All posts tagged "military history"
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16.4K1Politics and MilitaryThe Irish-American Army That Attacked Canada from a Vermont Farm
Alvah Richard couldn’t believe that fanatical Irish-American army was back. For the second time in four years, the self-proclaimed Irish Republican Army...
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18.7K1Politics and MilitaryRhode Island’s Little Annapolis: The PT Boat Training Center at Melville
During World War II, Rhode Island residents could hear the roar of PT boat engines from Narragansett Bay all day and see...
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91.4K1MaineMaine’s Unluckiest Man: ‘The Luck of Hiram Smith’
An old expression in New England says that if nothing seems to go right for you, you have the luck of Hiram...
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10.1K6ConnecticutDorence Atwater Records the Atrocities of Andersonville Prison
Dorence Atwater of Terryville, Conn., enlisted in the Union Army expecting to see first-hand the glory of war. Instead he saw its...
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27.0K2MassachusettsBoston Corbett – The Mad Hatter who Killed John Wilkes Booth
Thomas Corbett was born in London in 1832, but he gained his fame as Boston Corbett, the man who killed John Wilkes...
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12.2K3Politics and MilitaryWilliam Barton Goes From Rhode Island Hero to Vermont Deadbeat and Back
Rhode Island’s Col. William Barton seized his place in history in July of 1777 when he slipped into Middletown, R.I. He passed more...
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