Thomas W Knowlton was an American patriot who served in the French and Indian War and was a colonel during the American Revolution.
23 Facts About Thomas Knowlton
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Thomas Knowlton was killed in action at the Battle of Harlem Heights.
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In 1755, at fifteen, Thomas Knowlton served in the French and Indian War with his older brother Daniel.
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Thomas Knowlton enlisted in Captain John Durkee's company, and is known to have joined Daniel on scouting missions into enemy territory.
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Thomas Knowlton later served in Captain John Slapp's 8th Company, where he served with Throope Chapman.
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Thomas Knowlton served during six campaigns in the war and was promoted to lieutenant in 1760.
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Thomas Knowlton fought in Israel Putnam's company against the Spanish during the British expedition against Cuba in 1762.
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At the age of thirty-three, Thomas Knowlton was appointed a Selectman of Ashford, Connecticut.
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Thomas Knowlton joined his militia, the Ashford Company, which became part of the 5th Connecticut Regiment, along with the men from Windham, Mansfield and Coventry, Connecticut.
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Thomas Knowlton was chosen unanimously as captain and led 200 men into Massachusetts.
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Thomas Knowlton's force consisted of farmers, without uniforms, primarily armed with shotguns.
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Thomas Knowlton was ordered to Charlestown to join Colonel William Prescott.
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Thomas Knowlton's troops were sent by Colonel Prescott to oppose the advancing British grenadiers, and took their posts on the side of Breed's hill.
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Thomas Knowlton's men dismantled another fence further back and used its rails to strengthen the existing fence, and they filled the space between with new-mown grass which formed an effective breastwork.
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Only three men from Thomas Knowlton's company died in the battle.
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In 1776, Thomas Knowlton was sent by General Washington during the Siege of Boston to burn any remaining buildings at the base of Bunker Hill, with orders to capture any British troops guarding the location.
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Thomas Knowlton accomplished his mission without firing a shot or losing a single man.
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Thomas Knowlton was ordered to select a group of men from Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts to carry out reconnaissance missions.
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America's first official spies, "Thomas Knowlton's Rangers" were the first organized American elite troops.
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Thomas Knowlton's force turned prematurely and made contact with the right flank of the British instead, losing the element of surprise.
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The Thomas Knowlton Award recognizes individuals who have contributed significantly to the promotion of Army Military Intelligence in ways that stand out in the eyes of the recipients, their superiors, subordinates and peers.
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An August 1,2012 posthumous recipient of the Thomas Knowlton Award was Marian Rejewski, the mathematician-cryptologist at the Polish General Staff's Cipher Bureau who in late 1932 reconstructed the German military Enigma cipher machine.
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Marian Rejewski's posthumous Thomas Knowlton Award was accepted at his home town, Bydgoszcz, Poland, on September 4,2012, by his mathematician daughter, Janina Sylwestrzak.