All posts tagged "capture"
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10.8K4Politics and MilitaryIn 1781, Vermont’s Thomas Johnson Got Trapped Between the Americans and British
In 1781 Thomas Johnson put himself squarely between both sides fighting the American Revolution. Johnson served as a colonel in the colonial...
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24.8K1ConnecticutPickled Whaling Captain Captured by Confederates
In life, Sluman Gray was a prosperous whaling captain from Lebanon, Conn., harsh with his men but kind to his wife Sarah....
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6.0K1MaineCaptain James Blinn Rescues the Massachusetts Fishing Fleet in 1723
Capt. James Blinn, master of the sloop Seaflour, was a simple trader passing between Nova Scotia and Boston, but hd managed to...
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10.5K5MainePeleg Wadsworth Escapes the British in Castine, Maine
The escape of Peleg Wadsworth from Fort George in Castine, Maine, was not something Col. John Campbell was anxious to report to...
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