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The Old Farm – A treasure of history for the Somerset Hills
The Old Farm – A treasure of history for the Somerset Hills
Drafts
The name acquired three different spellings. In those days the people in charge of registering land titles and other legal documents [...]
Knox Artillery
Father of the American Army Artillery
Father of the American Navy
Henry Knox was born in poverty in Boston to Irish immigrants William and Mary Campbell Knox on July 25, 1750, the seventh of ten children.
Company Rolls – Source/Monthly muster rolls of the Continental Artillery- National Archives, Microfilm Division, Washington, DC (Sept 1778- July 1779)
First Continental Artillery [...]
General Henry Knox (1750-1806)
Father of the American Army Artillery
Father of the American Navy
Father of the Draft
What was once the the birthplace of General Henry Knox, this plaque is at the southwest corner of Atlantic Avenue and Essex Street, across the avenue from South Station in Boston. Henry Knox was born in poverty in Boston to Scot-Irish immigrants William [...]
Pluckemin Artillery Research
PLUCKEMIN ENCAMPMENT
PLUCKEMIN CANTONMENTÂ AND THE ARTILLERY ACADEMY
Research Notes:
May 2005 -Present
Notable References: The Dig, Henry Knox Artillery, Henry Knox had some innovative ideas for improving the artillery.
At Pluckemin, he put many of his theories to practice. The camp itself was [...]