David Wooster was an American general who served in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolutionary War. He died of wounds sustained during the Battle of Ridgefield, Connecticut. Several cities, schools, and public places were named after him thereafter. He has been called "a largely forgotten hero of the Revolution."
1776 mezzotint by Thomas Hart (artist's conception, not made from life)
Siege of Louisbourg (1745)
The siege of Louisbourg took place in 1745 when a New England colonial force aided by a British fleet captured Louisbourg, the capital of the French province of Île-Royale during the War of the Austrian Succession, known as King George's War in the British colonies.
The landing of troops from New England on the island of Cape Brem ton to attack Louisbourg, Unknown author
The Capture of Louisburg, 1745 by Peter Monamy
New England troops during the siege
The Capture of Louisburg, 28 June 1745