tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post190805768075496807..comments2024-03-14T13:25:20.613-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Was Col. Paul Dudley Sargent Wounded at Bunker Hill?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-5064954276204157812021-02-12T14:19:09.696-05:002021-02-12T14:19:09.696-05:00I've been revisiting my GIS work on the Battle...I've been revisiting my GIS work on the Battle of Bunker Hill. I suspect another of the reasons Sargent's regiment gets confused as being in the Battle is because two companies, Captains William Scott's and Jeremiah Scott, both of Peterborough, NH, were in the battle, but they were still with Col. John Stark's Regiment. At the time of the battle, it looks like Sargent's regiment consisted of four companies under Captains James Perry, John Willey, George Gould, and John Wood. <br /><br />Vol. II of the New Hampshire Rolls, pp 739-41 include a list of NH men in Sargent's regiment and note several from Scott's and Stile's companies as being wounded or killed in the Battle. The History of the Town of Peterborough includes details of Sergeant Randall McCallister of Scott's company being wounded and carried back across the Charlestown Neck to prevent his capture owing to him having deserted the British army. <br /><br />The New Hampshire rolls show Scott's and Stiles companies were listed as part of Stark's regiment on rolls through the end of July 1775. The Massachusetts Rolls do not make this distinction, crediting the men as being solely from Sargent's regiment. Charlie Fryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04064243740217756858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-72346748427821576872012-09-25T15:07:29.774-05:002012-09-25T15:07:29.774-05:00Thanks for the comment. What we see is said to be ...Thanks for the comment. What we see is said to be “<i>from</i> a portrait" by Trumbull, presumably adapted for some form of engraving. It probably does reflect some of the aesthetics of a later period. Of course, there could also be confusion.<br /><br />At least one member of the Sargent family was a serious historian: Winthrop Sargent (1825-1870). His writing about Col. Paul Dudley Sargent seems solid and careful on details (though at times relying on family history). But almost every family has a tendency to preserve the best image of their ancestors.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-78192394120946267842012-09-24T22:46:52.915-05:002012-09-24T22:46:52.915-05:00I feel certain the drawing purporting to be Sargen...I feel certain the drawing purporting to be Sargent was created posthumously. Its style is strikingly dissimilar to known examples of Trumbull's sketches of revolutionary figures and in fact looks far more like drawings made during one of the other of the more recent periods when enthusiasm for the revolution was at a high pitch. Sargent family wishful thinking, perhaps?banjosethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09645386821387215983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-68625301389081890622012-06-18T00:36:08.674-05:002012-06-18T00:36:08.674-05:00And now that I think of it, Thompson Maxwell appar...And now that I think of it, Thompson Maxwell apparently met Putnam first as a senior ranger in the French & Indian War, and that may have affected how he remembered the man’s rank.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-49159954574749407212012-06-17T22:51:21.719-05:002012-06-17T22:51:21.719-05:00Now that I look more closely, I note that the sign...Now that I look more closely, I note that the signature on the engraving (which may or may not have been on the original sketch) says "J. T. 1776."J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-19777238520433081622012-06-17T22:48:37.090-05:002012-06-17T22:48:37.090-05:00John Trumbull also wasn’t doing portraits in 1774;...John Trumbull also wasn’t doing portraits in 1774; most of his work came after the war. The original sketch was passed down in the Sargent family, but I don't know when or where it was published with this caption. Perhaps that date was supposed to mean it showed Sargent as a younger man.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-19314021315353614722012-06-17T22:43:15.493-05:002012-06-17T22:43:15.493-05:00Israel Putnam arrived at the siege as a colonel bu...Israel Putnam arrived at the siege as a colonel but was promoted to general by the Connecticut legislature in late April. I think Thompson Maxwell’s recollection of him as a colonel at this battle was mistaken.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-75596318643885894492012-06-17T22:04:49.133-05:002012-06-17T22:04:49.133-05:00From the hair style and the tailoring, I highly do...From the hair style and the tailoring, I highly doubt that pic is from 1774. Try 1814.rfullernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-22150576951264677982012-06-17T09:22:06.862-05:002012-06-17T09:22:06.862-05:00Interesting series of posts, but I'm confused ...Interesting series of posts, but I'm confused by Putnam's rank: Colonel in some, General in others.Jim Padiannoreply@blogger.com