Stark was a Lieutenant in Roger's Rangers and gained invaluable experience in the French and Indian war which he and the men under his command used to their advantage in the revolutionary war.

During the war Stark recruited New Hampshire men and crossed the Delaware River with Washington and fought at Trenton and Princeton.





Joseph Cilley

Joseph Cilley (1734-1799) Farmer, lawyer, businessman, Revolutionary War leader. Born Nottingham (NH).

Joseph Cilley joined in the attack on Fort William & Mary, in Portsmouth harbor, during which the attackers stole and hid cannon, powder and arms, some of them (reputedly) in the Nottingham (NH) meeting house.

He crossed the Delaware and fought at Trenton and Princeton in late December 1775, and in January 1776 was appointed major of the 8th Continental Infantry. He spent Summer 1777 at Ticonderoga, and fought under Benedict Arnold at Bemis Heights, and at Stillwater. Later in 1777 he saw action at Valley Forge, and at the Battle of Monmouth (NJ).

In 1779 Cilley was promoted to Brigadier General of Militia.





Henry Dearborn

Henry Dearborn (1751- 1829) Born at Hampton (NH); died Roxbury (MA).

Dearborn began medical practice at Nottingham Square (NH) in 1772, but he also organized a militia company as signs of war became clearer.

In April 1775 word of disturbances at Lexington and Concord (MA) reached Portsmouth, and Dearborn at once rounded up his company of sixty men and marched to Cambridge (MA). There his company was made a part of Colonel John Stark's First New Hampshire Regiment.

They fought with Stark at the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. .





George Reid

George Reid (1733-1815) Born Londonderry (NH).

Reid organized a company of militia. When war broke out in April 1775 he marched with his sixty-man company to Medford, (MA), outside Boston, to join John Stark and his companies. Reid was made captain of his company by acclamation, and the company fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775.

He held a commission throughout the Revolution, and fought at Bunker Hill, Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, Saratoga and Stillwater.





Alexander Scammel

Alexander Scammel (1747-1781) Revolutionary War military leader.

In May, and again in July, 1781 Scammel and his men were in actions against the British in the lower Hudson River Valley. Then in September they marched through Philadelphia toward Williamsburg and Yorktown. Suffering from sickness Scammel was captured by the British October 1, 1781. His captors ignored his uniform and one shot him, while another swung his sword at him as Scammel fell from his horse. His wound was ignored, and he died at the Governor's Palace, Williamsburg.

After the surrender of Cornwallis, Alexander Hamilton had difficulty keeping his men from retaliating for Scammel's treatment by killing British officers.





John Sullivan

Brigadier General John Sullivan (1740-1795)

Born Somersworth; died Durham (NH); Durham lawyer.

In 1772 Sullivan was appointed a major in the New Hampshire colonial militia. In December 1774 he was the organizer of the group which attacked Fort William & Mary, in Portsmouth Harbor, stealing cannon and ammunition.





John McNeil

Brigadier General John McNeil (1784 - 1850) Born Hillsborough (NH); died Washington, D.C. Military and government service. John McNeil (1784 - 1850) was born at Hillsborough (NH).

During the War of 1812 McNeil was commissioned a captain in the 11th Infantry Regiment (March 12, 1812). He was promoted to major (August 15, 1813), and then with his regiment fought in the 1814 Niagara campaign. He was breveted lieutenant colonel and then colonel for his bravery at the Battle of Chippewa, and then at Lundy's Lane. He ended his military career as a brigadier general.





Harriet Patience Dame

Harriet Patience Dame (1815 - 1900) Born North Barnstead (NH); died Concord (NH). Civil War battlefield regimental nurse (1861 - 1865).

Harriet Patience Dame was a nurse in Concord (NH) when the Civil War began. The Second Regiment of Volunteer Infantry began forming in April 1861, in response to President Lincoln's call for enlistments.

Harriet Dame wanted to accompany the Second Regiment as nurse to the unit. The doctors in Concord said she could not leave her position there, but she later caught up with them and stayed with them throughout the war.

Harriet Dame's fame as nurse on the front lines spread far and wide. She repeatedly declined high government office to recruit more nurses. Twice captured in battle, she was promptly released with apologies and high praise by her captors.



Joe and I will get back in the Chevy and take off and see some of the towns of New Hampshire. We will take the scenic route and take some pictures along the way with our disposable cameras.

Click onto the license plate below to make the journey with us.