The Military History of the State of New-Hampshire, from Its Settlement, in 1623, to the Rebellion, in 1861: Comprising an Account of the Stirring Events Connected Therewith; Biographical Notices of M

By Chandler Eastman Potter

Excerpt from The Military History of the State of New-Hampshire, From Its Settlement, in 1623, to the Rebellion, in 1861: Comprising an Account of the Stirring Events Connected Therewith; Biographical Notices of Many of the Officers Distinguished Therein

The next year, however, a more serious matter was in hand to excite their military spirit. The famous Dixy Bull, the pirate, in 1632 appeared upon the coast, taking several boats, and rifiing the fort at Pemaquid. The Massachusetts Colony sent a bark with twenty men against the pirate, and our infant plantations joined the expedition with four pin naces and shallops, with forty men, armed, under the com mand of Capt. Walter Neal. Bull and his associates had gone farther east, and a storm arising, the expedition re turned to the Piscataqua in a shattered condition.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0365478091
• ISBN13: 9780365478096
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Length: 796 Pages
• Weight: 2.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"