- James Reed (soldier)
James Reed (1724 or 1722–1807) was a military officer in the
French and Indian War and theAmerican Revolution , rising to the rank ofbrigadier general in the latter conflict.Reed was born in Lunenburg or
Woburn, Massachusetts . During the French and Indian War, he served as an officer in Col. Brown's Massachusetts Regiment, becoming alieutenant colonel . He was atFort Ticonderoga in both 1758 and when it fell in 1759.In 1765 Reed moved to
Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire and married Molly Dodge onDecember 11 ,1768 . He was the original proprietor of Monadnock Fort #4 (now Fitzwilliam).With news of the
Battle of Lexington and Concord , James Reed gathered the local militia and marched to Boston. James Reed was appointedColonel of the3rd New Hampshire Regiment and fought together with John Stark's1st New Hampshire Regiment at theBattle of Bunker Hill . OnApril 26 ,1776 , the threeNew Hampshire regiments of theContinental Army were sent under Gen.John Sullivan to help in the Invasion of Canada. James Reed only made it as far as Crown Point onLake Champlain where he contractedsmallpox and lost his vision forcing him to retire from military service. James Reed would be promoted toBrigadier General in the Continental Army, but would never serve at that rank because of his failing health.James Reed lived to the age of 83 before passing away in 1807. A sign erected by State of New Hampshire to James Reed's memory is in the town square of
Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire .ources
*"A List of The Revolutionary Soldiers of Dublin, N.H." by Samuel Carroll Derby Press of Spahr & Glenn, Columbus, Ohio 1901
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=XSDnxlK1sMUC&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_summary_r State Builders: An Illustrated Historical and Biographical Record of the State of New Hampshire. State Builers Publishing Manchester, NH 1903]
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