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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2 1,245 1,245 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 666 666 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 260 260 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 197 197 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 190 190 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 93 93 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 8: Soldier Life and Secret Service. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 88 88 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 82 82 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 79 79 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 75 75 Browse Search
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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 29., The old powder house. (search)
e roof was permanently fixed in its present form. From that time (about 1750) the public's interest in it is that of its being the powder magazine of the province. Medford had taken alarm and removed its powder elsewhere just before the visit of the British troops, who removed the two hundred and fifty half-barrels it contained to Boston. We cannot say when it was last used for safe storage of powder, but remember that our first sight of it (except from the railway cars) was in summer of 1861 as we walked up from Central street to Camp Cameron, near Cambridge line, where is now Holland street in West Somerville. The large three-story house of Tufts stood on the opposite corner and bore a sign Somerville House, indicating its use as a tavern. A small dwelling and barn were near the powder house, from whose roof the stars and stripes were flying. The old stone quarry was plainly visible. The land southward was entirely vacant and open as far as the Boston & Lowell railway track