[Pamphlets. American history]

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pect according to agreement?" Putnam answered, aC I could not
drive the dogs up." Prescott pointedly said to him " if you could
not drive them up, you might have led them up."
It is well known, as Hon. Mir. Webster observes in N. A.
Review, that Putnam and Prescott were on terms of respectful
friendship as long as they lived.
Deacon LAWRENCE, Groton. Gen. Putnam was not present either while the works were erecting, or during the whole battle. I
continued in the redoubt during the whole of it; I could see distinctly the rail fence and the troops stationed there during the battle,
but Gen. Putnam was not present as I saw. I saw Warren shot, and
from that time till he expired.
T:,,, gentleman's memory is so impaired, that he has stated
Col.' escott to have been in a blue coat, and Warren in a
blue cuat and killed in the redoubt.
The following evidence is from the statements taken down
in writing by Gen. Sullivan and other Directors of the Bunker
Hill monument, assisted by Judge Thacher and one or two
other gentlemen, at the request of the Directors, from surviving soldiers of the battle present at the celebration the 17th
June last.
JOSHUA YEOMANS, Norwich, Gen. Putnam's Regt.-Helped build
the fort the night before the battle, led on by Gen. Putnam. Was
well acquainted with Gen. Putnam; saw a great deal of him in the
action encouraging the men. I saw Gen. Putnam split a field-piece
in the fort; he could not get the ball into the piece. He went to
his saddle-bags [haversack] and took a canvas bag of musket balls
[grape], loaded the cannon, and fired it at a number of officers who
were consulting under a row of trees. I then went to rail fence;
there saw Gen. Putnam riding along the whole line and crying out;
"stick to your posts, men, and do your duty;" he was greatly exposed.
RICn'D GILCHRIST, Dublin, Stark's Regt. At the rail fence the
whole action. Putnam rode up as we went on, said, "' push on, Col.
Stark, the enemy have landed and formed." I saw Gen. Putnam
several times on foot encouraging the men.
BENJ'N MANN, Capt. in Reed's Regt. Was stationed at rail fence,
was at dinner when the alarm was first given, and orders to march.