Samuel Adams Drake was raised in Boston. In 1858 he went to Kansas to work as the telegraphic agent of the New York Associated Press. He became a journalist for the St. Louis Republican and the Louisville Journal, and for a while edited the Leavenworth Times. In 1861 he joined the state militia and served throughout the American Civil War, becoming brigadier general of militia in 1863. In 1864, he was colonel of the 17th Kansas Volunteers, commanding the post of Paola, Kansas, during Price's invasion of Missouri in that year. He returned to Boston in 1871 and resumed literary work.
American journalist and writer (1833-1905)
| Born | 20 December 1833 |
| Died | 4 December 1905 |
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American journalist and writer (1833-1905)
| Born | 20 December 1833 |
| Died | 4 December 1905 |
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History, Description and travel, Historic buildings, Legends, Biography, Folklore, Nonfiction, Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863, Young Adult Nonfiction, Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775, Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777, Canadian Invasion, 1775-1776, Discovery and exploration, Buildings, Buildings, structures, Descriptions et voyages, Dwellings, United States King William's War, 1689-1697, United States Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713, Armed Forces, Bars (Drinking establishments), Battles, Boston (mass.), description and travel, Burgoyne's invasion, 1777. [from old catalog], Burgoyne, Invasion de, 1777Places
Massachusetts, New England, United States, Boston (Mass.), Middlesex County (Mass.), Boston, Middlesex County, America, Louisbourg (N.S.), Middle Atlantic States, New York (State), Virginia, West (U.S.), Atlantic Coast, Canada, Cape Cod (Mass.), Georgia, Maine, New Jersey, Ohio River ValleyTime
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, King William's War, 1689-1697, Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713, Revolution, 1775-1783, New Plymouth, 1620-1691, Siege, 1745, 1775-1783, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775ID Numbers
- OLID: OL177630A
- ISNI: 0000000082000231
- VIAF: 13554269
- Wikidata: Q15975503
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q15975503
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