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19 November, 201222 April, 2015 Marek 11th NH, 1860s, Civil War, Civil War Letters of Joseph Rogers, Reference Links, SOURCE=WHS+Warren, Warner

Dear Sister (Rogers, Nov. 20 1862, #1)

In this early Civil War letter, Warner native Joseph S. Rogers stares across the waters at a looming battle...

5 November, 201218 March, 2013 Marek 1800-1899, 2nd NH, Civil War, Concord, Harriet Patience Dame, medicine, NH people, NH State House, North Barnstead, portraits, SOURCE=NH.gov

Harriet Patience Dame (State House)

From a portrait at the NH State House. NEXT: Civil War nurse >> Harriet Patience Dame served as a regimental nurse with the 2nd NH throughout the Civil War, and was even captured twice! She was born at North Barnstead. Dame was inducted into the Nursing Hall of Fame in 2002. born 5 January 1815

27 October, 201227 October, 2012 Marek 1800-1899, Concord, Dover, NH State House, politics, Rochester, statues

John Hale Statue (Concord)

John P. Hale was a radical anti-slavery Republican during the Civil War. As his epitaph indicates, he did indeed dedicate his political career to the abolition of slavery, running for President in 1852 with the Free Soil Party and serving in congress during Lincoln's administration.

16 September, 201218 March, 2013 Marek 1860s, 2nd NH, Civil War, SOURCE=Pride & al

“I tell you what it is, George” (First Bull Run)

From a letter by Private Charles Putnam (2nd NH Volunteers) to his brother George in Claremont... Excerpted from My Brave Boys: To War with Colonel Cross & the Fighting Fifth by Mike Pride and Mark Travis.

21 August, 201224 January, 2013 Marek Civil War, education, Freedmen, Henniker, NH people, NH places, politics

James Willis Patterson

Drawn from a portrait in the reading room at Tucker Free Library (Henniker, NH): Patterson taught school in New Hampshire, and later served as a Republican member of Congress during the Civil War, where he supported the establishment of Freedmen's Schools in the South. [Also see James W. Patterson on Wikipedia]

8 August, 201226 November, 2015 Marek 1860s, Civil War, death, graves & memorials, NH history, SOURCE=HSCC, Stoddard

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 Sherman … Continue reading Unknown Soldier (Stoddard, 1864)