A true patriot, who responded to the alarm sent out on April 19, 1775, being among the first to join the colonies' fight for independence - the American Revolution.
Ensign
Needham
Militia
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Silas Alden, Silas, Alden, Ensign, Needham, Massachusetts, Capt. Robert Smith's Company, Col. William Heath's Regiment, Militia, Soldiers, Battle of Lexington and Concord, American Revolution, Revolutionary War, 1775, 1776, New England
Silas Alden was a Ensign in Capt. Robert Smith's Company of Militia, Col. William Heath's Regiment, in Needham, Massachusetts.
Entered the conflict at Arlington.
Sources
Muster rolls of the participating companies of American militia and minute-men in the Battle of April 19, 1775, by F. W. Coburn, p. 61-62
Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors
Volume:
1
Page:
MM55-NEEDHAM-03-03
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