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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 21: military History. (search)
rted. Benjamin Locke, Capt. Solomon Bowman, Lieut. Stephen Frost, Ens. John Cutter, Sergt. Moses Hovey, Sergt. Thomas Cutter, Corpl. John Tidd, Corpl. James Fowle, Corpl. Seth Stone, Corpl. William Adams, Israel Blackington, Israel Blackington, Jr., Matthew Cox, Joseph Cox, Charles Cutter, Andrew Cutter, Joseph Frost, John Fowle, Miles Greenwood, Abraham Hill, Elisha Hastings, Zechariah Hill, John Locke, Jonathan Perry, Peter Stearns, Josiah Williams, William Winship, Cuff Whittemore (negro). This was an eventful day in Cambridge. The first detachment of British troops passed through the town, at midnight, stealthily and unmolested. The reinforcement marched openly at midday; but the militia were engaged in the distant conflict, and no opposition was offered, except the removal of the planks from the Great Bridge; General Heath says (Memoirs, p. 13), that he sent some of the Watertown militia down to