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Lieutenant Colonel William Ledyard's Monument & Burial site
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Note: The images are scanned gray photos from the book September
6, 1781 North Groton's Story. I intend to put in scanned color images in their place.
Both are in the Colonel Ledyard Cemetery in the City of Groton, CT.
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Lieutenant Colonel William Ledyard's Monument (west face)
THE LEDYARD MONUMENT
Erected by the state of Connecticut to commemorate the burning
of New London, the storming of Groton Fort, the massacre
of the Garrison, and the slaughter of Ledyard
West face of the Monument
Sons of Connecticut
Behold this Monument and learn to Emulate
the virtue valor and patriotism
of your ancestors
South face of the monument
ERECTED IN 1854
By the State of Connecticut in remeberance of the
painful events that took place in the neighbourhood
during the war of the Revolution
It commemorates the Burning of New London
the Storming of Groton Fort the massacure of
the Garrison and the slaughter of Ledyard the
brave Commander of these posts who was slain
by the Conquerors with his own Sword.
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He fell in the service of his country
Fearless of death and prepared to die
Lieutenant Colonel William Ledyard's gravestone (next to monument)
Sacred to the Memory of
WILLIAM LEDYARD ESQ.
Col Commandant of the
Garrisoned posts of New London
& Groton; Who after a gallant
defence, was with a part of the
brave Garrison, inhumanly Mass
acred; by british troops in
Fort Griswold, Sep 6 1781
AEtatis suae 43
By a judicious & Faithful
discharge of the various duties
of his Station, He rendered most
essential Service to his Country;
and stood confessed, the un-
shaken Patriot; and intrepid Hero.
He lived, the Pattern of
Mananimity; Courtesy, and Humanity.
He fell the Victim of un-
generous Rage and Cruelty
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