Forgotten Voices of the Revolutionary War
People of Color and the Redding Encampment, 1778-1779
Author: Laurie Weinstein, Ph.D. Jabez Pottage (alias Porrage) may have been a Nipmuck, Pequot, or “mixed” Native blood. He was recruited by General Putnam (from Redding) in Windham and he returned there after the war. Numerous census Read More …
by Katrina Council The Winter Encampment at Redding, Connecticut, is not where many would think soldiers were sent to. Still, after the burning of Danbury, Washington wanted his troops to be closer to supply lines, Read More …
by Peter Moran The Revolutionary War saw the last racially integrated units fighting for the United States until President Harry Truman and the Korean War. Cuff Freeman was one Black veteran whose surname indicates manumission: Read More …
The Featured Image above depicts the harsh conditions soldiers endured at a Winter Encampment. Photo Credit: John Grafton, The American Revolution A Picture Sourcebook (Dover Publications, Inc: New York,1975), 77. Author: Dana J. Meyer The Read More …
