Private, 317th Ambulance Co., 80th Div., 305th Sanitary Train. Born in Washington County; son of C. V. W. and Mrs. S. L. Ausbon. Entered service Aug. 4, 1917, at Plymouth. Sent to Camp Lee, Va. Overseas to France May 26, 1918. Fought at Meuse-Argonne. Returned to USA July 14, 1919. Mustered out at Mitchell Field, July 17, 1919.
Sergt., Battery B, Field Artillery, 30th Div., 113th Regt. of Washington County; son of C. V. W. and Sadie L. Ausbon. Sent to Camp Sevier, S. C., Sept. 17, 1917. Overseas to France June 6, 1918. Fought at St. Mihiel, Argonne, Woevre, Thiancourt. Mustered out at Camp Jackson, S. C., March 30, 1919.
1st Class Private, Co. D, 30th Div., 113th Field Artillery. Son of H. F. and Lola Austin, of Catawba County. Entered service July 25, 1917, at Wadesboro, N.C. Sent to Camp Sevier. Overseas to France June 17, 1918. Fought at Argonne Forest and St. Mihiel. Returned April 13, 1919. Landed at Charleston, S. C. Mustered out at Camp Jackson, April 18, 1919.
Headquarters Cook, 1st Corps Artillery Park, Depot Co. Born in Durham, N.C.; the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Averitt. Entered the service Sept. 17, 1917, at Durham, N.C. Was sent to Camp Jackson, S. C. Sailed for France May 30, 1918. Fought at Champagne, Aisne, Marne, Chateau Thierry, Verdun Sector, Meuse-Argonne. Sailed from Brest July 15, 1919. Landed in USA August 1, 1919 at Newport News, Va. Mustered out at Camp Lee, Va., August 10, 1919.
1st Class Private, Inf., Co. H, 3rd Regt.; of Halifax County; son of Ben and Mrs. Sally Wood. Entered service May 17, 1918, at Rocky Mount, N.C. Sent to Ft. Thomas, Ky., then to Eagle Pass, Tex., then to Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. His brother, Leslie Wood, has been in the Army since November, 1912. Served in France with Btry. F, 6th F. A., 1st Div. Was in all the battles with his company and was gassed once, is still at this date with the Army of Occupation, is Q. M. Sergt. Mustered out at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, April … Read more
Albert J. Perkins Died at Newbridge Wednesday night Albert J. Perkins, a well known resident of Eagle Valley, died after a lingering illness at the family home in Newbridge. Mr. Perkins was born in Vermont, August 11, 1844. He served in the Civil War as a volunteer from Michigan. In 1865 he was married to Clara A. Dwinell of Cooper, Michigan. Mr. Perkins with his family, moved to Eagle Valley in 1894, which has since been his home. Mr. Perkins is survived by his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Addie Rivers of Arizona, Mrs. Ethel Burt, of Portland and Mrs. Ann … Read more
Most histories of the French and Indian War make little mention of events in the Southeast during this period. The primary reason is that European armies did not battle each other in the South. The bulk of the bloodshed in the Southeast occurred in battles between colonial militias and Great Britain’s former ally, the Cherokees. In contrast, the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia lost over 90% of its population during the French and Indian War, while the British settlements in northern New York temporarily ceased to exist. While the European settlers of what was to become the states of Georgia, Alabama, … Read more
Theodore Gardner, now a resident of Lawrence, is one of the interesting survivors of the border and civil warfare period of Kansas. He is a son of that Kansas pioneer and patriot, Joseph Gardner, whose picture now hangs on the walls of the Memorial Building at Topeka. Theodore Gardner had furnished a graphic sketch of his father, published on other pages. Theodore Gardner was born November 13, 1844, came to Kansas in 1857, and at the age of twelve had finished his education in a backwoods school. From the time he came to Kansas he had constant training in the … Read more
Another war between England and France began in 1718 – the War of the Quadruple Alliance. The French had succeeded in surrounding the British colonies in North America, except for the boundary with Florida. France seemed poised to have most of the Southeastern Indians as allies. These advanced Native American provinces represented the densest indigenous population north of Mexico. However, the British Navy had destroyed French coastal forts and shipping almost at will. France might control the coastline, but the British controlled the seas. Fort Toulouse – 1717 Anticipating more wars with Great Britain and desiring closer trade relations with … Read more
The business world of New England and the manufacturing stationers’ trade suffered an irretrievable loss in the passing of one of Springfield’s most substantial citizens, John Edward Stewart, president of the printing company which bears his name, a veteran officer of the Civil War, prominent Grand Army man and highly esteemed throughout the community for his personal worth and by his business connections for his high sense of honor and unimpeachable integrity. The city of his adoption and scene of his successful labors could ill afford to part with such a forceful character, loyal friend and kindly neighbor, who was … Read more
“Out of over 2600 prisoners taken on that day, in two months & four days 1900 were killed in the infamous sugar houses and other prisons in the city.” – Benson J. Lossing in his Pictorial Field Book Of The Revolution We will now endeavor to describe the principal places of confinement used by the British in New York during the early years of the war. Lossing, in his Field Book of the Revolution, thus speaks of these dens of misery: “At the fight around Fort Washington,” he says, “only one hundred Americans were killed, while the British loss was … Read more
In the year 1806 a little book with this title was published in New York, by Captain Nathaniel Fanning. It was dedicated to John Jackson, Esquire, the man who did so much to interest the public in the preservation and interment of the remains of the martyrs of the prisonships in the Wallabout.
Fanning was born in Connecticut, in the year 1755. On the 26th of May, 1778, he went on board the brig Angelica, commanded by Captain William Dennis, which was about to sail on a six months cruise. There were 98 men and boys in the crew, and Fanning was prize-master on board the privateer. She was captured by the Andromeda, a frigate of 28 guns, five days from Philadelphia, with General Howe on board on his way back to England.
“If a difficulty arose between two of them it was settled in the following manner. The prisoners formed a circle in the center of which the disputants took their stand, and exchanged a few rounds of well-directed blows, after which they shook hands, and were better friends than before.” – Eli Bickford Eli Bickford, who was born on the 29th of September, 1754, in the town of Durham, N. H., and enlisted on a privateer, was taken prisoner by the British, confined at first on the Old Jersey, and afterwards sent to England with many others, in a vessel commanded … Read more
Wisconsin Frontier Forts Prior to 1902
Wyoming Frontier Forts Prior to 1902
Vermont Frontier Forts Prior 1902
Virginia Frontier Forts Prior to 1902
Washington DC Frontier Forts Prior to 1902
Bellingham Fort, Washington – On Bellingham Bay. Canby Fort, Washington – On Cape Disappointment, mouth of Columbia River. Canoe Island Reservation, Washington. Cape Disappointment Fort at. Washington – Fort Canby. Cascades Fort, Washington – Near Cascade City. Casey Fort, Washington – Near Port Townsend, in Island County. Chehalis Fort, Washington – In Chehalis County, Grays Harbor. Chelan Fort, Washington – Near Lake Chelan. Chinook Point Fort at. Washington – Fort Columbia. Clatsop Fort, Washington – Near mouth of Columbia River. Columbia Fort, Washington – At Chinook Point, Pacific County. Columbia Barracks, Washington – Now Vancouver Barracks. Colville Fort, Washington – … Read more
West Virginia Frontier Forts Prior to 1902