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Abner Stocking

b. 1753

A Connecticut soldier left behind a vivid first-person account of the 1775 expedition against Quebec, offering a ground-level view of hardship, endurance, and Revolutionary War history.

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An interesting journal of Abner Stocking of Chatham, Connecticut

An interesting journal of Abner Stocking of Chatham, Connecticut

by Abner Stocking

About the author

Born in 1753, Abner Stocking is remembered for An Interesting Journal of Abner Stocking of Chatham, Connecticut, a narrative of the 1775 march to Quebec under Colonel Benedict Arnold. His journal stands out for its direct, personal view of the campaign and the severe conditions faced by the men on the expedition.

The surviving record available here confirms him as the author of that Revolutionary War journal and identifies him as being from Chatham, Connecticut. Because reliable biographical details appear to be limited in the sources I could confirm, it is best to view him primarily as a diarist and eyewitness whose writing preserves one small but memorable piece of early American history.