Q:Facts: - commands: british militia -- the militia of middlesex and worchester counties continental army army in command of the eastern department april 4 , 's 1776 - march 20 , 1777 3rd regiment of the massachusetts bay - succeeded: william lyman george leonard - birth date: 26 november 1727 - resting place: mountain view cemetery , shrewsbury - death date: 28 october 1800 - spouse: sarah -lrb- trowbridge -rrb- ward - district: 2nd 7th - term end: march 3 , 1795 march 3 , 1793 - serviceyears: 1755 -- 1758 1775 -- 1777 - name: artemas ward - website: -lsb- http://wardhouse.harvard.edu artemas ward museum -rsb- - death place: shrewsbury , massachusetts , usa - birth place: shrewsbury , massachusetts - known for: revolutionary war major general - state: massachusetts massachusetts - occupation: soldier , politician - preceded: theodore sedgwick george leonard - battles: french and indian war american revolutionary war boston campaign - allegiance: kingdom of great britain united states 1777 - children: ithamar , sara -lrb- 1756 -rrb- , thomas -lrb- 1758 -rrb- -lrb- , martha -lrb- 1760 -rrb- , artemas jr. -lrb- 1762 1752 -rrb- , maria -lrb- 1764 -rrb- , henry dana -lrb- -rrb- 1768 -rrb- , nahum -lrb- 1754 -rrb- - term start: march 4 , 1793 march 4 , 1791 - image: artemas ward.jpg - religion: christianity february 2015 - rank: colonel major general of the continental army commander-in-chief of the massachusetts bay colony 's militia Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of artemas ward .
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artemas ward -lrb- november 26 , 1727 -- october 28 , 1800 -rrb- was an american major general in the american revolutionary war and a congressman from massachusetts .president john adams described him as '' ... universally esteemed , beloved and confided in by his army and his country . ''he was considered an effective political leader .