Winter Quarters of Putnam’s Division
Front of Monument:
Erected to commemorate
the Winter Quarters of
Putnam’s Division of the
Continental Army.
Nov. 7th 1778.
May 25th 1779.
Right of Monument:
Putnam
McDougal
Poor
Parsons
Huntington
Back of Monument:
The men of ‘76
who suffered here,
to preserve forever their
Memory
The State of Connecticut
has erected this monument
A.D. 1888
Left of Monument:
The World
is full of their praises.
Posterity
stands astonished at their
Deeds.
Marker can be reached from Pocahontas Road, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
