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Describes the organization, activities and roster of officers of the Massachusetts militia and National Guard.
While it lasted only sixteen months, King Philip’s War (1675-1676) was arguably one of the most significant of the colonial wars that wracked early America. As the first major military crisis to directly strike one of the Empire’s most important possessions: the Massachusetts Bay Colony, King Philip’s War marked the first time that Massachusetts had to mobilize mass numbers of ordinary, local men to fight. In this exhaustive social history and community study of Essex County, Massachusetts’s militia, Kyle F. Zelner boldly challenges traditional interpretations of who was called to serve during this period. Drawing on muster and pay lists as well as countless historical records, Zelne...
Militia is a historical fiction set in the revolutionary war era in Marlborough, Massachusetts. The story begins in 1769 in colonial New England, at a time when Patriots and Tories changed from neighbors to enemies. William Mitchell is an orchard farming minuteman who struggles with the rigors of war and maintaining his home life. His story highlights the actual men from the Massachusetts, Militia who responded to the alarm at Lexington. Their fight will take them to Bunker Hill, Saratoga and Monmouth until it finishes at the Battle of Rhode Island. His military exploits parallel the brave men from his community, as seen through the eyes of a young private who advances to the leader of a guerrilla fighting unit. He signed up as a loyal Patriot defending his home and concludes his story as a representative for Massachusetts that is assigned to the ratification of the US Constitution.
This collection consists of handwritten and typed orders for the militia of the state of Massachusetts (MA) regarding uniforms and reorganization. The first order was issued at Concord, MA, and assigned the colors of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Divisions of Infantry, and gave details regarding epaulets for officers, length and lining of coats, and size of buttons. The second order, written on the same page as the first, was issued at Exeter, MA, and added information regarding the uniforms of Infantry noncommissioned officers and enlisted men, and on the uniforms of the Light Infantry. The third order addresses the reorganization of the Eighth Division of the MA Militia.
Describes the organization, activities and roster of officers of the Massachusetts militia and National Guard.