1 Enoch Poor, of Andover, Mass., in the
words of Washington, "had every claim to the esteem of his country."
He was appointed colonel after the battle of Lexington, and brigadier-general
February 21, 1777.
2 John Patterson, of Berkshire, Mass.,
received the news of Lexington at noon. At sunrise next morning his regiment of
minute-men was on the march to Cambridge. His commission as brigadier bears
date February 21, 1777.
3 Alexander Scammell, of Mendon, Mass.,
Colonel Third New Hampshire. He was wounded at Freeman's farm, and much
commended for conduct in the field. The fair-minded Gordon (II. 549) praises
his coolness as well as his courage. He was mortally wounded at Yorktown. He
was beloved for his amiable qualities.
SOURCE: Amos
Perry, The Town Records of Rhode Island, Publications of the
Rhode Island Historical Society, New Series, Vol. 7 (1899), p. 109
