tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post859587142021589906..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: “This ball I took from his body”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-79476930271577991522010-01-09T17:05:09.091-05:002010-01-09T17:05:09.091-05:00Ha! Thanks, samforman001! I wondered about how tha...Ha! Thanks, samforman001! I wondered about how that musket ball could have been fired, flown through the air, and entered a body with some cartridge paper still intact. But surely, I figured, people of the mid-1800s have more experience with musket balls than I. <br /><br />Lots of other questions as well: Was Savage accurate about that body being Warren’s? Was Warren hit by only one ball, before or after his death? And now, based on your observation, was that musket ball one of Warren’s own rather than one that hit him?J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-61603222627887529432010-01-09T07:02:41.035-05:002010-01-09T07:02:41.035-05:00I tracked down and examined this musket ball and f...I tracked down and examined this musket ball and fragment of a paper cartridge at the New England Historical and Genealogical Society a couple of years ago. It had never been fired. According to a newspaper controversy of the 1850s, it was purported by some to have been the bullet that killed Joseph Warren. Others labeled it a fraud or offered convoluted justifications that it had been removed from his person on the battlefield even if it were not the fatal instrument. The affidavits make for a compelling provenance but still leave room for error or fraud especially by the earliest owners of the musket ball. Interesting stuff from a forensic viewpoint, but the nineteenth century commentators lost sight of the personality and impact of this influential Patriot. Your posts enliven Boston’s Revolutionary heritage. Keep up the good work.Dr. Sam Formanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14393878160942696386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-39693695238867019332010-01-09T00:51:25.679-05:002010-01-09T00:51:25.679-05:00Several years ago I blogged (albeit briefly) about...Several years ago I blogged (albeit briefly) <a href="http://www.mydedham.org/diary/448/" rel="nofollow">about Rev. Montague</a>. After he arrived in Dedham he quickly became far more interested in the money and land owned by the church than the members of said church. As I said there, "At the end he was even calling himself the "temporal rector," having apparently abandoned any concern for the next world so he could focus on this one."Brian Keaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09035113300847560025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-49847128162850435862010-01-08T20:16:20.342-05:002010-01-08T20:16:20.342-05:00Yes, the last time Dr. Warren’s body was moved, it...Yes, the <a href="http://boston1775.blogspot.com/2007/10/dr-joseph-warrens-body-photographs.html" rel="nofollow">last time Dr. Warren’s body was moved</a>, it went to Forest Hills.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-1898685458755931202010-01-08T10:29:06.070-05:002010-01-08T10:29:06.070-05:00Poor Doctor Warren. A man so important to the even...Poor Doctor Warren. A man so important to the events of the times and who gave the ultimate sacrifice for his beliefs. <br />What a great man he was, if only he had not gone to Bunker Hill. Surely his death was the first major blow to the Revolution.<br />I have read that his remains have been moved more than once. If I recall they now rest in forest hills.<br />Is that correct Mr. Bell ?DAGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14685772539702013751noreply@blogger.com