Historic Groton : comprising historic and descriptive sketches pertaining to Groton Heights, Center Groton, Poquonnoc Bridge, Noank, Mystic, and Old Mystic, Conn. . hed and given the name of theLieutenant (iovernor. Lcdyard was the firstactual commander, being appointed July, later had charge of the forts on both sidesof the ri\er and at Stonington. )nli ing for their families. Many of them Putnam at the battle of Hunker Hill,hew were left at home to gather in the har-vests and defend the town wdiich seemed of-ten in danger of an immediate attack, as manytimes liritisli men
Historic Groton : comprising historic and descriptive sketches pertaining to Groton Heights, Center Groton, Poquonnoc Bridge, Noank, Mystic, and Old Mystic, Conn. . hed and given the name of theLieutenant (iovernor. Lcdyard was the firstactual commander, being appointed July, later had charge of the forts on both sidesof the ri\er and at Stonington. )nli ing for their families. Many of them Putnam at the battle of Hunker Hill,hew were left at home to gather in the har-vests and defend the town wdiich seemed of-ten in danger of an immediate attack, as manytimes liritisli men-of-war were seen in the .\l last on Sept. 6, 1781, came the dread- HISTORIC GKOTON attack and a .- mall .garrison, aided hy a few- hintccrs. \vi,-i-e all whn were left tu meet the enn. Bravdy they ?|iu;^lu and well, until, being ,liy-e<l t<. Mirr ender because ..f the over- liL-lniiiiL;- iiunilii r (.f the enemy, the heru ,rd was killed n the act cif surrendering his \(inl, and snc , a massacre that •en the officers could not endure the ?W. .ffic Lost the flower of this Town, bothand respectable inhabitants. My. sight, one of them caStop, stop, in the narcannot bear it. .Manxthat day were very ymiys. Little Win. , because hefrom the magazine to iIk s Idiers escaped uijury , being but iweKi \eais old was allowed to go free. Daniel W illi ims of Sa-sbio ila boy of hlteeii, w is sneighbor belongin- t. llukilled, as was also Thom is \I,.cm vears. sonof Iark .\xmn n Al (1 ri ships, in a letler wrillen after the battle by Thomas to Cov. Truinbull, he says: cht hciuse with the Ihief of the others on are JJurnt and many families Left desti-tute of food and Raiment. The village at this time had but one street,along \i\ the river, ami when fourteen dwell-ing houses, fotu barns, two shops, two storesand one scImoI house were burned, but fewbnililmi^s would be left. The house of Ebene-zer .\\eiy. to which th
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