GENERAL ISRAEL PUTNAM His Life http://members.tripod.com/~compmast/putnam/putnam.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" - --- General Israel Putnam at the Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- The first biography of an American written by an American --- David Humphrey's biography of Israel Putnam ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Stories and Photographs Putnam's Early Life - The Wolf Den Ancestors, Family, and Childhood of Israel Putnam Putnam's Experiences in the French and Indian War - His Capture Putnam Goes to Lexington Putnam at The Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill) "Connecticut's Valley Forge" - Putnam Memorial State Park in Redding, Connecticut Putnam's Horseneck Escape - Greenwich, Connecticut Putnam's Last Years