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 Andy King Native Americans enlisted in both Patriot and Loyalist military forces during the American Revolution, and there were many complicated reasons they did so. Connecticut Indigenous groups included the Mashantucket Pequot, Eastern Pequot, Read More …
by Dan J. MacNeil The town of Redding, Connecticut, holds a special place within American history. As the site of a Revolutionary War encampment during the winter of 1778-1779, it symbolizes the memories and actions 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 …
