American Prisoners of the Revolution

AMERICAN PRISONERS OF THE REVOLUTION - By Danske Dandridge

Dedication - TO THE MEMORY OF MY GRANDFATHER - Lieutenant Daniel Bedinger, of Bedford, Virginia “A BOY IN PRISON” AS REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL THAT WAS BRAVEST AND MOST HONORABLE IN THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE PATRIOTS OF 1776

PREFACE

CHAPTER I. — INTRODUCTORY

CHAPTER II. — THE RIFLEMEN OF THE REVOLUTION

CHAPTER III. — NAMES OF SOME OF THE PRISONERS OF 1776

CHAPTER IV. — THE PRISONS OF NEW YORK—JONATHAN GILLETT

CHAPTER V. — WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, THE PROVOST MARSHAL

CHAPTER VI. — THE CASE OF JABEZ FITCH

CHAPTER VII. — THE HOSPITAL DOCTOR—A TORY’S ACCOUNT OF NEW YORK IN 1777—ETHAN ALLEN’S