In and about historic Boston . GENERAL ISRAEL PUTNAMS BIRTHPLACE, was born Israel Putnam, a famous Revolutionary soldier. Before serving in the Continental Army. Putnam took part in several Colonial military ventures,notably Abercrombies expedition against Ticonderoga. Putnam was captured in this disastrous affair and tortured by the Indians until rescued by a Frenchofficer. He also participated in the capture of Havana, in 1762, although shipwrecked on the way. When the news of Lexington arrived, Putnam was plowing,and, Cincinnatus-like. turned his oxen loose and rode to Cambridg
In and about historic Boston . GENERAL ISRAEL PUTNAMS BIRTHPLACE, was born Israel Putnam, a famous Revolutionary soldier. Before serving in the Continental Army. Putnam took part in several Colonial military ventures,notably Abercrombies expedition against Ticonderoga. Putnam was captured in this disastrous affair and tortured by the Indians until rescued by a Frenchofficer. He also participated in the capture of Havana, in 1762, although shipwrecked on the way. When the news of Lexington arrived, Putnam was plowing,and, Cincinnatus-like. turned his oxen loose and rode to Cambridge. He was appointed to the command of a Connecticut regiment and fought in the battle ofBunker ROOM IN WHICH PUTNAM WAS BORN. JANUARY 17. room in which General Putnam was born is still kept as near as possible to its old Colonial appearance, and here are preserved many relics of the famoussoldier. Putnams service in the Revolutionary War was of an especially spectacular kind. In one instance while commanding Horseneck, in Connecticut, asudden attack by the British, under Tryon, forced him to escape by dashing down a declivity where the enemy dared not follow. He eventually pursued Tryonand took fifty prisoners. In 1779 General Putnam was stricken with paralysis and was incapacitated for duty with the army. He died in Pomfret, now Brooklyn, May 19. 1790.
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