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The fort Griswold Battle was one of the last of the American Revolution. It occurred September 6, 1781 in a fort by the town of Groton, Connecticut. Eighty-eight brave men lost their lives. Most of them were slaughtered after the fort was surrendered. It was particularly costly to the Avery family which took a huge blow.
Killed:
Captain Elijah Avery
Captain Elisha Avery
Captain Samuel Allyn (Son of Hannah Avery)
Captain Hubbard Burrows (Husband of Sarah Avery)
Captain Youngs Ledyard (Son of Mary Avery)
Lieutenant Ebenezer Avery
Ensign Daniel Avery
Sergeant Christopher Avery
Sergeant Jasper Avery
Sergeant Solomon Avery
David Avery
Thomas Avery
Simeon Morgan (Son of Dorothy Avery)
Elisha Perkins (Husband of Sarah Avery)
Christopher Woodbridge (Son of Susannah Avery)
Henry Woodbridge (Son of Susannah Avey)
Wounded:
Ensign Ebenezer Avery
Lieutenant Park Avery
Amos Avery
Taken Prisoner:
Sergeant Rufus Avery
Caleb Avery
Captain Peter Avery
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Captain Samuel Allyn (Military Service), Sergeant Amos Avery (Military Service), Caleb Avery (Military Service), Sergeant Christopher Avery (Military Service), Daniel Avery (Military Service), David Avery (Military Service), Ensign Ebenezer Avery (Military Service), Lieutenant Ebenezer Avery, jr (Military Service), Ebenezer Punderson Avery (Military Service), Captain Elijah Avery (Military Service), Captain Elisha Avery (Military Service), Sergeant Jasper Avery (Military Service), Lieutenant Parke Avery, Jr (Military Service), Parke Avery (Biographical Information), Captain Peter Avery (Military Service), Captain Rufus Avery (Military Service), Sergeant Solomon Avery (Military Service), Thomas Avery (Military Service), Captain Hubbard Burrows (Military Service), Doctor Avery Downer (Military Service), Doctor Joshua Downer (Occupation), Charles Eldridge (Military Service), Captain Youngs Ledyard, Jr (Military Service), Simeon Morgan (Military Service), Elisha Perkins (Military Service), Christopher Woodbridge (Military Service), Henry Woodbridge (Military Service) |
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