Pinkham Hall Incident Show Notes
Below are the mentioned links and additional context for the Wild Quincy Pinkham Hall Incident episode available here. The following will add some relevant links as well as some additional context to the story.
Modern Day Location of Pinkham Hall in 1863
Ruins of Pinkham Hall after fire destroyed building in 1879
Additional Links for Content Referenced
“Needle Pickets” respond to call during Civil War by Megan Boccardi; December 4, 2011 ; https://www.hsqac.org/needle-pickets-respond-to-call-during-civil-war
Pinkham Hall deaths were not-so-rare tragedy by Lynn M. Snyder; May 17, 2015; https://www.hsqac.org/pinkham-hall-deaths-were-not-so-rare-tragedy
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