David Wooster. Esqr. Comandr. bey der Provincal Armeei in America.

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• PUBLISHER: Published in "Geschichte der Kriege. . ." by Christoph H. Korn, Nuremberg.

• MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

  DATE: 1777-78.

• EDITION SIZE: 5 3/4 x 3 1/2" (146 x 88 mm) plus margins.

• DESCRIPTION: David Wooster, 1711-1777, was a Brigadier General in the Connecticut militia during the Revolutionary War. In April of 1777 General Benedict Arnold came to Ridgefield to fight the British who had landed at Westport and marched north to Danbury, where the Redcoats burned many homes and community buildings. On their way back to the sea, the troops passed through Ridgefield, where General Arnold and Wooster, commanding the Connecticut militia, attacked. Arnold's horse was shot out from under him on the Main Street of Ridgefield, but he continued to fight. Wooster was wounded along the North Salem Road and died a few days later.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Fair to good condition. Hairline margins. Ore deposit (iron fragment) in paper in upper right. Black & white.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Portraits , Revolutionary War Figures