Category Archives: Military of New Hampshire

North Barnstead New Hampshire’s Harriet P. Dame: the "Florence Nightingale" of The Civil War (1815-1900)

Posted on 11 November, 2007 by Janice Brown

Harriet Patience Dame

daughter of James Chadbourne and Phebe (Ayers) Dame, was born at North Barnstead, New Hampshire on 5 … Continue reading →

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Concord NH World War I Heroes, Twin Brothers: Ernest Potter Runnells and Ellsworth Potter Runnells (1894-?)

Posted on 9 May, 2007 by Janice Brown

Twin brothers from New Hampshire

were simultaneously decorated with French and American crosses on December 17, 1918, in the only … Continue reading →

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USS Albacore (AGSS-569)

Posted on 5 May, 2007 by Janice Brown

The USS Albacore (AGSS-569) is now part of a museum in Portsmouth NH. See article.
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The Last New Hampshire Man of the American Revolution: Samuel Downing (1761-1867)

Posted on 12 March, 2007 by Janice Brown

There were many patriots of the American Revolution, but few of them survive in photographs.  Private Samuel Downing is an … Continue reading →

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Portsmouth New Hampshire’s Patriot, Tutor, Secretary, and Peace Envoy: Col. Tobias Lear, Esq. (1762-1816)

Posted on 4 March, 2007 by Janice Brown

Through his journal and correspondence, Tobias Lear is probably responsible for much of what we know about the personal life … Continue reading →

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