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Dorchester, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
Bucknam, and Joseph Bond. The last named was discharged June 7, 1775; the rest served out the eight months, and were on the coat roll, so called,--which fact secured a pension from the United States. Some took money instead of a coat. Some time afterwards, Captain Hall testified that Samuel Ingalls, one of his company, has bin imprizoned in Cannedy, and hain't receeved no coat. This company was ordered by General Washington, in March, 1776, to be marched from Medford to the Heights in Dorchester. They were in service there only four days. The Medford militia, whose trainings we of latter days have witnessed, is mentioned for the first time in the First Roster, in 1787; but, in the earlier and more confused records, there is recognition of a Medford company in 1781. The names of the officers are erased! A vacuum then occurs. After this, the commanders of the company were as follows:-- Moses Hallchosen CaptainJan. 12, 1787. Samuel TeelMarch 29, 1788. Abijah UsherMay 26,
Savannah (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
the Indians,--a war abhorrent both to his principles and his feelings. He had a singular and unconquerable dislike of travelling by steam-power; but here was a necessity; and, almost for the first time in his life, he ventured on board a steamboat, the Dolphin, bound for the Black Creek. The following account, published at the time in the Jacksonville Courier, gives the sad sequel with touching particularity:-- The United States steamer Dolphin, from Charleston for St. Augustine, via Savannah and St. Mary's, was lost off the bar of St. John's River, on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 17, 1836, at half-past 4 in the afternoon. When within two miles of St. John's Bar, and she had taken two pilots on board, as the boat began to move, her boilers exploded, and, in an instant, she was a complete wreck. The bows and stern were separated, and the engine, &c., sank to the bottom. Mr. Donnelson was blown into the bows of the boat, much stunned. After the steam had cleared away, as soon as h
Concord, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
single campaign of actual service, and, at their return, take their former places in the rank and file. In 1828, when the Medford Light Infantry had resigned its charter, Captain John Sparrell was ordered to enroll its members in his company. He did so; and, in that autumn, he appeared at a muster in Maiden with one hundred and ninety-six men, rank and file. Let us now return to our history near the close of the eighteenth century. In 1797, a general muster took place in Concord, Middlesex County; and it engaged the attention of the whole community. The war of the Revolution had made the management of regiments and divisions an easy thing; and the soldier-feeling of ‘75 and ‘83 had not much abated. A gathering of several regiments, therefore, was a most joyous event in this community. Medford made it a town matter, and voted to pay each soldier two dollars, and to give each a half-pound of powder. These musters became the occasions of great dissipation. They seemed to
Medford (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
ea of the habits and customs of the people in Medford when we read the following law, passed July 2e night. Certain persons were appointed in Medford as watchers of the Indians and wild beasts. preparations would lead us to infer that our Medford ancestors belonged not only to the church mil As late as Aug. 4, 1718, the inhabitants of Medford voted £ 10 to buy powder for their defence agty met with decided opposition; and, when our Medford company was organized, the town did not allowl, according to contiguity of place. They in Medford, who were watchers, were soldiers; and the aner to sustain; and the ambitious young men of Medford joined heartily to make it the banner corps oeared better. Aug. 21, 1843: The ladies of Medford presented the Phalanx with a beautiful standaFrancis, son of Ebenezer Francis, was born in Medford, Dec. 22, 1743, on Thursday, and baptized on t son of General John Brooks. He was born in Medford, 1777, on the day of Burgoyne's surrender at [28 more...]
