A Military History of the Hubbell Family in North America

• Author: Commander Hilbert R. Hubble USN (Ret.)
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618 pages, 200 illustrations, 18 chapters and 29 appendices. All fully indexed.

Nearly all Hubbell/Hubbel/Hubble/Hubels in North American descend from Richard Hubbell who settled in Connecticut in the 1640s. The book discusses the military service of the Hubbells who share this common ancestor and surname. The book provides a description of all Hubbell/Hubbel/Hubble/Hubels service men and women for which a record (official or unofficial) was found by the author. Each chapter discusses a major period in North American history as follows:

• I. The Colonial Period (1607-1775)
• II. The American Revolution
• III. The Early Republic (Quasi-War with France).
• IV. The War of 1812
• V. Between the Wars 1814-1848
• VI. The War with Mexico 1846-1848, Pre Civil War 1849-1860
• VII. The Indian Wars 1848-1860
• VIII. The Civil War 1861-1865
• IX. Between the Wars 1866-1898
• X. The Spanish-American War
• XI. Between the Wars 1899-1916, The Philippine Insurrection
• XII. World War I 1914-1919, the Mexican Border Campaign
• XIII. Between the Wars 1920-1940
• XIV. World War II 1941-1945
• XV. Post World War II, Berlin Airlift 1948, Korean War 1950-1953
• XVI. Vietnam 1953-1973, The Cold War 1955-1973, Dominican Republic
• XVII. Post Cold War, Beirut & Grenada 1983, Desert Storm 1990-1991
• XVIII. Somalia 1993, Operations in Kosovo 1999.

Each chapter is further divided into three parts. The first part typically describes uniforms and equipment, food and cooking, recruitment, pay, pensions, discipline and training. The second part discusses major events, actions or battles in which Hubbells participated. The third part of each chapter is an alphabetical list of each Hubbell family member that served in the military during the period covered by the chapter; their service number, period of service, organization and a description of their service. Appendices provide more details about individuals as contained in letters, articles, pension extracts, diaries, testimony, written experiences and reports.

This book is one of a series of histories published by the Hubbell Family Historical Society.