Cannon captured at the Battle of Bennington
now in front of the Vermont State Capitol Building
The links below have been selected to give you some background on the people and events portrayed in Memoir of a Green Mountain Boy
These are sources available on the internet and, as such, may change from time to time, but they will give you brief introductions to people and places in Memoir of a Green Mountain Boy.
The Cover Painting: The cover painting is Alonzo Chapelle's "Battle of Bennington," reproduced with permission of the Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vermont.
THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS
An early novel about the Green Mountain Boys: Judge Daniel Pierce Thompson's The Green Mountain Boys. 1840. From an exhibit at the Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT
The Green Mountain Boys, from Wikipedia
Lists of Green Mountain Boys and Revolutionary soldiers from Pownal
ABENAKI
by Abenaki Nationby Lee SulzmanManataka American Indian CouncilAbenaki Nation Resources, from the Vermont Folklife Center
KANIEN'KEHAKA
The Kanien'kehaka Language SchoolFirst Nation Seekerby the Mohawks of KahnawakeETHAN ALLEN
The American Revolution Home Page from The Ethan Allen Homestead Site
This file made available by the Bank Of Wisdom and the Internet Infidels for The Freethought Web.
Postscript blogspot
BENEDICT ARNOLD
from Virtualologyby J. Michael FlynnThe Battle of Valcour Island, by James P. Millard
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, research off Valcour Island
JOHN STARK
John Stark, from Wikipedia
General John Stark, by Donald N. Moran
MISCELLANEOUS CHARACTERS IN MEMOIR OF A GREEN MOUNTAIN BOY
from U.S. History.OrgJohann Jacob Hintersass, see footnote, p. 140
From Pownal and later in the New Hampshire Legislature
“HESSIANS”
Art Steele, Rootsweb, Note: Grandma Trowbridge's memorial to Peter Howe is the inspiration for the Hintersass story in the novel.Links to sources on the "Hessian" soldiers of the Revolution, from Infanterie Regiment von Donop Links Page
Hessians Captured and Paroled, see Johann Hintersass
Johannes Schwalm Historical Association
TICONDEROGA
Battle of Ticonderoga (1775) - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mural, Mount Independence and Fort Ticonderoga, from Historic Vermont
Fort Carillon and Ticonderoga, from America's Historic Lakes
INVASION OF CANADA
Invasion of Canada (1775) - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Invasion of Canada and the Siege of Quebec - Robert B. Stewart
Possible men present in Allen's invasion of Canada - James A. Roberts and Frederick B. Mather
SONGS
Yankee Doodle - American Revolution, Americans.net
Yankee Doodle and Reenactors of NJ - Hunterdon County, N.J. Website
The British Grenadiers - Royal Scots Grenadiers, Upper Canada Reenactors
An excellent collection of early popular American music
SAMUEL SUTPHEN
from the New Jersey State Library
from Donald McBride's website
from Donald McBride
JOHN HONEYMAN
John Honeyman - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Washington's Spy - Donald W. Larson
Excerpt from "The Honeyman Family in Scotland & America 1548 - 1908" by A V.D. Honeyman
JOHN-ERNST DAFOE (DEVOET)
The Dafoe Family, from Genealowiki
from Genealowiki
WOMEN IN THE REVOLUTION
By Marjy Wienkop, 1st NJ Regiment, The Continental LineWomen in the American Revolution – Carl Zitek, http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/women_american_revolution/
Women of the American Revolution – Colonial Ancestors, http://colonialancestors.com/revolutionary/women.htm
LOYALISTS
The Loyalist View - Buried History of the American Revolution
list of United Empire Loyalists from Vermont
BoQ Branch, U.E.L. Association of Canada
BATTLE OF BENNINGTON
Teaching with History Lesson Planfrom BritishBattles.comfrom Virtualology.comBOATS
Durham Boats, from Washington Crossing State Park
Pettiaugers, Sloops, and Scows, by The Continental Line
A New Hudson River Pettiauger, from the Catskill Foundation
Bateaux Replicas, by the First Ulster County Militia
Sloop Example: Providence, by Richard "Rusty" Rice
The Gunboat Philadelphia, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
ALBANY, N.Y.
River People in Early Albany - Stefan Bielinsky
from the New York State Museum from the New York State Museum
The Schuylers of Albany, including General Phillip Schuyler, by Stefan Bielinsky
Richard Montgomery, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
NEW YORK, THE PROVINCE OF
Narratives and Adventures Of Revolutionary Prisoners - Charles Rockwell, "The Catskill Mountains and the Region Around"
New York City During the First Year of the Revolution - Jim Davis, Early American Review
Gangs of New York during the Revolution, Diary of the American Revolution
The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution by Lossing
NEW JERSEY
Lord Stirling's Manor - W. Jay Mills, in Get NJ
Slavery in New Jersey - Douglas Harper, Slavery in the North
“FOUNDING FATHERS”
List of Representatives to the Continenal Congress, from Patriot Resources
Second Continental Congress, from Wikipedia
Letters from John Adams to Abigail Adams, Adams Electronic Archive
Resolutions of the First Continental Congress: Declaration of Colonial Rights, October 14, 1774
Morris examines whether the Revolution was intended for all classes of peopleRELIGION AND THE REVOLUTION
Sins of the Fathers: Religion and the Revolution, by Edwin S. Gaustad
MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS:
Excerpted from American History Told by Contemporaries, Vol. II: Building of the Republic, Albert Bushnell Hart, ed. (New York, MacMillan, 1899), pp. 481-483
MacMillan, 1899), pp. 481-483Manual of Arms, 1764, "The '76," transcribed by Glen Valis
Extracted and re-titled by Vee L. Housman
TEACHERS’ GUIDES
Teachers’ Guides, A fine collection of curriculum ideas for classes at all levels
Sources for Teachers, by Frank Collazo
Reenactors:
Northwest Colonial A group of reenactors from the northwest of the United States, from Revolutionary War reenactors to pirate reenactors (Yahoo Group)
RevWar.Com Message Board Messages about anything related to the American War for Independence (Yahoo Group)
RevList An active community of living historians, re-enactors, research historians, historical writers, genealogists, and other persons interested in the period of time during which the American War of Independence was fought. (Yahoo Group)
The Continental Line An educational group of re-creators from the French and Indian War to the American Revolution
Reenactor Net Historical reenacting from around the world and from all periods. This link goes to American Revolution topics.
Revolutionary War Reenactors (note: many of these links are not live)
Blogs on the American Revolution
