The revolutionary soldiers of Redding, Connecticut, and the record of their services

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Contents

Alarm, Fairfield,

" New Haven,

" Norwalk,

II Retreat from New York

Returns, Killed and Wounded,

56,57

Stores Destroyed,

Ridgefield, Fight at.

Saratoga, Battle of.

69,72

Second Conn. Brigade, Mutiny of.

Stamp Act,

St. Johns, Siege of.

Sugar House, The,

Tories, Exile of.

80, 92,

03, 104

Valley Forge,

White Plains, Battle of.

" " Flag of Truce,

Wooster, Death of,

Yorktown, Siege of.

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TO THE READER.

This volume is presented to the public with diffidence and the fear that its contents may not withstand the test of literary criticism. But the fear of criticism is not unknown to writers of greater ability, and the compiler is satisfied that his work must prove interesting to those for whom it was written.

Had such a work been undertaken a half century ago, far more interesting and satisfactory results could have been obtained. The Revolutionary soldiers had passed to rest, but the generation which succeeded them was still largely represented among men. Vast stores of Revolutionary anecdote were known to the immediate descendants of our patriot sires, but these people and their traditions are alike rapidly passing away. In their day, also, much historical material in manuscript or other documentary form is known to have existed, great part of which found its way through the hands of thrifty housewives to the sacks of the peddler's wagon, and as we contemplate this melancholy fact, it is impossible to repress a feeling of resentment toward that economical generation which bartered history for tinware. In this and other ways many valuable records have passed out of existence. Flame and the careless hand and uncertain memory of man have lost us much that would now be treasured with reverent care. But we must be content with what we have, thankful that so much has been rescued from oblivion, and hopeful that patient research or fortunate discovery may yet add something more to our knowledge of that interesting period of our country's history.

In the preparation of this work, the writer has availed himself of all tlie material within reach, and offers the result of his labors with the hope that its perusal may lead his readers to a better knowledge of some of the men and events of the Revolutionary period, and instil into their minds a more earnest desire to preserve and perpetuate that liberty which was proclaimed " throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants thereof."

An enumeration of the sources from which the material contained in this book has been derived would form a very considerable addition to a task which the writer is glad to regard as completed ; he therefore does not attempt it. It seems proper, however, to express here his obligations to certain individuals whose kind assistance, through the medium of suggestion, advice, or other means, has led to the discovery of valuable material ; notably, to the librarians of the Lenox Library of New York and of the Connecticut State and Historical Libraries ; to

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Mr. John N. Nickerson, town clerk of Redding, for free access to the town records; to Mr. Charles Burr Todd for permission to quote from his works, and to numerous friends, not less valued because unnamed whose contributions have enabled the author to more fully complete records which add much to the interest of the volume.

A brief index has been added to the historical section. From the arrangement of the biographical portion of the work, an index is there considered unnecessary.

The illustrations in this work have been procured with considerable difficulty. The cut of Putnam's headquarters, taken from Barber's Connecticut Historical Collection," was obtained through the courtesy of Mr. Albert C. Bates, librarian of the Historical Society; the photographs of Rev. Mr. Bartlett, the guardhouse, and Gallows Hill were secured by Mr. F. E. Readman, photographer, of Norwalk, Conn., and SIX halftones are the work of the Hartford Engraving Company. Ihe Illustrations of the entrance and monument at Putnam Memorial Camp were kindly loaned by Mr. George A. Parker, of the Camp Commission.

For the British orders, reports, returns, and correspondence the author ,s principally indebted to Messrs. B. F. Stevens and Brown of London, England.

MiLITARY HISTORY.

Almighty Freedom ! give my venturous song Tile force, tlie charm that to thy voice belong. 'Tis thine to shape my course, to light my way, To nerve my country with the patriot lay.

To teach all men where all their interest lies ; How rulers may be just and nations wise.

Strong in thy strength I bend no suppliant knee; Invoke no miracle, no muse but thee.

Joel Barlow — The Coluinbiad, Book I.

I.

EARLY HISTORY — EVENTS PRECEDING THE REVOLU- TION—BEGINNING OF HOSTILITIES — THE NORTH- ERN CAMPAIGN.

