Commemorative biographical record of Tolland and Windham counties, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families . battle of Lexing-ton, April 19, 1775, reached Pomfret on the morn-ing of the 20th, and was received by Putnam as hewas ploughing in the field with his son Daniel, whowas then but sixteen years of age and who after-ward wrote of his father: He loitered not, butleft me, the driver of his team, to unyoke it in thefurrow, and not many days later to follow him tocamp. That afternoon he heard of the figh
Commemorative biographical record of Tolland and Windham counties, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families . battle of Lexing-ton, April 19, 1775, reached Pomfret on the morn-ing of the 20th, and was received by Putnam as hewas ploughing in the field with his son Daniel, whowas then but sixteen years of age and who after-ward wrote of his father: He loitered not, butleft me, the driver of his team, to unyoke it in thefurrow, and not many days later to follow him tocamp. That afternoon he heard of the fight atConcord, and at once left on horseback for thescene of hostilities. Soon after he was appointed abrigadier-general, and from that time until the closeof the campaigns of 1779 he was a conspicuousfigure in the war of the Revolution, but his exploitstherein we have neither time nor space to recount—suffice it to say that he held the confidence of and his countrymen. He was especi-ally conspicuous at the battle of Bunker Hill andin other important engagements. After BunkerHill he was made a major-general, and served withdistinction until disqualified for service by a stroke.
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