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William Simpson
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William Simpson
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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
“Jackson was obliged to take the knife”
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Yesterday I left Pvt. William Simpson of Pennsylvania grievously wounded in the leg by a British cannon ball in late August 1775, and two...
Monday, January 22, 2024
“They were hurried Volens Nolens to a general Hospital at Cambridge”
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On 27 July 1775, the Continental Congress created a hospital department for its army outside Boston. It also appointed Dr. Benjamin Chur...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
The Move onto Ploughed Hill and “Poor Billy Simpson”
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On the evening of 26 Aug 1775, two thousand Continental soldiers moved onto Ploughed Hill in west Charlestown , assigned to dig entrenchmen...
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