The history of New England is the story of the growth of independence. The desire for hberty was the motive which led to its permanent colonization. " To enjoy religious liberty was the known end of the first comers' great adventure into this wilderness." The courage with which these early settlers braved the dangers of their wilderness home shows the value they set upon this freedom, since neither peril nor misfortune could force them to return to a land where independent opinion was denied them. The forms of government which they instituted among themselves, the vigor and determination with which they resisted foreign aggression and monarchical despotism, exhibit their devotion to the cause of civil liberty. Among all classes in this new land grew the desire for the enjoyment of freedom in larger measure than they had ever known before. The contentions which arose for the absolute ownership of the soil, for the privilege of self-government, for representation in the national councils, and the increasing desire for social privileges, educational advantages, and opportunities for advancement, were contributory to the causes of the great struggle which taught " rulers to be jttst and nations wise." What part was borne in this conflict by the men who dwelt among our rugged hills, these pages may reveal.

It is to Roger Ludlow, among the leaders who planted the lO EARLY HISTORY.

seed of independence in New England's rock-bound soil, that we are indebted for the particular effort at colonization which finally resulted in the settlement of Redding and the development of its history. A gentleman by birth, a lawyer by profession, he came early to New England, and soon made his influence felt in the shaping of public afifairs. Removing from ]\'Iassachusetts Bay, he became prominent in the public service of the colony of Connecticut, was one of the leaders in the settlement at Windsor, and in 1639 we find him a spectator of the struggle that ensued when the troops under Capt. John Mason drove the Pequots into their last stronghold in the recesses of the Sasqua swamp. In the following year, commissioned to plant a settlement at Pequonnock, he passed beyond his appointed destination, and on the fertile plains of Uncoway, near the scene of the " swamp fight," he founded the town of Fairfield. Here he made his home for fifteen years, standing high in the councils of town and colony, and aiding the growth of the community of which he was the fovmder. At the end of this period, with political ambitions disappointed, embroiled in dissensions which grew out of the delusion of witchcraft, and sufifering financial reverses, he turned his steps away from the fair town he had founded, and disappeared into the mists of history. But, under other able leaders, the settlement grew in power, numbers, and influence, pressed back the boundaries of the red man's domain, and extended its territory, its commerce, and its importance. Jealous of their hard-won freedom, and desirous that neither king nor peer should establish overlordship among them, the settlers hastened to acquire the best title they could to the lands they occupied, and to parcel out among themselves all new lands to which they could obtain access. Individual grants, large and small, were matters of frequent record, one of the most remarkable of these being that curious division of territory known as " the Longlots " — strips of land less than one hundred rods in width, but running back twelve or fifteen miles into the country. By degrees the settlement expanded till, meeting the confines of other comn:iunities on either hand, it began slowly to reach out toward the higher grounds to the northward. As it moved on, the wigwam of the savage was displaced by the solitary log-house of the settler, which in

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time was surrounded by other dwellings, and hamlets appeared where pathless forests had grown. The church and the schoolhouse took their places as factors in the moral and material advancement of the people as, step by step, civilization advanced along the highlands, and the spirit of liberty kept pace beside it.

The first indication of settlement in that section which at length became the town of Redding is found in the record of a large grant of land to a single individual, follov/ed by other grants or sales to eager speculators. Then we have a glimpse of its tiny settlement of three widely-separated habitations, their only highway a forest path. Later, a rude church appears, which, during the Revolution, was the scene of other than devotional exercises, serving the purpose of a town hall as well. By the middle of the eighteenth century Redding had become a parish numbering upward of one thousand souls, and an agitation for township privileges resulted, in 1767, in its erection into a separate town.

Before the separation from the parent town took place, trouble between the colonies and the royal government had developed and had already assumed serious proportions. These difficulties had long been accumulating. For years the colonists had warily guarded their rights and privileges against attempted encroachments and aggressions, resorting to diplomacy and conciliatory measures when such could be successfully employed, and to open opposition only when all other means had failed. At various periods of their history they had been compelled to resist the efforts of royal despots for the subversion of their liberties, and from the days of Cromwell such attempts were a constant menace to them. Yet through all, they remained steadfast in their allegiance to the crown, rendering at all times such aid as lay in their power. During the several wars witli France, which extended to the American continent, the colonies contributed both men and means to aid the armies of England. The effort to lay upon the colonies the burden of wars which they had not provoked was regarded by them as a flagrant injustice, and after the conclusion of the last French war the attempt to tax the Americans to pay the expenses of the conflict roused the mdignation of the people. Blood they had spilled and treasure they had spent to main-

