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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Brown, John, 1744- (search)
Brown, John, 1744- patriot; born in Sandisfield, Mass., Oct. 19, 1744; was graduated at Yale College in 1761; became a lawyer and active patriot; entered Canada in disguise (1774-75) to obtain information and secure the co-operation of the Canadians with the other colonists, and aided Ethan Allen in the capture of Ticonderoga. He was active with Montgomery in the siege of Quebec. In August, 1776, he was made lieutenant-colonel, and, on the morning of Sept. 18, 1776, he surprised the outposts of Ticonderoga, set free 100 American prisoners, captured four companies of British regulars, a quantity of stores and cannon, and destroyed a number of boats and an armed sloop. He left the service because of his detestation of Benedict Arnold, but continued to act with the militia. He was killed by Indians in the Mohawk Valley, Oct. 19, 1780. abolitionist; born in Torrington, Conn., May 9, 1800; hanged in Charlestown, Va., Dec. 2, 1859; was a descendant of Peter Brown of the May
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cowdery, Jonathan 1767-1852 (search)
Cowdery, Jonathan 1767-1852 Surgeon; born in Sandisfield, Mass., April 22, 1767; appointed an assistant surgeon in the navy, Jan. 1, 1800; was on the frigate Philadelphia, which was stranded on the coast of Tripoli, Oct. 31, 1803; and held a prisoner by the Turks for nearly two years. After his return to the United States he published a history of his imprisonment. He died in Norfolk, Va., Nov. 20, 1852.
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 3: Berkshire County. (search)
othing, books, dried fruits, sweetmeats, and other necessaries and comforts, to the soldiers in the field and hospitals, at different times during the war. Sandisfield Incorporated March 6, 1762. Population in 1860, 1,589; in 1865, 1,411. Valuation in 1860, $544,922; in 1865, $612,943. The selectmen in 1861 and 1862 werew Wolcott, Edward Ingham. The town-clerk during all the years of the war was W. W. Langdon. The town-treasurer during the same period was John O. Barker. Sandisfield is one of the very few towns in the Commonwealth from which we have failed to obtain a full and consecutive narrative of its proceedings during the war. We knowby the selectmen in 1866, they claim to have furnished one hundred and sixty-eight men for the war, which we believe to be almost, if not exactly, correct; for Sandisfield filled its quota upon every call made by the President for men, and at the end of the war had a surplus of thirteen over and above all demands. One was a commi
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Index. (search)
2 Pembroke 566 Pepperell 440 Peru 95 Petersham 662 Phillipston 664 Pittsfield 96 Plainfield 354 Plymouth 568 Plympton 571 Prescott 354 Princeton 665 Provincetown 46 Q. Quincy 511 R. Randolph 513 Raynham 147 Reading 442 Rehoboth 149 Richmond 98 Rochester 572 Rockport 230 Rowe 282 Rowley 232 Roxbury 515 Royalston 667 Russell 314 Rutland 669 S. Salem 234 Salisbury 239 Sandisfield 99 Sandwich 49 Saugus 241 Savoy 100 Scituate 574 Seekonk 151 Sharon 520 Sheffield 102 Shelburne 283 Sherborn 444 Shirley 446 Shrewsbury 670 Shutesbury 285 Somerville 447 Somerset 154 Southampton 357 Southbridge 675 Southborough 673 South Scituate 576 South Danvers (Peabody) 243 South Hadley 356 South Reading (Wakefield) 450 Southwick 316 Spencer 678 Springfield 318 Sterling 679 Stockbri