tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post5788943708501670099..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Fighting on Noddle’s Island and Hog IslandUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-3731806338506476822008-11-29T21:15:00.000-05:002008-11-29T21:15:00.000-05:00I've now signed up for an account, and would like ...I've now signed up for an account, and would like to add this post to link it to these previously anonymous comments by me...Derek "A Staunch Whig" Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966961365623936407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-23639183336579662682008-11-26T20:11:00.000-05:002008-11-26T20:11:00.000-05:00Thanks for your insights. I've found the Naval boo...Thanks for your insights. I've found the Naval book is at my library, so I'll be stopping by there at some point to check it out. Happy Holidays!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-3360643031395430792008-11-26T19:20:00.000-05:002008-11-26T19:20:00.000-05:00The Naval Documents is a series of booked assemble...The <I>Naval Documents</I> is a series of booked assembled and printed by the U.S. government. I think the project started in the Kennedy administration. (He was, after all, a Navy man.) <BR/><BR/>The first volumes are probably out of print but available through used-book dealers. The latter volumes may still be on sale through the government printing office. A gentleman named Bart Reynolds gifted me his copy of volume 1 some years ago, and I’m starting to feel the need for volume 2.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-90955636903798365942008-11-26T19:16:00.000-05:002008-11-26T19:16:00.000-05:00There are extracts from the Cerberus log and those...There are extracts from the <I>Cerberus</I> log and those of other Royal Navy ships in the first volume of the <I>Naval Documents of the American Revolution</I>. That’s what I consulted. <BR/><BR/>As for Gen. John Stark and this battle, I actually didn’t come across his name in orders or reports about this battle from the time. His regiment is recorded as camping at Medford on the day after the Committee of Safety’s orders to the local committees. And Gen. William Sumner, who gathered a lot of material and memories on the Revolution, wrote in the 1800s that Stark led the action. So right now I can’t point to definite evidence that Stark was in charge, but neither can I say that anyone else was.<BR/><BR/>Looking at the Massachusetts Provincial Congress records makes me think that Nixon’s regiment was involved in the first fights off Chelsea before being relieved by Doolittle’s regiment on 28 May. Doolittle’s men then managed to bring the cannons off the grounded schooner, which probably earned them their commendation from Gen. Ward.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-23760070509162937172008-11-26T19:00:00.000-05:002008-11-26T19:00:00.000-05:00One more thought: where might I find the "Naval Do...One more thought: where might I find the "Naval Documents of the American Revolution". Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-4745113428728412612008-11-26T18:51:00.000-05:002008-11-26T18:51:00.000-05:00Thanks for the info. On the log of Cerberus, is th...Thanks for the info. On the log of Cerberus, is this published somewhere? Or did you obtain a copy from the UK National Archives? (If so, I wonder if you'd consider publishing them on your blog?)<BR/><BR/>Also, just to verify, Stark was indeed in the fight on the Island, as several sources claim, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-21341317189843350842008-11-26T15:47:00.000-05:002008-11-26T15:47:00.000-05:00Ketchum followed the diary of Cpl. Amos Farnsworth...Ketchum followed the diary of Cpl. Amos Farnsworth, which says: “Friday, May ye 26. At night I and about ten of our company marched with a party of men, betwixt two and three hundred, for Noddle’s Island, headed by Col. Nixon. We marched through Mystic, Malden and Chelsea.” <BR/><BR/>The provincial Committee of Safety’s plan for those islands, issued 14 May, gave responsibility to “the committees of correspondence and selectmen of the towns of Medford, Maiden, Chelsea and Lynn,” and told them to draw on “the regiment now at Medford.” <BR/><BR/>The committee’s report on the battle didn’t name specific units, just “a Party of the Massachusetts Forces together with a Party of the new Hampshire Forces.” I sense that was typical of the collective mentality of those months. <BR/><BR/>The only reference to a specific regiment that I found just now is that on 28 May, Gen. Ward commended the troops under Col. Ephraim Doolittle for “the late Action at Chelsea.”<BR/><BR/>The sloop <I>Britannia</I> attended the <I>Diana</I>, the schooner that ran aground, if I read my <I>Naval Documents of the American Revolution</I> correctly. The <I>Cerberus</I> sent marines and three-pounders ashore to get into the fight, according to its log. The <I>Glasgow, Somerset</I>, and <I>Mercury</I> also sent men into or towards the fight.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-54042564042024972512008-11-26T03:37:00.000-05:002008-11-26T03:37:00.000-05:00Having just read "Decisive Day - The Battle of Bun...Having just read "Decisive Day - The Battle of Bunker Hill" by Richard Ketchum, I have found a number of errors. <BR/><BR/>On this battle of Hog's Island, , pp. 68-9; p. 72, he claims the militia were led by Col. John Nixon and makes no reference to Stark. Could this be another error of the book's? (For I've seen no other support for this claim.)<BR/><BR/>Ketchum also refers to the HM sloop Briannia's involvement. However, I found, as my only reference, a NOAA website on HMS Cerberus claiming that "She played a crucial role in the first amphibious assault of the war, the so-called Battle of Noddle’s Island." Any ideas on what ships were involved, and what they were doing? (see the <A HREF="http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/08auvfest/background/history/history.html" REL="nofollow">NOAA website reference</A>)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your insights!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-44779599319157785482008-01-08T23:50:00.000-05:002008-01-08T23:50:00.000-05:00Hi, thanks so much for you artical. I have come a...Hi, thanks so much for you artical. I have come across a lot of papers and one is a Petition by Henry H. Williams for losses on Noodles Island. And the Capt. Foster, I have several papers of his. Again thanks, Mona Lisamonalisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10550589882370810823noreply@blogger.com