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tain the honor and supremacy of the mother country, and they had reaped ingratitude. The passage of the Stamp Act in 1765 roused public feeling to fever Heat. Public officials charged with the enforcement of the act were forced to resign. Its repeal but temporarily delayed the gathering storm. The imposition, in 1767, of a tax on tea and other imports, and the attempt to collect revenue thereon, caused the anger of the people to break out afresh. But this time the British ministry was determined to enforce its authority, and the Americans were as firmly resolved on resistance. Seizures of property and other acts of British officials led to open hostility ; collisions occurred between the English soldiery which had been sent to America and the joeople of the towns where they were quartered ; blood was shed, and an implacable hatred aroused in the breasts of the colonists. The partial repeal of the duties failed to allay the excitement. The nocturnal excursion of the " Boston Tea Party " exasperated the ministry, which, in reprisal, closed the port of Boston through the agency of the Port Bill, thus cutting off all supplies for that city by water. Immediately the colonists took up the cause of their Boston brethren, and resolutions of sympathy and approval of their conduct were voted, and supplies were forwarded from all sections. Words of encouragement, and aid of a more substantial nature, were the contributions of many of the Connecticut towns.

From this time forward the hOvStility engendered by the acts of the home government became more pronounced and active, involving not only the military representatives of the crown, but also the civil authorities acting under royal commission and the large minority whose interests inclined them to the support of the royal cause, to which they were resolved to adhere, while regretting the policy which brought about such a critical state of affairs. To these was opposed an element bent on governmental reform, in a mood to defy all authority, and to visit its displeasure by violent methods upon those who opposed the popular will.. Intermingled with these classes was a considerable number of citizens whose opinions were not yet definitely formed, and whom circumstances might sway to either side. As the crisis approached, the rage of the populace was specially visited upon those who upheld the

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course of the royal government. Resort was had to acts of violence. The tories were mobbed, plundered, intimidated, tarred and feathered, carted about the public streets as a public spectacle. Such acts, though indefensible, are inseparable from the conditions accompanying a great popular upheaval, and have had their counterparts in more recent history. Private malice and a spirit of mischief, as well as patriotic fervor and popular indignation, furnished pretexts for these unlawful proceedings. To prevent such outrages Congress had committed the care of tories and suspected persons to the various committees of inspection and observation, but these were not alvvavs efficient in the performance of their duties.

Redding was not free from this species of disorder. Here, as elsewhere, were the elements necessary for its production : the firm loyalist, the inflexible patriot, the lawless character. To what extent the animosities bred by the political discords of previous }ears had been carried is not shown, but the beginning of the year 1775 inaugurated a miniature reign of terror for the tories of this vicinity. The proceedings of the Continental Congress of September 5, 1774, furnished the occasion for a m.ovement on the part of the tories which led to the most unhappy results. The Congress adopted a declaration of rights, claiming the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property as natural rights, and the common law of England as the heritage of the colonists; declared the people bound by no law to which they had not consented through their own representatives ; asserted the right of local government by colonial assemblies, and the right to trial by juries selected from the people; denied to Parliament all power of taxation; protested against the quartering of standing armies upon the colonies without tlieir consent ; denounced eleven recent parliamentary acts ; and formed an " American Association," pledging its members to entire commercial non-intercourse with Great Britain and its dependencies, or with any American colony which failed to uphold the association, until all obnoxious legislation should be repealed. Committees were to be appointed in every locality throughout the colonies to detect violators of the association, with whom all dealings were to be broken off. The " Declaration of Colonial Rights " came very near being a declaration of independence.

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These proceedings were looked upon with anxiety and alarm by loyahsts everywhere, who saw the peace and security of the country, as well as their own personal interests, jeopardized thereby. They at once formed loyalist associations, protesting against the resolves of the patriot Congress. A considerable number of the tories of Fairfield County organized under the name of the " Reading Loyalist Association," and in February, 1775, caused a series of resolutions to be published in James Rivington's Gazetteer at New York, publicly declaring their sentiments relative to the proceedings of Congress and the acts of the American Association. Their story can be most fitly and fully presented by the republication of the original documents, as given in Force's " American Archives " :

READING (CONN.) ASSOCIATION.

