Richard Dobbins has made it his mission to gather every single record of every single soldier into one huge, organized, searchable internet database.
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When John Adams set out with his little son on a perilous voyage early in 1778, he was full of misgivings. He had every right to be worried, but the journey turned out to be the adventure of his life—and a revelation of his essential character.
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