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| New Book by Charles Somerby Putnam, Jr. |
"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" --- General Israel Putnam at the Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775 1 | The first biography of an American written by an American |
Putnam's Early Life - The Wolf Den
Ancestors, Family, and Childhood of Israel Putnam
Putnam's Experiences in the French
and Indian War - His Capture
Putnam Goes to Lexington
Putnam at The Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill)
"Connecticut's Valley Forge" - Putnam Memorial State Park in Redding, Connecticut
Putnam's Horseneck Escape - Greenwich, Connecticut
Putnam's
Last Years
Photographs - Including all
photos on this Web site
Putnam Family Genealogical Information
Putnam Memorial State Park, Redding, Connecticut: Park Website History Gibson Photos Other Information
"Death and Israel Putnam" Poem by Arthur Guiterman
An Essay On the Life of the Honourable Major General Israel Putnam by David Humphreys (Published by Samuel Avery, 1818)
The Life of Israel Putnam, Major-general in the Army of the American Revolutionby William CutterJ. Philbrick (1854)
When Israel Putnam Served the King by James Otis (1898)
The 1904 biography "Old Put The Patriot" by Frederick Albion Ober (on the Project Gutenberg website)
Battle of Bunker Hill - Article 1 (Worcester Polytechnic
Institute's Military Science Department)
Bunker Hill Monument, Boston, MA
Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
US Army Center of Military History, Bibliography of Continental Army General Officers
Israel Putnam Statue in Hartford, Connecticut
Israel Putnam Statue by Karl Gerhardt in Brooklyn, Connecticut
Putnam Counties:
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
New York
Ohio
Tennessee
West Virginia
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1 Some people believe Col. William Prescott said "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes." We believe the most likely scenario was Putnam spoke the words first, then Prescott repeated them to his men.