{"id":35287,"date":"2018-08-15T11:07:14","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T15:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=35287"},"modified":"2018-09-05T10:43:30","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T14:43:30","slug":"revolutionary-war-veterans-part-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/revolutionary-war-veterans-part-11.html","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionary War Veterans \u2013 Part 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

Estimates are that 92,000 American and French troops fought 314,000 British troops, Hessian mercenaries and loyalists during the American Revolutionary War. Of that number 25,000 Americans died in the war and an estimated 25,000 more were wounded.<\/p>\n

Their stories were told in America\u2019s newspapers \u2013 especially in the veterans\u2019 obituaries, such as this one for 90-year-old Joseph Wagner, who \u201cwas a young man inn the American Revolution, and at an early period took an active part in the perils of a border life attendant on the long struggle for freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Commercial Advertiser (New York, New York), 31 August 1848, page 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here are just some of their stories that you can find in GenealogyBank\u2019s Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a>. We\u2019ve included the name of the newspaper and the exact page where you can find an article about that veteran.<\/p>\n

Wadworth, Reuben (-1842)<\/strong>
\nMassachusetts, New York
\nBattles fought in: Capture of Burgoyne
\nBay State Democrat<\/em> (Boston, Massachusetts), 2 March 1842, page 2
\nNew Bedford Register<\/em> (New Bedford, Massachusetts), 9 March 1842, page 1<\/p>\n

Wagner, Joseph (1758-1848)<\/strong>
\nNew York
\nCommercial Advertiser<\/em> (New York, New York), 31 August 1848, page 1
\nSpectator<\/em> (New York, New York), 4 September 1848, page 4<\/p>\n

Walden, Ambrose (1752-1840)<\/strong>
\nVirginia
\nDaily National Intelligencer<\/em> (Washington, D.C.), 9 April 1840, page 3<\/p>\n

Walter, Forman (1759-1849)<\/strong>
\nNew Jersey
\nBattles fought in: Monmouth
\nTrenton State Gazette<\/em> (Trenton, New Jersey), 1 January 1849, page 1<\/p>\n

Waples, Samuel (1754-1834)<\/strong>
\nDelaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia
\nBattles fought in: Brandywine and Germantown
\nBaltimore Gazette and Daily Advertiser<\/em> (Baltimore, Maryland), 22 August 1834, page 2<\/p>\n

Waring, Henry (1742-1830)<\/strong>
\nConnecticut
\nBaltimore Gazette and Daily Advertiser<\/em> (Baltimore, Maryland), 11 November 1830, page 3<\/p>\n

Warren, Nathan (1761-1843)<\/strong>
\nMassachusetts
\nBoston Recorder<\/em> (Boston, Massachusetts), 10 August 1843, page 127<\/p>\n

Waterman, William (1758-1845)<\/strong>
\nVermont
\nBattles fought in: White Plains
\nWatchman<\/em> (Montpelier, Vermont), 28 March 1845, page 3<\/p>\n

Waters, Oliver (1747-1821)<\/strong>
\nVermont
\nVermont Gazette<\/em> (Bennington, Vermont), 21 August 1821, page 3<\/p>\n

Wendell, (1744-1832)<\/strong>
\nVermont
\nBattles fought in: Monmouth
\nVermont Republican<\/em> (Windsor, Vermont), 28 July 1832, page 4<\/p>\n

Wetherbee, Ephram (1757-1852)<\/strong>
\nMassachusetts
\nBattles fought in: Concord
\nMilwaukee Sentinel<\/em> (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), 21 February 1852, page 2<\/p>\n

Wheelock, Jonathan (1760-1845)<\/strong>
\nMassachusetts, New Hampshire,
\nBattles fought in: Bunker Hill and \u201cserved through the whole\u2026 revolutionary war\u201d
\nCongregational Journal<\/em> (Concord, New Hampshire), 17 September 1845, page 3<\/p>\n

Whidden, James (1761-1844)<\/strong>
\nNew Hampshire
\nBattles fought in: Saratoga
\nCongregational Journal<\/em> (Concord, New Hampshire), 25 July 1844, page 3
\nNew Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette<\/em> (Concord, New Hampshire), 1 August 1844, page 3<\/p>\n

White, Ebenezer (1746-1827)<\/strong>
\nNew York
\nAlbany Argus<\/em> (Albany, New York), 20 March 1827, page 3<\/p>\n

Willet, Marinus (1739-1830)<\/strong>
\nConnecticut, New York
\nConnecticut Journal<\/em> (New Haven, Connecticut), 31 August 1830, page 1
\nSentinel and Witness<\/em> (Middletown, Connecticut), 1 September 1830, page 2<\/p>\n

Williams, Isaac (1752-1831)<\/strong>
\nMassachusetts
\nLiberator<\/em> (Boston, Massachusetts), 25 February 1848, page 31<\/p>\n

Williams, Joseph (1747-1827)<\/strong>
\nFlorida, North Carolina, Virginia
\nAlbany Argus<\/em> (Albany, New York), 15 September 1827, page 3
\nAmerican<\/em> (New York, New York), 3 September 1827, page 2
\nPensacola Gazette<\/em> (Pensacola, Florida), 13 October 1827, page 3<\/p>\n

Williams, Robert (1752-1834)<\/strong>
\nMassachusetts
\nBoston Recorder<\/em> (Boston, Massachusetts), 21 November 1834, page 187<\/p>\n

Williamson, Nicholas (1762-1856)<\/strong>
\nMassachusetts, Pennsylvania
\nBoston Herald<\/em> (Boston, Massachusetts), 25 August 1856, page 4<\/p>\n

Willis, Henry (1757-1842)<\/strong>
\nNew Jersey
\nBattles fought in: Long Island, Harlem, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton and Monmouth
\nCecil Whig<\/em> (Elkton, Maryland), 11 January 1842, page 3<\/p>\n

Wilson, Nathaniel (1740-1818)<\/strong>
\nMaine
\nGazette<\/em> (Portland, Maine), 3 November 1818, page 3<\/p>\n

Winchester, James (-1826)<\/strong>
\nTennessee
\nFarmer’s Cabinet<\/em> (Amherst, New Hampshire), 9 September 1826, page 3<\/p>\n

Wise, Jacob (1753-1845)<\/strong>
\nSouth Carolina
\nBattles fought in: Stono Ferry and King\u2019s Mountain
\nCharleston Courier<\/em> (Charleston, South Carolina), 11 October 1845, page 2<\/p>\n

Wise, John (1758-1822)<\/strong>
\nNew York, Rhode Island, Washington
\nBattles fought in: Plains of Abraham
\nNational Advocate<\/em> (New York, New York), 19 March 1822, page 2<\/p>\n

Wright, Samuel T. (-1810)<\/strong>
\nMaryland
\nAmerican and Commercial Daily Advertiser<\/em> (Baltimore, Maryland), 9 July 1810, page 3<\/p>\n

Wyman, Joseph (1962-1837)<\/strong>
\nMassachusetts
\nPittsfield Sun<\/em> (Pittsfield, Massachusetts), 23 March 1837, page 3<\/p>\n

Young, Samuel (1757-1839)<\/strong>
\nNew York
\nAlbany Argus<\/em> (Albany, New York), 20 September 1839, page 3
\nSun<\/em> (Baltimore, Maryland), 20 September 1839, page 4<\/p>\n

Younglove, John (1756-1840)<\/strong>
\nNew York
\nAlbany Argus<\/em> (Albany, New York), 2 March 1810, page 5<\/p>\n

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