In This Article His Story Early Life and Family A Revolutionary War Father and Son Service in the Connecticut Line Life in Massachusetts The Pension Application of 1832 From His Account Military Service Later Life and Burial Family and Descendants Original Sources and Historical Note Sherebiah Butts Historical illustration representing a Revolutionary War soldier. Not … Read more
In This Article His Story A Childhood Spent in Other People’s Homes The Enlistment That Failed Becoming Robert Shurtliff A Soldier in Washington’s Army Wounded Near British-Held New York The Fever That Revealed Her Identity An Honorable Discharge The Making of a Revolutionary Legend Taking Her Story Before the Public Paul Revere Comes to Her … Read more
In This Article His Story From Ipswich to Rowley Drafted for the New York Campaign A Second Enlistment: White Plains and Bound Brook Guarding Burgoyne’s Captured Army The Old Soldier Seeks His Pension The Mystery of the Missing Certificate His Widow’s Years of Hardship From His Account Military Service Later Life & Burial Family & … Read more
In This Article His Story A Soldier from Lynn The Illness That Changed His Life Service in the Invalid Regiment Returning Home with a Disability The Long Fight for a Pension The Loss of His Home A Veteran’s Final Appeal From His Account Military Service Later Life & Burial Family & Descendants Original Sources & … Read more
