FORT SULLIVAN REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS WAR MEMORIAL
HERE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF FORT SULLIVAN WERE BURIED AUGUST 14, 1779 SEVERAL SOLDIERS KILLED THE PREVIOUS DAY IN A SKIRMISH AT CHEMUNG AS ATTESTED BY SOLOMON TALADA SOLDIER IN THE RANKS WHO RETURNED TO LIVE IN ATHENS THE REST OF HIS LIFE. THIS STATEMENT WAS CORROBORATED BY FINDING SKELETONS PREVIOUS TO 1839
Listing Details
- Public
- REVOLUTIONARY WAR
- Plaques On Stone
- 1929
- SOUTH MAIN STREET AND TIOGA STREET
- 18810
- CRAIG SWAIN
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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