biography
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| (1728–1822)
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| biography:
| American soldier, born in Londonderry, New Hampshire, USA. He served with Rogers' Rangers in the French and Indian War (1754–63). As colonel of a New Hampshire regiment, he fought at Bunker Hill, helped cover the retreat from Canada (1776), and fought at Trenton and Princeton. He resigned (Mar 1777) to protest the promotion of junior officers over him, and was then appointed brigadier-general. A detachment under his command defeated the British forces at Bennington, VT (Aug 1777), a crucial victory that was followed by his cutting off of Burgoyne's retreat, leading to the British surrender at Saratoga. He continued to fight to the end of the American Revolution, but retired from public life after the war. |
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