Redding in the Revolution

CT's Valley Forge - 1778-79. Tier 2 - One sourced story.

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[Verified] Putnam's division wintered here in 1778-79 to guard the Danbury stores and the coast - remembered as 'Connecticut's Valley Forge.' - American Battlefield Trust

[Verified] Through cold and short rations Putnam talked down a near-mutiny; the site is now Putnam Memorial State Park, Connecticut's first state park (1887). - ConnecticutHistory.org

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