Union Solider during the Civil War George Olin Jr – 146th NY Infantry Private 146th NY Infantry, D& F Company Rank Out: 2nd Lt Disabled: 03/01/65; 04/24/65 Birth: 1830/1831 Death: June 13 1886 Mustered Out: July 16, 1865 in Washington DC as Corporal Enlisted: Aug 30, 1862 @ 32 years old Fought on 13 Dec 1862…
Duty Calls Leaving Virginia and Johnny in Lafayette, I returned to Camp Van Dorn sometime late in November or early in December. There I spent my time readying for the ‘bon voyage’. During this time, I was promoted to the rank of Captain and put on flight pay. This was quite a boost to our…
63rd Air Strip Every time the general left his office, he had to pass by min. he must have been saying to himself, “I’ve got to get that guy Brown off his can and out in the field with the troops.” So, one day he said to me, “Lt. Brown, I’ve made arrangements for you…
Monologue – by Margaret Theresa Brown Forsberg We waited all day, sitting out of doors for the First Zeppelin, to fly over head. All the folks gathered at Bertha Horowitz’s yard to watch, finally Mother made the announcement that she had to start cooking for supper, we all went into the house, we were waiting,…
Harriet Flanagan – High School Student Council
1920-1940s – Margaret Brown & Karl Forsberg Karl always wanted to own a business and at one time and place he had a hot dog and bait store on the Forge Pond, South brand of the Metedeconk. He was trying to get control of his life after rejecting his eight-year romance with Gladys. She was…
Richard Hankins – Revolutionary War Patriot Remember the movie ‘The Patriot’ starring Mel Gibson? Mel Gibson’s character played the historical ‘Swamp Fox’ and my research points to the fact that our ancestor fought under the Swamp Fox and survived!!! More to come on this.. Marion showed himself to be a singularly able leader of irregular militiamen. Unlike…
James V of Scotland James V (10 April 1512 – 14 December 1542) was King of Scotland from 9 September 1513 until his death in 1542. He was crowned on 21 September 1513 at the age of seventeen months. James was the son of King James IV and Margaret Tudor, and during his childhood Scotland was governed by regents, firstly by his mother until…
Revolutionary War Patriots fought in the Battle at Indian Castle “The Great Upper Castle of the Mohawks, 1700-1779” At Indian Castle was the Upper Castle of the Mohawks, the village of the Bear clan, at the outbreak of the Revolution (1775), the Lower Castle, the village of the Wolf clan, being at Fort Hunter. After…
David Hamilton – Revolutionary War Letter in Revolutionary War Pension File: While residing in said Sharon [on?] May 1775 he enlisted and served as a private five months in Captain William G. Hubbell’s Company, Colonel Charles Webb’s Connecticut Regiment. In May 1786 he enlisted and served as a private five months in Captain Simeon Smith’s…
Jean Stewart Campbell Birth 1537 Scotland Death 7 Jan 1588 (aged 50–51) City of Edinburgh, Scotland Burial Abbey of Holyrood Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland Add to Map Memorial ID 132906775 · View Source Lady Jean Stewart (also known as Jane Stuart; c. 1533[1] – 7 January 1587/88) was an illegitimate daughter of King James V of Scotland by his…
WWII Documentary of H. M. Brown Activation On Tuesday, June 15, 1943, the 63rd Division was activated (to place a military unit on an active status in an assigned capacity) all we had to do now was to get the men necessary to fill the unmanned positions and procure the equipment to go with it. For…
David Hamilton’s Revolutionary War Service (7th Great Grand Uncle) David enlisted with the Connecticut state troops in May 1775, reenlisted, enlisted with the Continental Army, was severely wounded at Germantown, was taken prisoner, released, returned to his company, and discharged due in Nov 1780 to his disabilities received in battle. David’s testimony, which seems…
Timothy Webster – 12 Mar 1822 Timothy Webster Becomes the First Spy Executed in the Civil War On the day of April 29, 1862, Timothy Webster became the first person executed during the Civil War for acts of espionage. Convicted four days prior to his execution, a court-martial in Richmond, Virginia ruled that Webster, an…
Revolutionary War Patriots fought in the Oriskany Battle “The Battle at Oriska (Oriskany) Compiled by Park Ranger William Sawyer The Battle of Oriskany occurred on August 6, 1777, when the local Tryon County Militia attempted to come to the relief of the besieged Fort Schuyler (Stanwix). On July 30, 1777, the militia’s commander, General Nicholas…