Dorchester in the Civil War Fort Sumter fell before the guns of the rebels on the 14th day of April, 1861. The news of the event startled the men of the North and aroused them into action. Among the first to concert measures to “protect, preserve and...
Benjamin Stone, 1817-1862 no. 23187 Stone was the commander of the 11th Massachusetts Regiment’s Company K, which he had personally assembled as a unit made up mostly of Dorchester residents and other men from nearby towns, who quickly elected him their captain as...
Charles Barnard Fox, 1833-1895 Fox lived at 231 Fuller Street. No. 22711 Colonel Charles Barnard Fox from http://foresthillstrust.blogspot.com/2010/11/colonel-charles-barnard-fox.html With the sensationalism garnered in the movie “Glory,” we reveled in the drama and...
William A. Cowles, 1834-1905 No. 22601 William A. Cowles, from the Healey Library at UMass, Boston William A. Cowles, who was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1834, served two tours of duty with the 42nd Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers during the Civil War. For...
