April 5, 2024
1782, West Point, Lt. Colonel Ebenezer Huntington, signed soldier certification
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This is a wonderful, original document, dated 1782, West Point, where Peter Middleton has requested payment for his service as a soldier in the old 3rd Connecticut line....signed on front by Middleton and on back by Lt. Colonel Ebenezer Huntington certifying that Middleton served in the old third regiment. Document is 4x6, weak along fold lines, in overall good condition.Ebenezer Huntington (December 26, 1754 – June 17, 1834) was an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and afterwards United States Representative from Connecticut.After leaving Yale, Ebenezer arrived in Boston where he received an appointment as a First Lieutenant in Captain Chester's Company of General Joseph's 2nd Connecticut Regiment. He participated in the Siege of Boston until its close when he marched with General Washington to New York. In June 1776 he was promoted to Captain and fought in the Battle of Long Island under Colonel Samuel Wyllys. By the end of the battle he was promoted to Brigade Major under General Parsons. On October 26, 1776 he was temporarily promoted to Deputy Adjutant General under Major General Heath in defense of the Highlands and also served as Deputy Paymaster. He was promoted to Major in 1777 in General Israel Putnam's command, where the unit suffered significant casualties in Long Island. During the
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