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 Born in Colonial Brookfield Answering the Call in 1780 Serving Under the Thayers The Military Record That Survived Seeking a Pension Fifty Years Later Recognition by the Federal Government From His Account Military Service Later Life & Burial Family & Descendants Original Sources & Historical Note His Story Elias Adams … 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 A Black Patriot in the Revolution A Fifer in the Continental Army The Battle of Harlem Heights The Battle of Monmouth Service with New Hampshire Troops Captured by the British Sold into Slavery Taken to Nova Scotia The Escape to Freedom The Contradictions of Liberty From His Account Military Service … Read more