Mr. Rivington : In the present critical situation of publick affairs, we the subscribers, Freeholders and Inhabitants of the town of Reading, and the adjoining parts, in the County of Fairfield, and Colony of Connecticut, think it necessary, (through the columns of your Paper) to assure the publick that we are open enemies to any change in the present happy Constitution ; and highly disapprove of all measures in any degree calculated to promote confusion and disorder ; for which purpose, and in order to avoid the general censure incurred by a great part of this Colony from the mode of conduct here adopted for the purpose of opposing the British Government, we have entered into the following Resolves and Agreements, viz :

First. Resolved, That while we enjoy the privileges and immunities of the English Constitution, we will render all due obedience to his most gracious Majesty King George the Third, and that a firm dependence on the mother country is essential to our political safety and happiness.

Second. Resolved, That the privileges and immunities of this Constitution are yet (in a good degree) continued to all his Majesty's American subjects, except those who, we conceive, have justly forfeited their title thereto.

Third. Resolved, That we suppose the Continental Congress was constituted for the purpose of restoring harmony between Great Britain and her Colonies, and removing the displeasure of his Majesty towards his American subjects, whereas, on the contrary, some of their Resolutions appear to us immediately calculated to widen the present unhappy breach, counteract the first principles of civil society, and in a great degree abridge the privileges of their constituents.

Fourth. Resolved, That notwithstanding we will in all circumstances, conduct with prudence and moderation, we consider it an indispensable duty we owe to our King and Constitution, our country and

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posterity, to defend, maintain, and preserve, at the risk of our lives and properties, the prerogative of the crown, and the privileges of the subject from all attacks by any rebellious body of men, any Committees of Inspection, Correspondence, &c.

[Signed by one hundred and forty one Inhabitants, whose names are to be seen at the Printer's.]

Immediately upon the publication of this document the patriots of Redding set themselves to work to discover the signers of the instrument. This does not seem to have been a matter of great difficulty, for presently a list of the Redding subscribers was made public.

READING (CONN.) COMMITTEE.

Whereas, there was a certain number of Resolves published in James Rivington's Gazetteer, of the 22,^ of February, 1775, and said by said Rivington to be signed by one hundred and forty one Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Town of Reading, and the adjacent parts, in the County of Fairfield, and Colony of Connecticut; and whereas said Resolves are injurious to the rights of this. Colonj-, and breathe a spirit of enmity and opposition to the rights and liberties of all America, and are in direct opposition to the Association of the Continental Congress ; and notwithstanding said Resolutions were come into with a (seeming) view to secure the said signers some extraordinary privileges and immunities, yet either through negligence in the Printer, or upon design of the subscribers, said signed names are not made publick : And now, if there be any advantage in adopting those principles, we are willing they should be entitled thereto; and for which end, and for the more effectual carrying into execution said Association we have taken some pains, and by the assistance of him who carried said Resolves to said Printer, we have obtained the whole of said names. But as we mean not to publish the names of any except those that belong to said Reading, their names are as follows, viz :

David Knap Andrev/ Knap Daniel Lyon Nehemiah Seely, Jun.

Stephen Lacy James Adams Zaccheus Morehouse Ephraim Whitlock Jabez Lyon Prince Hawse Andrew Patchen Ezekiel Hill David Manrow

Daniel Morehouse Ephraim Deforest Lazarus Beach Seth Hull Hezekiah Piatt Zebulon Piatt Timothy Piatt Lazarus Wheeler Joshua Hall Jonathan Knap James Gray Peter Lyon John Drew

Jonathan Meeker Samuel Hawley Jonathan Mallery, Jr.

John Seymour Jesse Bearslee Darling Gyer Ebenezer Williams Paul Bartram John Gyer Abel Burr Shubael Bennet John Picket John Picket, Jun.

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John Lyon James Morgan

John Mallery Nathaniel Gyer

John Raymond Asa Norton

Eli Lyon Eleazur Olmsted

Enos Wheeler Isaac Bimnell

David Crowfoot Thaddeus Gyer

Thomas Munson William Manrow

Nehemiah Seely Joseph Gyer

Charles McNeil John Sherwood

Stephen Betts Simeon Munger

Ephraim Meeker Joseph Burr John Layne

N. B. There are only forty-two Freeholders in the above number : there are several minors, &c., to make the above number of seventyfour, that belong to said Reading, and we hereby hold them up to publick view, as opposers to the Association of said Congress.

