Dover guest artist Nikki introduces us to a famous marine, Manchester native Rene Gagnon:
Category Archives: graves & memorials
Colby 45: The Bones They Found
1862: Recognizing the anniversary of the Battle of Ball’s Bluff (1861) …
Company B Fall in for Dinner (Jones, June 13th 1862, #2)
1862: Burleigh K. Jones takes a break from letter writing to observe dinnertime; then he continues with some ghastly details from the Fair Oaks battlefield:
Hawks 8: Miserable Night
1862: Dr. Esther’s party passes a difficult first night in their new quarters …
In Goshen, It WAS a War…
Now here’s something interesting we couldn’t help but notice about the John W. Gunnison roadside historical marker in Goshen…
Capt. John W. Gunnison (Goshen)
A roadside marker in Goshen hints at stories & mysteries from the Wild West…
Frederick Douglass Visits Pittsfield (1842)
The famous abolitionist finds both prejudice and humanity in a NH graveyard: Douglass visited Pittsfield as part of a speaking tour through New England. Â
Moses Trussell (New London)
Wounded at Bunker Hill, and everything after…
Ward’s Arrival (Henniker, 1763)
Some of Henniker’s earliest settler families arrive in town…
Woman from Lyndeborough (Antrim, 1812)
If you read the town histories, these sorts of things happened all the time back in the day:
Stark Park (Manchester)
A visit to John Stark‘s grave as the light fades on 24 Hour Comics Day 2012 …
Unknown Soldier (Stoddard, 1864)
Henry Stevens finally joins the 18th NH volunteers, but he never makes it into battle… SOURCE: HSCC Monadnock Moment No. 029: Stoddard’s Unknown Soldier Originally published in Monadnock History Comics (Keene Sentinel, 2005) Discussion questions: This episode mentions the names of several historical figures. Which names do you recognize? Why are they famous? Abraham Lincoln William Tecumseh ShermanContinue reading “Unknown Soldier (Stoddard, 1864)”
