New found burial site for Revolutionary War soldiers-incl Lt. F. MARTIN-PELLAND
A recent AP news release making its way around the states and the world, tells about the new found location of a mass burial ground for Revolutionary War soldiers in Fishkill, NY. One of the soldiers was Lt. François MARTIN-PELLAND of Hazen's Congress' Own Regiment, who died there of smallpox. His wife and family were campfollowers but survived the epidemic. Here is one article relating to this Fishkill burial site posted in the Danbury News Times.
Click here: NewsTimes.com : NY growth besieges Revolutionary patriots' graves
4 Jul 2009
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Re: New found burial site for Revolutionary War soldiers-incl Lt. F. MARTIN-PELLAND
Kathleen Frechette 4/11/10