Daniel Shays
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Daniel Ogden Shays was an American soldier, revolutionary and farmer famous for allegedly leading Shays' Rebellion, a populist uprising against controversial debt collection and tax policies that took
A sketch of Shays in 1878's Our First Century by Richard Miller Devens
Daniel and Abigail Shays' Pelham, MA farmhouse, c. 1898
Contemporary engraving depicting Daniel Shays (left) and Job Shattuck, another rebel leader; the artist intentionally rendered them in an unflattering way
The Springfield Armory (building pictured is from the 19th century) was the first major target of the rebellion.
Battle of Stony Point
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The Battle of Stony Point took place on July 16, 1779, during the American Revolutionary War. In a well-planned and -executed nighttime attack, a highly trained select group of George Washington's Con
Daniel Shays
…in upstate New York. As commander of a company in the Corps of Light Infantry, which was commanded by Anthony Wayne, Shays took part in the July 1779 Battle of Stony Point. He subsequently served as commander of a company under the Marquis de Lafayette, which patrolled farmland on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River…
Capture of Stony Point by Wayne
The historic site at Stony Point.