All posts tagged "military history"
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6.2KPolitics 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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5.9KPolitics 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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17.2K1MaineMaine’s Unluckiest Man: ‘The Luck of Hiram Smith’
There’s an old expression in New England that if nothing seems to go right for you, you have the luck of Hiram...
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5.1K5ConnecticutDorence 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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15.2K2MassachusettsBoston 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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7.0K2Politics and MilitaryWilliam Barton Goes From Hero to 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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5.2K15MassachusettsTouched With Fire – Oliver Wendell Holmes and America’s Deadliest Day
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. left Boston in 1861 an ideological foot soldier for the Union Army and returned from the war –...
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3.5K4MassachusettsDaniel Foster, Amos Chapman and the Militia Muster Murder of 1787
The militia muster of 1787 in Boston would have been a celebration to be sure. Colonial musters were popular events for the...
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8.3K1Crime and ScandalJane Macrae, Murdered on the Way to Her Loyalist Lover
The sensational murder of Jane Macrae in July 1777 made her one of the best known women of the 19th century. She...
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5.4K3ConnecticutFlashback Photos: Southington, Conn., Memorial Day 1942
These Memorial Day photos of Southington, Conn., were taken by Fenno Jacobs during World War II for the Office of War Information. The town...
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