Signed by order of the Committee of Observation for said Town of Reading.

Ebenezer Couch, Chairman.

Obed Hendrix Isaac Piatt Enos Lee John Lee Nathaniel Barlow Asael Patchen Benjamin Sturgis Ebenezer Sturgis William Lee Seth Banks David Turney John Sandford

Something like taunt and sarcasm is apparent in this circular of the Redding committee. Whether such was its intent, such was evidently its effect. After consultation, the loyalists resolved to make a stand, and, through the medium they had previously employed, boldly declared their entire membership. The answer to the committee appeared in Rivington's paper:

Mr. Rivington : You are desired by many staunch friends of the

King and the Constitution, in this Colony, to insert the names of the

subscribers to the Reading Association, as published in the Gazetteer,

on the 23"^ of February. ■

John Lyon.

Capt. Joshua Hall Capt. James Morgan Lieut. Daniel Lyon Lieut. Peter Lyon Ensign Sam Hawley David Knap Stephen Betts Timothy Piatt Joseph Lyon Lazarus Beach Seth Hull John San ford James Gray, Jun.

John Lyon

John Drew John Mallery John Mallery, Jun.

Ephraim Meeker Ephraim Deforest James Adams Joseph Burr Hezekiah Piatt Zebulon Piatt Jesse Bardslee Jonathan Knap Simeon Munger Prince Hawes John Seymour

John Hall Moses Knap Neil McNeil Barnard Kane C. McNeil Jabez Lyon Calvin Wheeler Lazarus Wheeler Enos Wheeler Stephen Lacy Dr. Asa Norton Jonathan Meaker John Lane Neh. Seely, Jun.

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Zaccheus Morehouse Ephraim Whitlock Andrew Patchen Ezekiel Hill Daniel Morehouse William Caldwell Ebenezer Lyon Peter Thorn Peter Jackson David Munro Jabez Adams John Bartram Andrew Knap David Turny Gersham Bulkley John Raymond Eli Lyon Nathaniel Guyer Ephraim Robbins Isaac Bunnell Darling Guyer David Crofut Thomas Munson Jonathan Lyon Gersham Lyon, Jun Jesse Lyon Thomas Lyon Stephen Couch Ebenezer Williams Paul Bartram John Guyer Abel Burr Abel Burr, Jun.

Shubael Bennet

Eleazer Olmsted Obed Hendrix Abner Gilbert Isaac Piatt Jonathan Burr William Manrow Enos Lee Silas Lee John Lee Nathaniel Lee Joseph Fairchild Nathaniel Barlow Thaddeus Guyer Joseph Guyer Asael Patchen Ben. Sturges John Sherwood Ebenezer Sturges William Lee Seth Banks John Byington Jun.

John Pickwit John Pickwit, Jun.

Abel Piatt Joseph Piatt Neb. St. John Israel Rowland Silas Griffin William Bradley William Hambleton James Rowell, Joseph Edwards, Jun.

C. Fairchild J. Morehouse

Isaac Drew Peter Drew Benjamin Williams Samuel Judd Jun.

James Gray Nehemiah Whitlock Samuel Judd Ezra Kellogg Jabez Taylor Jun.

Silas Taylor Jonathan Judd Benjamin Bailey William Judd Hezekiah Whitlock Samuel Hoyt, Jun.

James Hoyt Samuel Bailey Michael Benedict Comfort Barnum Ezra Percy Nathaniel Picket Elijah Barnum Ebenezer Whitlock James Davis Solomon Cutis Daniel Cascis Nehemiah Seely Peter Bulkley Ebenezer Mills John Drew Nathan Mallery Jun.

Josiah Piatt

N. B. Obadiah Piatt having been proscribed in Mr. Gaines Paper, on a suspicion of subscribing the Association, the publick may be assured the above is the very list delivered to the Printers and that Obadiah Piatt's name was not inserted in it.

There are no signers to this piece under twenty-one years of age.

Then the storm broke. The members of the association being- piibhcly known, were now committed to the support of the royal government or to the necessity of submitting to the demands of the dominant party. Men of various shades of opinion were among the signers of the resolves : ardent loyalists, conservative citizens, timid individuals seeking the safe l8 TREATMENT OF LOYALISTS.

side, for absolute unanimity is not to be found in any combination of men. Each had placed his own interpretation on the document he signed, and affixed his name with whatever mental reservations he chose to make.

