COL Timothy Pickering

COL Timothy Pickering

Timothy Pickering was born at Salem, Massachusetts, on July 17, 1745, of a family prominent since the early years of settlement. His father was sufficiently well-to-do to give him a good education, and he graduated from Harvard College in 1763. He later studied law...
BG Richard N. Batchelder

BG Richard N. Batchelder

Medal of Honor recipient Richard Napoleon Batchelder was born in New Hampshire on July 7, 1832.  At the beginning of the Civil War he was appointed as 1st Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster for the 1st New Hampshire Infantry on May 2, 1861.  He then was appointed...