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I Was a Bride on the Eve of the Lexington War
A memoir fragment titled My Wedding Day and a romance set in Concord and Lexington recount a young woman's 1775 spring wedding prep turned tragic by the march of war. The bride-to-be sees her fiancé Henry ride off with troops, fears battle, and later learns of Henry’s fate, altering her planned nuptials forever.
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Josephine Pothitt
Cortes
Lexington
Foel
Lane
Gsong
Joe
John Eaton
Harry Wright
Mother
Traut
Sal
Parson Smith
Gage
Concord
Eny
Father
Arthur
Henry
Walla
Eld
Noua
Berg
Ostendop
Mary
George Ferguson
Bins
Laur
Lad
Mr. Fergus
Este
Laura Toren
Kie
George W. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Europe
Bull Run
Bull Rus