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New Hampshire

No Revolutionary War battles were waged in the State of New Hampshire.  However, the state contributed several regiments, which fought at Bunker Hill and many other battles. Famously, its citizen militia came to the aid of Vermonters to defend against the 1777 British invasion led by General John Burgoyne.  The New Hampshire militia under the command of General John Stark thoroughly defeated and destroyed at the Battle of Bennington a contingent of Hessian soldiers sent by Burgoyne to gather horses and supplies.

Secondary Sources

No Revolutionary War battles were waged in the State of New Hampshire.  However, the state contributed several regiments, which fought at Bunker Hill and many other battles. Famously, its citizen militia came to the aid of Vermonters to defend against the 1777 British invasion led by General John Burgoyne.  The New Hampshire militia under the command of General John Stark thoroughly defeated and destroyed at the Battle of Bennington a contingent of Hessian soldiers sent by Burgoyne to gather horses and supplies.

Heald, Bruce D. New Hampshire and the Revolutionary War. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2013.

New Hampshire in the American Revolution:  An Exhibit, http://societyofthecincinnati.org/pdf/downloads/exhibition_NewHampshire.pdf, 2010.

Prominent New Hampshire Generals

Major General John Sullivan

McKone, Frank E. General Sullivan:  New Hampshire Patriot. Vol. 1. 2 vols. New York: Vantage Press, 1977.

Norton, A.Tiffany. History of Sullivan’s Campaign Against the Iroquois: Being a Full Account of That Epoch of the Revolution. Lima, NY: A. T. Norton, 1879. https://books.google.ie/books?id=7xodAAAAMAAJ.

Stephens, Karl F. Neither the Charm nor the Luck: Major-General John Sullivan. Denver: Outskirts Press, 2009.

Whittemore, Charles P. A General of the Revolution – John Sullivan of New Hampshire. New York & London: Columbia University Press, 1961.

Brigadier General John Stark

Anderson, Leon W. Major General John Stark: Hero of Bunker Hill and Bennington. Concord, New Hampshire: Evans Printing Co. for Jim Beam Distillers, 1972.

La Bree, Clifton. New Hampshire’s General John Stark: Live Free or Die: Death Is Not the Worst of Evils. Portsmouth, N.H.: Peter E. Randall, 2007.

Moore, Howard Parker. A Life of General John Stark of New Hampshire. New York: Self-Published, 1949.

Polhemus, Richard V. Stark: The Life and Wars of John Stark: French and Indian War Ranger, Revolutionary War General. Delmar, NY: Black Dome Press Corp, 2014.

Rose, Ben Z. John Stark: Maverick General. Waverley, Mass.: TreeLine Press, 2007.

Sparks, Jared. John Stark. Vol. I. The Library of American Biography. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1939.

Stark, Caleb, and John Stark. Memoir and Official Correspondence of Gen. John Stark: With Notices of Several Other Officers of the Revolution ; Also a Biography of Capt. Phine[h]as Stevens and of Col. Robert Rogers, with an Account of His Services in America during the “Seven Years’ War.” Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1999.

John Stark Statue in John Stark Park in Manchester, NH

Revolutionary Women of New Hampshire

Tardiff, Olive, and Allen Moyler. Molly Stark, Woman of the Revolution. Canaan. N.H: Phoenix Pub, 1976.

Looking north from Molly Stark’s Balcony. Camel’s Hump in the distance.

Vermonters named a prominent peak in John Stark’s honor. The next peak north is named after his wife, Elizabeth (Molly) who provided badly needed medical care to sick and injured Vermonters and New Hampshire residents.

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  1. Hello ; I had several ancestors who fought on the Patriot side from New Hampshire , one in particular was Nathanial Emerson who mustered under the Stoddard Alarm any information on that or even Nathanial Emerson. It appears there were two Nathanial Emerson , his son Ira is also my direct ancestor.

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