The Phelps Sacrifice is the second part of a two-part series about one family’s tragic experience of the Civil War. Read Part I here. Having already lost their father to… The post The Phelps Sacrifice: A Family’s Civil War appeared first on New England Historical Society.| New England Historical Society
This is the first part of a two-part series about the Phelps family sacrifice during the Civil War. When the Civil War started in April 1861, Abner and Erryphila Phelps… The post The Phelps of Massachusetts: An Ordinary Family’s Civil War Odyssey appeared first on New England Historical Society.| New England Historical Society
In the fall of 1774, Massachusetts farmers won a revolution months before the war broke out at Lexington and Concord. While every American fifth-grader knows about the shot heard ’round… The post The Forgotten Revolution of 1774: When Massachusetts Won Independence Before the War Started appeared first on New England Historical Society.| New England Historical Society