David Wooster
David Wooster
David Woosterwas an American general who served in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolutionary War. He died of wounds sustained during the Battle of Ridgefield, Connecticut. Cities, schools, and public places were named after him. He has been called "a largely forgotten hero of the Revolution."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth2 March 1710
CountryUnited States of America
cause cheerfully devoted lay life risk though
My life has ever been devoted to her service from my youth up, though never before in a cause like this - a cause for which I would most cheerfully risk and lay down my life.
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I am dying, but with a strong hope and persuasion that my country will gain her independence.