Many of the loyalist associators were induced, by means more readily guessed than known, to refrain from active opposition to the patriots ; the course of events soon brought some of them into complete accord with the opponents of the home government; but upon the heads of those who persisted in upholding the royal authority the wrath of the people fell with unmitigated severity. Just what was done with these unfortunate persons may be inferred from statements made in a preceding paragraph, or learned from personal records in another part of this volume. The severity of their treatment exceeded their powers of endurance. The harassed tories fled to the forest, and, hidden in caves and thickets, watched and waited for an opportunity to place themselves under royal protection. No other refuge could they find, for the British army was far away, soon to be besieged in Boston, and finally to be forced out of the country altogether, and it was many months before the arrival of royal troops at New York brought the prospect of deliverance. Even then, escape to the British lines was an undertaking of extreme difficulty and peril, for the vigilant patriots guarded every avenue of retreat. The lines of the American army barred passage by land to New York, and the patriots seem early to have secured all the water craft on the northern coast of Long Island Sound, so that flight by water was only rendered possible by the aid of expeditions from the opposite shore. Nevertheless, many of the Redding loyalists got away during the course of the \var, took refuge within the British lines, and even bore arms against their former neighbors.

Such was the state of affairs in the town of Redding when the fateful 19th of April, 1775, dawned upon the American colonies, and the country was electrified by the news of the affair at Lexington. The legislature was immediately convened, and authorized the embodiment of one-fourth of the militia, to be formed into six regiments of about one thousand men each. Soon the war-drums were calling the people to arms, and, while they were preparing for the field, news came

BUNKER HILL.

of the bloodless capture of Ticonderoga, with its immense stores of war material, including nearly two hvmdred cannon of various kinds and calibres, one hundred stand of arms, and large quantities of ammunition and commissary stores. This exploit, planned, organized, led and executed by Connecticut men, and paid for out of the Connecticut treasury, stood out in strong contrast to the expedition against Concord, where the king's troops had spilled so much of their blood to disable a few cannon and destroy sixty barrels of flour. Then, while public excitement was at its highest pitch, came the terrific climax of Bunker Hill, where the martial pride and power of Great Britain were humbled by a few hundred undisciplined and toil-weary farmers, and a profitless victory secured to the royal arms only after an unparalleled slaughter.

No Redding man, so far as known, received his baptism of fire in that blaze of battle, which strewed the slopes of Bunker Hill with the forms of gallant men. But they heard the story — our soldiers and our people — of the midnight assembly of troops and the march to the hill ; of the hours of toil in the darkness, unsuspected by the enemy in town or fleet till daylight revealed their work, when the roar of cannon, the tramp of assembling battalions, the sight of housetops and hillsides crowded with eager, anxious spectators, nerved the tired patriots for the coming ordeal of battle, toiling on, weary, thirsty, hungry, while the British soldiery crossed the river, formed in splendid array, ate their noonday meal at leisure — the last for so many of them — as shot and shell flew incessantly over their heads, then rose to their places in line, and advanced upon that weak defense, only to fall by hundreds before a withering blast of musketry, or be hurled in headlong haste back upon the river; and how, at last, they won the hill, not by superior numbers, or courage, or discipline, or leadership, but solely because the ammunition of the defenders was exhausted, and more could not be had. But the encounter intensified the spirit of resistance, bred contempt of the military prestige of Britain, and inspired the soldiers of the colonies with the hope of brilliant achievement. In this spirit, doubtless, the soldiers of our town went forward to the task assigned them. An invasion of Canada had been projected, with the intention of gaining the British posts in that region, and of bringing over its in-

THE NORTHERN CAMPAIGN.

habitants to the support of the colonies. For this purpose some three thousand troops were mobiUzed, consisting of one reg-iment from New York and two from Connecticut. The Fifth Connecticut, commanded by Col. David Waterbury, contained a company recruited from Redding and vicinity, and led by a Redding officer, Captain Zalmon Read. The roll of this company carries nearly one hundred names, about onethird of which are easily recognizable as those of Redding men.

TENTH COMPANY, FIFTH REGIMENT CONNECTICUT LINE.