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Robert E. Cray - Lovewell's Fight: War, Death, and Memory in Borderland New England

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Robert E. Cray - Lovewell's Fight: War, Death, and Memory in Borderland New England

Robert E. Cray - Lovewell's Fight: War, Death, and Memory in Borderland New England
2014 | ISBN: 1625341075 | English | 230 pages | PDF | 6.4 MB

In May 1725, during a three-year conflict between English colonists and the Eastern Abenaki Nation, a thirty-four-man expedition led by Captain John Lovewell set out to ambush their adversaries, acquire some scalp bounties, and hasten the end of the war. Instead, the Abenakis staged a surprise attack of their own at Pigwacket, Maine, that left more than a third of the New Englanders dead or severely wounded. Although Lovewell himself was slain in the fighting, he emerged a martyred hero, celebrated in popular memory for standing his ground against a superior enemy force.