Joseph plumb martin
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Daniel Morgan
Daniel Morgan, an American hero during the American Revolution, grew up with a rebellious streak. As a young man, he settled in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley outside Winchester. Morgan worked as a teamster, hauling freight to the eastern part of the colony.
His teamster career drew him into the French and Indian War, during which he helped to supply the British Army. He soon became known as the “Old Wagoner.” He accompanied General Edward Braddock on his ill-fated campaign against the French and Indians at Fort Duquesne. During the expedition, Morgan annoyed a superior officer who struck him with the flat of his sword. Morgan knocked the man down. For his impertinence, Morgan was punished with 500 lashes—typically fatal number. He survived the ordeal, carrying his scars and his disdain for the rest of his life. Afterward, when Morgan retold the story, he commonly boasted that the British had miscounted, only giving him 499.
Morgan eventually joined a company of rangers in the Shenandoah Valley. Outside Fort Edward, Morg
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Joseph Plumb Martin
American soldier and memoir writer (1760–1850)
For other people named Joseph Martin, see Joseph Martin (disambiguation).
Joseph Plumb Martin | |
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Martin and wife, Lucy Clewley Martin, in a 19th century portrait painting, date unknown | |
| Birth name | Joseph Plumb Martin |
| Nickname(s) | Plumb |
| Born | (1760-11-21)November 21, 1760 Becket, Province of Massachusetts Bay, present-day Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts |
| Died | May 2, 1850(1850-05-02) (aged 89) Stockton Springs, Waldo County, Maine |
| Buried | Sandy Point, Maine |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service / branch | Continental Army Connecticut Militia (Connecticut State Troops) |
| Years of service | 1776–1783 |
| Rank | |
| Service number | CT16333[1] |
| Unit | Connecticut Militia (Connecticut State Troops):
Continental Army: |
| Battles / wars | American Revolutionary War
ALLEN, SOLOMON (1751-1821). Major, Berkshire Militia, Continental Army. As per a biographical sketch of Solomon Allen, published in Biographies of Monroe County People, “Lest We Forget” (Massachusetts, November 19, 1910), he was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, in January of 1751. According to an Ancestry.com online family tree, his parents were Joseph and Elizabeth née Parsons Allen. The Sons of Liberty website names his spouse as Beulah Clapp; their son was named Moses (born 1789); the aforementioned family tree names another son, Phineas (born 1776), and dates his marriage as August 15, 1771. Wikipedia and Appletons’ Cyclopededia of American Biography document that his brothers, Moses and Thomas, were chaplains in the Army during the Revolutionary War. Solomon, as a soldier in the Continental Army, rose to the rank of major. Earlier, while serving as a lieutenant, he was involved in the investigation of General Benedict Arnold’s treason. He served in the guard that took British Major John André, Benedict Arnold’s intermediary, to West Point where Arnold had his headqu Copyright ©tubglen.pages.dev 2025 |