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Kingston (Canada) (search for this): entry putnam-israel
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry putnam-israel
Putnam, Israel 1718-
Military officer; born in Salem (the part now Danvers), Mass., Jan. 7, 1718; he settled in Pomfret, Conn., in 1739, where he acquired a good estate; raised a company, and served in the French and Indian War with so much efficiency that in 1757 he was promoted to the rank of major.
While Abercrombie was resting
Israel Putnam in 1776. securely in his intrenchments at Lake George after his repulse at Ticonderoga, two or three of his convoys had been cut off by French scouting-parties, and he sent out Majors Rogers and Putnam to intercept them.
Apprised of this movement, Montcalm sent Molang, an active partisan, to waylay the English detachment.
While marching through the forest (August, 1758), in three divisions, within a mile of Fort Anne, the left, led by Putnam, fell into an ambuscade of Indians, who attacked the English furiously, uttering horrid yells.
Putnam and his men fought bravely.
His fusee at length missed fire with the muzzle at the breast
Lake George, Fla. (Florida, United States) (search for this): entry putnam-israel
Putnam, Israel 1718-
Military officer; born in Salem (the part now Danvers), Mass., Jan. 7, 1718; he settled in Pomfret, Conn., in 1739, where he acquired a good estate; raised a company, and served in the French and Indian War with so much efficiency that in 1757 he was promoted to the rank of major.
While Abercrombie was resting
Israel Putnam in 1776. securely in his intrenchments at Lake George after his repulse at Ticonderoga, two or three of his convoys had been cut off by French scouting-parties, and he sent out Majors Rogers and Putnam to intercept them.
Apprised of this movement, Montcalm sent Molang, an active partisan, to waylay the English detachment.
While marching through the forest (August, 1758), in three divisions, within a mile of Fort Anne, the left, led by Putnam, fell into an ambuscade of Indians, who attacked the English furiously, uttering horrid yells.
Putnam and his men fought bravely.
His fusee at length missed fire with the muzzle at the breast
Concord (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry putnam-israel
Brooklyn (New York, United States) (search for this): entry putnam-israel
Pomfret (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): entry putnam-israel
Putnam, Israel 1718-
Military officer; born in Salem (the part now Danvers), Mass., Jan. 7, 1718; he settled in Pomfret, Conn., in 1739, where he acquired a good estate; raised a company, and served in the French and Indian War with so much efficiency that in 1757 he was promoted to the rank of major.
While Abercrombie was resting
Israel Putnam in 1776. securely in his intrenchments at Lake George after his repulse at Ticonderoga, two or three of his convoys had been cut off by French scouting-parties, and he sent out Majors Rogers and Putnam to intercept them.
Apprised of this movement, Montcalm sent Molang, an active partisan, to waylay the English detachment.
While marching through the forest (August, 1758), in three divisions, within a mile of Fort Anne, the left, led by Putnam, fell into an ambuscade of Indians, who attacked the English furiously, uttering horrid yells.
Putnam and his men fought bravely.
His fusee at length missed fire with the muzzle at the breast
Montreal (Canada) (search for this): entry putnam-israel
Ticonderoga (New York, United States) (search for this): entry putnam-israel
Salem (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry putnam-israel
Putnam, Israel 1718-
Military officer; born in Salem (the part now Danvers), Mass., Jan. 7, 1718; he settled in Pomfret, Conn., in 1739, where he acquired a good estate; raised a company, and served in the French and Indian War with so much efficiency that in 1757 he was promoted to the rank of major.
While Abercrombie was resting
Israel Putnam in 1776. securely in his intrenchments at Lake George after his repulse at Ticonderoga, two or three of his convoys had been cut off by French scouting-parties, and he sent out Majors Rogers and Putnam to intercept them.
Apprised of this movement, Montcalm sent Molang, an active partisan, to waylay the English detachment.
While marching through the forest (August, 1758), in three divisions, within a mile of Fort Anne, the left, led by Putnam, fell into an ambuscade of Indians, who attacked the English furiously, uttering horrid yells.
Putnam and his men fought bravely.
His fusee at length missed fire with the muzzle at the breast
Connecticut (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): entry putnam-israel