Israel Putnam
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Israel Putnam, popularly known as "Old Put", was an American military officer and landowner who served in the French and Indian War and American Revolutionary War. He was an officer in Rogers' Rangers
Engraving of Putnam
Israel Putnam's birthplace, Danvers, Massachusetts; the house still stands and is owned by the Danvers Historical Society.
Birth room of General Putnam in Danvers, Massachusetts
Major Israel Putnam in colonial uniform, 1758
Battle of Bunker Hill
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The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the first stage of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachuse
Israel Putnam
…to General Artemas Ward in the Army of Observation which preceded the founding of the Continental Army. Putnam was one of the primary figures at the Battle of Bunker Hill in June 1775, both in its planning and on the battlefield. During the battle, he may have ordered William Prescott to tell his troops, "Don't fire until…
The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775 John Trumbull, 1815–1831
The Bunker Hill Monument
Ralph Farnham, one of the last survivors
Sketch of the Battle of Bunker Hill, printed in August 1775.