1. Seth Warner was a Revolutionary War officer from Vermont who rose to the rank of Continental colonel and was often given the duties of a brigade commander.
28 Facts About Seth Warner
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Seth Warner is best known for his leadership in the capture of Fort Crown Point, the Battle of Longueuil, the siege of Quebec, the retreat from Canada, and the battles of Hubbardton and Bennington.
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Seth Warner was outlawed by New York but never captured.
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Seth Warner was born on the Connecticut frontier in hilly western Woodbury, now Roxbury.
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Seth Warner was the fourth of ten children born to Dr Benjamin Warner and Silence Hurd Warner.
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In 1763, Seth Warner's father purchased land in Bennington, now in the state of Vermont, a town that was chartered by a grant from the colonial governor of New Hampshire, Benning Wentworth.
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Seth Warner was chosen highway surveyor and then captain of the town's militia company.
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Seth Warner was second in command to Ethan Allen, who was spokesman and colonel-commandant, but Seth Warner often acted independently.
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Seth Warner was outlawed by New York after he struck New York Justice of the Peace John Munro with the flat of his cutlass, following Munro's attempt to arrest Seth Warner's cousin Remember Baker.
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In one case, rather than burn a New Yorker's house, Seth Warner allowed him to remove the roof and then replace it once he had bought a New Hampshire Grant title.
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Seth Warner was selected as lieutenant colonel by a vote of 41 to five.
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Seth Warner's headquarters became the Chateau fort de Longueuil, a late 17th-century "castle" with turrets in the village of Longueuil.
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The landing was opposed by Seth Warner, commanding his regiment and companies from the 2nd New York under Captain Capt.
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Brigadier General David Wooster, commanding in Montreal, wrote to Seth Warner calling for reinforcements.
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Seth Warner permitted, perhaps even encouraged, his men to inoculate, or to introduce smallpox pus into an incision, usually causing a milder case of the disease.
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Francis was killed, and Seth Warner ordered a retreat over Pittsford Ridge, the road to Castleton having been cut off by British grenadiers.
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Meanwhile, Seth Warner commanded the left wing which attacked the Tory or Loyalist Redoubt on the east side of the Walloomsac River.
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Seth Warner was active after the Battle of Bennington, but many details are lost.
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From 1778 to 1780, Seth Warner's Regiment served largely along the upper Hudson River and at Fort George at the head of Lake George.
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Seth Warner was increasingly sick with a leg ailment and absent.
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The regiment was disbanded at the end of 1780 and Seth Warner retired from the service.
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Seth Warner was financially insolvent and, except for small holdings for his widow, his property was sold to pay creditors.
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Seth Warner has always been in the shadow of the more flamboyant Ethan Allen, although he has gained some recognition.
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Under the fictional name of Charles Warrington, Seth Warner was the hero of the popular romance The Green Mountain Boys, published in 1839 by Daniel Pierce Thompson.
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In 1911, a statue of Seth Warner was placed on the monument grounds.
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The likeness of the statue is imaginary, as no portrait or other illustration of Seth Warner was made during his life.
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Seth Warner had nine siblings: Hannah, Benjamin II, Daniel, John, Reuben, Elijah, Asahel, David, and Tamar.
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Seth Warner's great-grandnephew Olin Levi Seth Warner was a well-known nineteenth-century sculptor.