hide
Named Entity Searches
hide
Matching Documents
The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.
Document | Max. Freq | Min. Freq | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 27 | 1 | Browse | Search |
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8 | 18 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: May 15, 1862., [Electronic resource] | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
View all matching documents... |
Your search returned 47 results in 16 document sections:
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Arnold , Benedict , 1741 -1801 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Danbury , destruction of. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Schuyler , Philip (John) 1733 -1857 (search)
Wooster, David 1710-
Military officer; born in Stratford, Conn., March 2, 1710; graduated at Yale College in 1738, and was made captain of an armed vessel to protect the Connecticut coast in 1739.
He commanded the sloop-of-war Connecticut, which convoyed troops on the expedition against Louisburg in 1745, and was sent in command of a cartel-ship, but was not permitted to land in France.
Made captain in Pepperell's regiment, he afterwards received half-pay until 1774, and, as colonel and brigadier-general, served
David Wooster. through the French and Indian War. He served in the campaign in Canada in 1775, having been made a brigadier-general in June that year.
After the death of Montgomery, he was in chief command for some months, after which he resigned and was made major-general of Connecticut militia.
While opposing the invasion of Tryon, sent to destroy stores at Danbury, he was mortally wounded (April 27, 1777), at Ridgefield, and died, May 2 following.
The State of