History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . , which charge, made by Col. James io8 HISTORY OF THE Miller, has ever been regarded as one of the mostheroic incidents of the war of 1812. The laconic. CHARGE ON A BATTERY— LUNDY S LANE. reply of the colonel on this occasion, I will try, sir,when asked if he could take the battery, has becomehistoric words. In addition to those already named, a number ofothers were despatched to the defence of Portsmouth,which was menaced by the presence of a Britishfrigate in the adjacent waters. Among these
History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . , which charge, made by Col. James io8 HISTORY OF THE Miller, has ever been regarded as one of the mostheroic incidents of the war of 1812. The laconic. CHARGE ON A BATTERY— LUNDY S LANE. reply of the colonel on this occasion, I will try, sir,when asked if he could take the battery, has becomehistoric words. In addition to those already named, a number ofothers were despatched to the defence of Portsmouth,which was menaced by the presence of a Britishfrigate in the adjacent waters. Among these we findthe following names : — Dan. Buftum, OIney Ballon, Benoni Ballou, Samuel Barrus,Moses Tyler, Joseph Jessop, Nathan Perry (died in the service). Dan. BufTum is now the only survivor of this warliving in town. Patriotism runs in the blood of thefamily. His three sons — David, Amos, and Cyrus— were volunteers in the late war, and died in the ser-vice. Their war record is creditable, and reflects addi-tional honor on the name. Mrs. Sarah Ballou, widowof Benoni Ballou, is the only surviving widow of thesoldiers of 1812. She, as well as Mr. Buffiim, drawsa pension. The following lines, composed by SilasBallou soon after the close of the
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