Reminiscences of Gen'l Samuel B. Webb of the Revolutionary Army: Wounded at Bunker Hill, A. D. C. to General Putnam, 1775; A. D. C. to General Washington, 1776; Wounded at White Plains; Gallant Conduct at Trenton, Colonel Third Connecticut Regiment; One O

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You will find allusion to this, in the letters congratulatinghim upon the laurels won at Trenton.

It was in the December following, he was taken prisoner; and during the two and a half years preceding, he had been wounded it Bunker Hill and at White Plains; had been the Aid Of Gen. Put nrarr and then Of Gen. Washington; and had been actively engaged with his Chief, in every affair Of the army; and was known to be a favorite at headquarters. Not yet twenty-four, it is' not a matter of surprise, that he ventured to address to his Old Chief the follow ing letter.

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