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their native Medford credit. Ebenezer was commissioned as Captain by the Continental Congress, July 1, 1775 ; next year rose to the rank of Colonel, and commanded a regiment on Dorchester Heights from August to December, 1776. Authorized by Congress, he raised the eleventh Massachusetts regiment, and, in January, 1777, marched at the head of it to Ticonderoga. Monday, July 7, 1777, a skirmish took place between the eleventh Massachusetts regiment and the British, at Hubbardton, near Whitehall, N. Y., in which Colonel Francis fell. A private journal of Captain Greenleaf, now in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society, says:-- Colonel Francis first received a ball through his right arm; but still continued at the head of his troops till he received the fatal wound through his body, entering his right breast. He dropped on his face. His chaplain says:-- No officer so noticed for his military accomplishments and regular life as he. His conduct in the field is sp
Fort Erie (Canada) (search for this): chapter 6
Lee, John Weatherspoon, John McClough, Stephen D. Bugsby, Robert Hall, Benjamin Symmes. The first on the list still lives; the others are dead. Edmund Gates was killed in the battle of Chippewa; and Abiel R. Shed was killed in the sortie of Fort Erie, 1813. One of the most signal sacrifices made by Medford to the cause of the country, in that war, was the death of Lieutenant John Brooks, son of General Brooks, who graduated at Harvard College in 1805, studied medicine with his father, ananner o'er thee flying, Her castle and her camps around. And friendship there shall leave its token; And beauty there in tears may melt; For still the charm may rest unbroken, So many tender hearts have felt. Then rest, lamented youth; in honor, Erie shall still preserve thy name; For those who fell 'neath Perry's banner, Must still survive in Perry's fame. Dec. 17, 1836, Medford was called to part with another officer high in command in the army of the United States. Among the brave, the
Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 6
ce, and their face to the enemy, they must now surrender or die. They had resolved to try the chances of battle. The British had now come round them in such overwhelming numbers, that they felt desperate. Just as the British officer had ordered them to surrender, a detachment of American troops came suddenly upon them. The cavalry saw they themselves must be taken; and they turned and fled. Major Brooks narrated to General Washington every particular of this victorious strategem; and Washington said, There is nothing in our military history yet that surpasses the ingenuity and fortitude of that manoeuvre. Captain Pritchard was very young, and a great favorite in the army; and, when it became his turn to watch through the night, it was a common saying among the officers, We can sleep soundly to-night; Pritchard's out. He returned to Medford after the war, resumed his trade of cooper, and died, June 8, 1795, aged forty-three. Colonel Ebenezer Francis, son of Ebenezer Francis,
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5; the rest served out the eight months, and were on the coat roll, so called,--which fact secured a pension from the United States. Some took money instead of a coat. Some time afterwards, Captain Hall testified that Samuel Ingalls, one of his coccount, published at the time in the Jacksonville Courier, gives the sad sequel with touching particularity:-- The United States steamer Dolphin, from Charleston for St. Augustine, via Savannah and St. Mary's, was lost off the bar of St. John's ay, the body was escorted to the grave by the St. Augustine Veterans and a company of volunteers, and followed by the United States officers at this post as principal mourners, the volunteer officers in the service of the United States, the United SUnited States, the United States troops, the Judge and officers of the Superior Court, the Mayor and Aldermen, and a large concourse of citizens. The burial service was read, at the grave, by the Rev. David Brown, of the Episcopal Church. Two years afterwards, his remain
Richmond (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
tinued in it till the war of 1812, when he again received a commission as Captain in the United States army, and served through the war. So gallant was his conduct at the battle of Plattsburg, that he received a brevet as Major. He was retained in the army on the peace establishment, and commanded posts on the seaboard. In May, 1817, he married Miss Sarah Turner. In 1820, he was ordered to the command of Portland Harbor, where he remained seven years; thence to Bellona Arsenal, on James River, Virginia, where he remained four years; thence to Fort Independence, in Boston Harbor. He next came to Medford, and resided in the house of his late father till ordered to the command of the New York Harbor. In May, 1836, he was ordered, with his command, into the Cherokee country, to move the Indians. That duty performed, he went to Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Here he soon received orders to proceed immediately to Florida, and take command of the regiment of which h
Dorchester Heights (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
rly, and, in 1766, married Miss Judith Wood, by whom he had four daughters and one son. That son he named Ebenezer, who now resides in Boston, is nearly eighty years of age, and one of our most distinguished merchants. Colonel Francis had three brothers, who became officers in the Revolutionary army, and did their native Medford credit. Ebenezer was commissioned as Captain by the Continental Congress, July 1, 1775 ; next year rose to the rank of Colonel, and commanded a regiment on Dorchester Heights from August to December, 1776. Authorized by Congress, he raised the eleventh Massachusetts regiment, and, in January, 1777, marched at the head of it to Ticonderoga. Monday, July 7, 1777, a skirmish took place between the eleventh Massachusetts regiment and the British, at Hubbardton, near Whitehall, N. Y., in which Colonel Francis fell. A private journal of Captain Greenleaf, now in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society, says:-- Colonel Francis first received a ba
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