Battles fought nearby

**Sam Browning** · Posted On: 11/02/2012 5:57pm

Oh, and they named the town just to the North of Groton, Ledyard after Colonel Ledyard, demonstrating that we once again would steal our place names anyway we could. :)

**Soldiermedic** · Posted On: 11/02/2012 8:08pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shay%27s_rebellion

Shay's Rebellion was a small scale revolt by war veterans due to the post Revolutionary War economic depression. The town that I grew up in(Petersham, MA) actually used to do a re enactment every February, but discontinued it in the early 2000's due to complaints by some folks that thought it was "Unamerican".

**2groggy** · Posted On: 11/02/2012 11:21pm

Originally Posted by samsun

For me, there's the War of 1812. Now I haven't polished up on my history in quite a while but I believe that was when the Americans tried to invade Canada, of course at that time it wasn't Canada yet. After some two years of fighting the British Colonists "now Canadians" burned down many buildings in D.C including the White House.
Now why this war was fought is an entire history lesson which i'm not about to teach.

Yes, and in retaliation against the British forces taking Washington, the American forces later took York (now Toronto). But York wasn't much of a metropolis back then, and it wasn't much of a battle - land the ships, take the little fort, blow up the munitions, hang out for two days, get bored, go home.

**doofaloofa** · Posted On: 11/03/2012 3:40am

Not near me but an interesting facet of history

Ireland Invades Canada

**OZZ** · Posted On: 11/07/2012 9:19pm

Interesting..Ridgetown is about the same distance as Chatham is from here.
Thanks for posting that up.

**doofaloofa** · Posted On: 11/13/2012 7:26am

Memorial to a local man situated at the village cross

Ballinhassig Ambush

Wikipedia-During the War of Independence there was a number of actions in the area. Including on February 3, 1921 when the Irish Republican Army (IRA) ambushed and killed three Black and Tans on the Tulligbeg side of the village. That night the black and tans retaliated by burning much of the village and homes in the Ballinaboy area.

Newcestown or Percival Ambush

**Eddie Hardon** · Posted On: 11/13/2012 3:45pm

Doofa,

2 things.

1. PRC. Peoples Republic of Camden. We got there before Caark.

2. Go to Kerry. You'll see a lot of Memorials.

Slainte.

**doofaloofa** · Posted On: 11/14/2012 1:46am

Originally Posted by Eddie Hardon

Doofa,

2 things.

1. PRC. Peoples Republic of Camden. We got there before Caark.

2. Go to Kerry. You'll see a lot of Memorials.

Slainte.

Edd,

2 things.

1. Camden is full of Corkonian 5th columnists ready to drink your pubs dry and steal your cattle

2. Did you hear the one about the Kerryman pimp

Spoiler:

seacht cac thit ort

**cualltaigh** · Posted On: 11/14/2012 2:22am

Originally Posted by doofaloofa

Many of these ships were wrecked off the coast of Cork, and so many Spanish sailors were pulled out of the sea around Baltimore that a townland (parish) was named Spain.

Similarly Spanish Point in County Clare. Although the local O'Briens saw to it that the surviving Spanish (who were rescued by local fisherman) were executed before the local lasses could administer their, er, sympathies.

**doofaloofa** · Posted On: 1/02/2013 4:21pm

Came across this place this weekend. About 3 miles from mine

Legend has it that long ago a battle was fought here and on victory the victor took an ash stick from the hand of the vanquished chief and stuck it in the ground

The stick grew into the fore father of the ash trees that grow around the ford today