3.4 acres of land were purchased and restored by Save Our Heritage, a Concord non-profit that transferred ownership to the National Park ...
A false alarm was generated when the British removed 250 half-barrels of gunpowder from a powder house in Charlestown, Massachusetts on September 1, 1774. Thirteen boats carried 260 British soldiers to carry off with the gunpowder. A man warned that British soldiers were headed for Cambridge, initiating the Powder Alarm. At about the same time ...