#joseph webb

[wheresurmoose]

Working man. 

Mark Pellegrino as Joseph Webb/Ben Tillman in The Ghost Whisperer. 

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[revolutionary-pirate]

...on our March down [to Bunker Hill] we met many of our worthy friends wounded sweltering in their own Blood, --carried on the Shoulders of their fellow Soldiers--judge you what must be our feelings at this shocking Spectacle,--the orders were, press on, press on, --our Bretheren are suffering and will soon be cut off. Thro the Cannonadeing of the Ships, Bombs,--Chain Shot, Ring Shot & Double headed Shot flew as thick as Hail Stones,--but thank Heaven, few of our Men suffered, by them, but when we mounted the Summit, where the engagement was,-- good God how the Balls flew.--I freely Acknowledge I never had such a tremor come over me before.-- [...] we covered their Retreat till they came up with us by a Brisk fire from our small Arms,--the Dead and wounded lay on every side of me,--their groans were piercing indeed, tho long before this time I believe the fear of Death had quited almost every Breast,--[...] we secured their Retreat,--but alas in the Fort fell some Brave Fellows--among the unhappy Number, was our worthy friend Dr. Warren, alas he is no more, --he fell in his Countrys Cause,--and fought with the Bravery of an Ancient Roman, they are in possession of his Body and no doubt will rejoice greatly over it.--After they entered our Fort they mangled the wounded in the Most horrid Manner, --by running their Bayonets thro them,--and beating their Heads to pieces with the Britch's of their Guns. [...] Good Doctr. Warren, "God rest his Soul," I hope is Safe in Heaven! Had many of [the Provincial] Officers the Spirit & Courage in their Whole Constitution that he had in his little finger, we had never retreated.

Samuel Blachley Webb to his brother, Joseph Webb, on June 19th, 1775, detailing the Battle of Bunker Hill and the death of Dr. Joseph Warren. [Writing from the War of Independence pg 36-40] Samuel Blachley Webb himself was wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill, which I couldn’t help but notice he neglected to write in his letter to his brother. It was a near-miss that could have killed him had he been a little less lucky. He wrote in a letter to his father-in-law, Silas Deane, on July 11th, “For my part, I confess, when I was descending into the valley from Bunker’s Hill, side by side of Capt. Chester at the head of our Company, I had no more tho’ts of ever rising the Hill again, than I had of ascending to Heaven as Elijah did--soul and body together. But after we got engaged--to see the dead and wounded around me--I had no other feeling but that of Revenge. Four men were shot dead within five feet of me; but, thank Heaven, I escaped with only the graze of a musket ball on my head” [x]. Webb had been elected 1st Lieutenant of a Company of Militiamen under Capt. Chester and led the men in his absence until his return just before the battle. Webb and Chester were, apparently, singled out in the General Orders following the battle for their Gallantry at Bunker Hill, having been at the center of the hardest fighting and critical to the success of the retreat [x].  On July 22nd, 1775, Samuel Blachley Webb and Israel Putnam Jr. would be appointed the first Aides-de-Camp to Major-General Putnam [x]. One year later, on June 21, 1776, George Washington would appoint Webb to his own staff, as well as appointing Richard Cary and Alexander Contee Hanson [x], and on the next day, Aaron Burr would be appointed to Putnam’s staff in his place [x].

[wheresurmoose]

Mark Pellegrino as Ben Tillman/Joseph Webb in Ghost Whisperer (4x18: “Leap of Faith”) 

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[wheresurmoose]

Some more of this beautiful man. 

Mark Pellegrino as Ben Tillman/Joseph Webb in Ghost Whisperer (4x18: “Leap of Faith”) 

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[franciscodeborja]

[magictransistor]

Joseph Webb of Boston 'Tea Kettles' trade card, probably early 1770s.

[suleikazuleika]

If you think hazing is not a big deal, let me tell you: In 1684, Harvard University expelled Joseph Webb for hazing. He was not allowed to return until he apologized to his victims and published a written confession as to his misdeeds. This was eight years before the Salem Witch Trials. That's right, a group of older gentlemen from the Puritannical 17th-century were more progressive than you.