"Old Put" the patriot

by Frederick A. Ober

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Published, September, 1904

"Old Put" escaping from the British at Horseneck

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[CONTENTS]

• [—Birthplace and Youth]
• [—"Old Wolf Putnam"]
• [—First Taste of War]
• [—A Partizan Fighter]
• [—The Adventurous Soldier]
• [—Fighting on the Frontier]
• [—Strategy and Woodcraft]
• [—A Prisoner and in Peril]
• [—A Campaign in Cuba]
• [—Tavern-Keeper and Oracle]
• [—On the Side of His Country]
• [—At the Battle of Bunker Hill]
• [—Holding the Enemy at Bay]
• [—In Command at New York]
• [—Washington's Chief Reliance]
• [—Defending the Hudson Highlands]
• [—Last Years in the Service]
• [—The Disabled Veteran]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

["Old Put" escaping from the British at Horseneck]
[The Wolf Den at Pomfret, Connecticut]
[Fort near Havana where the Colonials landed ]
[Israel Putnam
From a painting by Trumbull.]
[Statue to General Putnam at Brooklyn, Connecticut ]