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Sixth Week - Wednesday's "Medfield Historical Minute"
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis.
A Medfield Historical Minute...
This "Medfield Historical Minute" is brought to you by town historian Richard DeSorgher.
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis. A different "Medfield Historical Minute" will appear each day during the Crisis.
"The War of 1812 and the Mexican-American Wars were unpopular in Massachusetts. Few soldiers from New England took part. Only one individual from Medfield went into the service in the War of 1812. Asa Boyden enlisted, deserted, was caught and was put to death for that desertion. Medfield’s only entry in the Mexican-American War was Lieutenant George Derby, who graduated at West Point in 1846 and served in the regular army. He was wounded at the Battle of Cerro Gordo, Mexico. Afterward he was captain in U.S.A. Corps of Topographical Engineers. He was known in the literary world as “John Phoenix.”
