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Identifier: magazineofamericv19stev (find matches)
Title: The magazine of American history with notes and queries
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Stevens, John Austin, 1827-1910. ed. cn DeCosta, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1831-1904. ed. cn Johnston, Henry Phelps, 1842-1923, ed. cn Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna), 1829-1893. ed. cn Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-1894 ed Abbatt, William, 1851-1935, comp
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Publisher: New York : A.S. Barnes
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hat five hundred dollars be allowed for that pur-pose. The money, however, was never paid. No tombstone or mark ofhis last resting place was ever erected, and the grave of this hero was soonunknown. His dust mingled with the earth neglected and forgotten. In 1854, a handsome monument was erected to his memory in Dan-bury. The shaft is of Portland granite, and bears the following inscription : David Wooster First Major General of the Connecticut troops in the army of the Revolution ; Brigadier General of the United Colonies. Born at Hartford, March 2, 1710 or 11 ; Wounded at Ridgefield, April 27. 1777. while defending the liberties of America And nobly died at Danbury May 2, 1777. With General Woosters fall this part of the conflict ended. StephenRowe Bradley, then an aide-de-camp to General Wooster, assumed com-mand, and gathering his scattered troops together retired from the field ingood order. By his cool judgment and pluck the remnant of this small HISTORIC CANNON RALLS AND HOUSES
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THE SPOT WHERE GENERAL WOOSTER FELL. (From a photograph by the Author,.) force was saved from being routed. Bradley served with distinctionthroughout the Revolution, and rose to the rank of colonel. He was oneof the first pioneers who went to Vermont and aided in obtaining itsrecognition as a state, and which he represented for sixteen years in theUnited States Senate. It was to his bold action in the caucus that arbitra-rily assumed the nomination of Madison, that the latter became President.The sound of Woosters onslaught was reverberated from West Moun-tains rugged cliffs along the valley. Arnold and his men awaited the ap-proaching storm with breathless anxiety. At about noon the British, ad-vancing in three columns, came within range, when General Agnew orderedthe artillery to attack* When within musket-shot the engagement becamegeneral and continued for nearly an hour. Being unable to dislodge theContinentals in front, a strong body of Hessians under Agnew finallyturned the left

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