Editing Dartmouth, Massachusetts (section)

==== Prewar years ====
[[File:Ann Alexander of New Bedford.png|thumb|The ship [[Ann Alexander (ship)|''Ann Alexander'']], built at [[Russells Mills Village Historic District|Russells Mills Village]] in 1805, was rammed and sunk by a [[sperm whale]] bull in 1851.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sawtell |first=Clement Cleveland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LwgaAAAAIAAJ |title=The Ship Ann Alexander of New Bedford: 1805-1851 |date=1962 |publisher=Marine Historical Association |language=en}}</ref>]]

In the years before the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], in the early 1840s, Dartmouth launched a whaling vessel owned by Sanford and Sherman, had a bowling Alley burn down, as well as hosting an Abstinence rally with some shops refusing to sell [[Rum]] and cider. In 1855, the town was home to one [[cotton mill]], three [[salt works]], one factory that made [[railroad car]]s, sleighs, wagons, and coaches, two [[tanneries]], seven [[shoemakers]], and five shingle mills, as well as launching one ship. The town had an abundance of livestock, including over a thousand sheep and cows. 850 swine. 428 oxen. As well as 4102 acres of English hay, and 712 acres of [[Indian corn]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Glennon |first=Beverly |title=Three Hundred and Fifty-Five Men for the Union |publisher=Command Print Solutions |date=October 2004 |location=New Bedford, MA |pages=1–10 |language=EN}}</ref>