Tag: raid

• Hannah Dustin (1697)

  

  “Famous example of frontier heroism.” (sic)

  Marek

  4 December, 2016

  1600-1699, 1690s, death, Massachusetts, Merrimack, NH history, Penacook, SOURCE=roadside markers

  1697, abenaki, Hannah Dustin, hannah duston, haverhill, Massachusetts, massacre, raid

• Fake Raid (Peterborough, 1754) (GUEST POST)

  

  Peterborough resident Liam draws a practical joke from the French-Indian War era:

  Marek

  27 August, 2015

  1700-1799, 1750s, colonial, French + Indian Wars, guest artist, Peterborough

  Captain Morrison, Ella Gertrude Kinscella, Fort Richter, Hazel Gertrude Kinscella, indians, joke, Peterborough, raid

• Colby 83: Be Prepared

  

  1862: Hard to get a good night’s sleep when rumors of raids run rampant …

  Marek

  3 June, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  civil war, Freeman Colby, Offutt’s Crossroads, raid, Stonewall Jackson

• Colby 58: Skirmish

  

  1862: A harrowing day of marching, waiting, marching, & wondering…

  Marek

  23 January, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, SOURCE=HHS

  Maryland, Potomac, raid

• Colby 25: Rumors of Jackson

  

  1862: Gossip spreads about the regiment’s first assignment …

  Marek

  13 March, 2013

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, SOURCE=HHS

  baltimore, civil war, coffee, Freeman Colby, raid, Stonewall Jackson