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with Gen. Cages request, had gone into
Boston for a personal interview with him
The assertion, however. was soon con.
tradicted ms being "vci' Of foundation.
II seems TO have been { e premature
confidence that he would IL Ole 20 our.
chase the rebel Generals" which m.qled
Capt. John Montresor. who had ben
with Putnam under Bradstreet in l-C,
and was now serving rs engineer in the
I British Army. There is no other ground
discoverable for Nontresor's entry H. us
journal that "even Israel Putnam Of Con.
n~ccticut might have been bought 70 nv
certain knowledge for one dollar per aCy.
or eight shillinEs New York currency
At the so-called Battle Of Bunker Hill.
Of course. which was really fought On
Breeds Hill, Warren was the ranking Officer.
but, as he expressly declined the CONF
nand, Putnam held in a vague. unm',.'ary
fashion the position of chief Of the division,
OF which the force under Col. Prescott
was a part. II is well known that ne
third assault upon the American redouUt
by the British was successful, No sooner
did Putnam, who was riding from point 10
point along tho brow of Bunker Hill IT, the
effort to urge forward reenforcemen's,
become aware that the whole body Of
Americans vas IL fun retreat from the
front, than he attempted 70 force back
the disordered troops. Waving his sword
high in air, he shouted in n s'entorlan voice
MAKE a stand hercl" "Wo can stop them
yeti In Gods name. form and give
them one shot morel" But the soldiers
regardless OF PuLnam's words, swept past
the unfinished works at Bunker Hill, whore
he tried to rally them. Halt. you damned
cowards!' he yelled. HAT and give them
another shotl' Then, as the men kept on
toward the Neck. the fiery General, with
the imprecation of God curse yel' upon
the troops. over whom he had no control,
hurriedly d~islnounted from his horse, de-
termined 10 face tho onooining enemy.
According TO SWEET, "he o his stand
near a fcldpiece, and seemed resolved
70 brave the foe alone. HIS troops, how
ever, felt it impossible 20 withstand the
overwhelming force Of the British bayonets;
they left him. One sergeant only dared
10 stand by his General to the lest; he was
sho' down, AID the enemy's bayonets
were just upon the General when lie re-
tired. On July 4, 1875, Washington. who
had reached Cambridge two days before,
announced that Israel Putnam had been
appointed a MaJor-General in the American
army by the Continental Congress.
After tie evacuation of boston by the
British forces Putnam was for a time In
chief command at New York. He has been
blamed for the loss of the battle OF Long
Island, but Mr.. Livingston finds II easy
to defend him from the charge. The won-
der, as historians like Marshall. SPARKS.
Darlington and Fiske nave poiuted out.
is not that 1000 half-trained soldiers were
defeat ~ by 10000 veterans, but that they
should ave given Gen. Howe d hard days
work in defeating them. The author Of
tlis book accepts the statement OF the case
made by Prof. Henry i. JohIst'n: As
for tho g~eneralship Of the day, Ii the re-
sponsibility falls on any one, 1T falls first
IN sullivan, who sent out the mounted
patrol IN the first instance, and 70 wGOIn
II belonged 10 follow up tho precautions
in that direction. Putnam was IL chief
command, but nothing can lie inferred
fiOm contempCraI y wrteTs 10 iastcn u u
icCt or blum W On Linn any more ID IA
upon NasAlut IA, whO, VIXEN he Lett the
brooklyn lines OH tie evening OF Aug. 20,
1870, must have known precisely what
disposition Lad been mace Tor tie Iighs
AT the hills and passes Prof. Johnston
goe, on ~ Say that the situation eenIs TO
nave been the following On tie llght
OF Aug, rs We lad all > rca1s guarDcd.
On the morLingoi the 2ttt rutramp promptly
reeniorCeA the guards Oh the lower ICad
wien the enemy were Announced, ILe
arrangements were suCh that n an attack
was made al any OF the other points le
and sullivan were 20 lave word q II IN
ample time. No won caIne ia time from
the LEFT, for 30 reason u at those VINO
were TO bring it were 'aptIred OF surprised
OF tailed Of their duty. hence the Cls-
astcr. 1Le dirp,r,tIous on Long Island
were quite a. Comp,,t" "a, those al BiolGy-
wine, NOR" than a year later, where We
suncrtd nearly "A similar surlIke aIC ~
heavy a is-- ute tins state 81 ia't.,
Prof Jo. u-'.u s.u' IL, tat to crDIr5
Putnam with the dci'at 81 Aag II j. t'th
unyu-, aLI u.|l-toI"aI. 40 one limited
suon a charge at the time, nor Gu Wa .Ig-
ton 10 tie least WItt draw Its .DlI.,.ys
IRON Putnam during de reuaiH.t e. OF 10
campaign.
IN MAY, l777. Putnam was placed In con-
mana ut the Hudson L~'EH'sHi-, 1hd
continued to occupy THE I's' ulth lu'
spring 81 I77s lioI, h." ly i. means suNs
satisfaction tp Gle tuurI"f u"f--H-t u.r!,
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