Ezra Harwood: Six Years in Washington’s Army and a Soldier’s Forgotten Name

In This Article His Story A Soldier with Two Names Six Years and Five Months Discharged by George Washington A Discharge That Was Not Yet Final Marriage and Life in Danvers A Widow’s Struggle for Recognition When a Name Stood in the Way From His Account Military Service Later Life & Burial Family & Descendants … Read more

Benjamin Crowninshield — From the Capture of the Fox to the Disaster at Penobscot

In This Article His Story A Sailor from Salem A Remarkable Account of Bunker Hill The Continental Frigate Boston The Capture of the British Fox Lieutenant of the Black Prince The Disaster at Penobscot From Naval Officer to Merchant Captain A Privateer in the War of 1812 The Extraordinary Voyage of Cleopatra’s Barge A Federal … Read more

Gideon Foster: Revolutionary War Captain, Major General & Chocolate Maker

In This Article His Story A Young Man from Danvers A Captain Ten Days Before War The Bloody Fighting at Menotomy Ammunition for Bunker Hill The Siege of Boston From Captain to Major General The Chocolate-Making General Two Fires and a New Beginning A Soldier in Public Office Remembering the Men of 1775 From His … Read more

Jonathan Harwood: Captured by the British, Forgotten in Poverty

In This Article His Story Answering the Call to Arms Service in the Continental Army Captured and Taken to New York Freedom, but Not Recovery A Veteran’s Life in Poverty A Family Facing Hardship From His Account Military Service Later Life & Burial Family & Descendants Original Sources & Historical Note His Story Jonathan Harwood … Read more