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Jonathan Trumbull?s Lebanon War Office: The ?Pentagon of the Revolution ...
20 Dec 2025 at 5:39am
Jonathan Trumbull?s War Office in Lebanon functioned as headquarters for Connecticut?s Council of Safety from 1775 to 1783.

The Turtle Submarine ? Today in History: September 6
13 Dec 2025 at 9:18pm
September 6, 2014 ? Invention and Technology, Revolutionary War, War and Defense, Old Saybrook, Westbrook Bushnell's Turtle - From A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens and Allen Westcott. Used through Public Domain.

Revolutionary War - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project
20 Dec 2025 at 5:17am
Revolutionary War (1775-1783) As one of the thirteen colonies, Connecticut and its people played instrumental roles during the American Revolution. Connecticut provided food, cannon, and other supplies to the Continental army. For these contributions, Connecticut earned its nickname, ?The Provision State.? Connecticut?s Governor, Jonathan Trumbull, was the only colonial governor to ...

Benedict Arnold Turns and Burns New London - Connecticut History
19 Dec 2025 at 2:01pm
By Edward Baker for Connecticut Explored September 6, 1781 was a brutal and terrifying day for Connecticut citizens living on both sides of New London harbor, along the Thames River. On that day 1,700 British, Hessian, and Loyalist troops, under the command of General Benedict Arnold, achieved the last British victory of the Revolutionary War, committing acts of urban terrorism and slaughter ...

Revolution and the New Nation 1754-1820s - Connecticut History
19 Dec 2025 at 4:21am
Revolution and the New Nation (1754?1820s) Connecticut played a vital role in the forging of our new nation politically, socially, economically, and militarily. Through a period characterized by conflict, Connecticut provided arms, food, and other provisions to undersupplied armies, as well as leadership in government. While largely spared from British occupation and major battles during

Nathan Hale Hanged in New York ? Today in History: September 22
20 Dec 2025 at 6:25pm
On September 22, 1776, the British hanged Revolutionary War soldier Nathan Hale, a school teacher from Coventry, Connecticut, for spying.

David Bushnell and his Revolutionary Submarine
18 Dec 2025 at 9:30am
When the war ended?and with brother Ezra having died in 1786?David Bushnell left Connecticut and went to Warrenton, Georgia, with Yale classmate Abraham Baldwin. There, he taught at Franklin College and continued to work on delivery systems for underwater mines.

?Legalized Piracy?: Connecticut?s Revolutionary War Privateers
19 Dec 2025 at 5:22pm
By Bryna O?Sullivan In addition to the better-known Army and Navy, American colonists employed privateers as part of the military effort against the British during the American Revolution. Sometimes described as ?legalized piracy,? privateers were privately-owned vessels who had the legal right to attack and capture British ships. In accordance with American law, privateers could ...

Connecticut?s Loyal Subjects: Toryism and the American Revolution
17 Dec 2025 at 7:47pm
May 16, 2021 ? Revolution and the New Nation 1754-1820s, Crime and Punishment, Revolutionary War, The State Detail of Benjamin West?s The Reception of the American Loyalists by Great Britain in Year 1783 seen in the background of West's portrait of John Eardley Wilmot - Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.

Israel Putnam (1718-1790) | Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project
19 Dec 2025 at 1:37am
Israel Putnam - Articles, resources, and primary documents related to Israel Putnam, a patriot and Revolutionary War veteran most famous today for his bravery during the Battle of Bunker Hill.



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