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on the hill. Woodbridge's regiment "was not commissioned, and there are few details of it, or of its officers, in the accounts of the battle." Reports of the battle indicate that the
American defenders on the right flank fought valiantly from behind what cover they could find. The men at the redoubt
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The duties of his command he performed in a manner highly creditable to himself and to the advantage of the cause which he had espoused. At the call of his country during the
Revolutionary War, he often and promptly exerted his military talents and ardor in vindicating the rights, the independence,
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Ruggles Woodbridge, already mentioned, is among the proudest associations of the town . He was a man of great wealth, was a Colonel in the Revolution, and for many years exercised a commanding influence in the town.
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and breastwork fought until they had no more bullets, finally fighting with the butts of their guns, rocks, and their bare hands. It is also reported that
Woodbridge's regiment covered the retreat of the
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436:, whom he adopted, as his own son. Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge died in 1819 at the age of 80. He is sometimes referred to as Ruggles Woodbridge or Benjamin Woodbridge.
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arrived at Bunker Hill immediately prior to the battle. A company from
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565:, Second Edition, published by Charles C. Little and James Brown, Boston (1851) Chapters V and VII, regarding the Bunker Hill Battle, pp. 136, 183.
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and the battlefield. The regiment was under fire from
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led a force against the outposts of
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A Sermon Delivered at the Interment of Ruggles Woodbridge
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