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THBAmerican Revolution, Zebulon Butler Document Signed, 1780
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Butler, Zebulon (1731-1795). Manuscript secretarial document, approx. 5.5 x 7.75 in., signed by Zebulon Butler, Col., certifying that Corporal John Davenport served as a soldier in the 6th, now 4th Comms. Regt. from January 1, 1780 to the close of the year and was at that time "in Actual service in s[ai]d (6th) Regiment." Addressed to the State Treasurer. Docketed on verso.
Butler served in the Continental Army from Connecticut in the Revolution. He represented the Wyoming Valley in the Connecticut Assembly, although that region is now in Pennsylvania. He served in the Connecticut army/militia during the French and Indian War with the 3rd Regiment, then was promoted to lieutenant in the 4th Regiment. When the Revolutionary War broke out, he again served with the 3rd Connecticut Regiment as lieutenant colonel. During the Battle of Wyoming (July 3, 1778) an estimated 360 patriots faced off against nearly 600 loyalists and their Iroquois allies (who were fighting more against frontier settlers than for the British crown).
As the British advanced up the valley on July 3, they noticed patriots gathering outside Forty Fort. They laid a trap, setting fire to Wintermoot Fort, leading the patriots to believe they were retreating. Instead, they and their Seneca allies were hiding, waiting for the advancing patriots to get within a hundred yards. The British rangers fired three volleys, the Indians rose up and fired once, then advanced for hand-to-hand combat. The patriots panicked and fled, in spite of Zebulon Butler's orders to reform the line. Only about 60 patriots managed to escape; the other 300 were lost.
The next day, Nathan Denison surrendered Forty Fort and the remains of the militia. The British rangers paroled them on the promise that they not take up arms again during the war. Most non-combatants were spared and residents not molested after the surrender.
Condition
Note is on a torn sheet, likely the unused bottom of another order. Folds seem to correspond the the whole sheet
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