David Wooster
David Wooster was born in Stafford, Connecticut in 1711."In 1775, he was made a Brigadier-General by Congress and put in command of the Connecticut Troops. This commission he resigned and became a Major-General of the Militia of his state. On the 27th of April 1777 he was mortally wounded in leading on his troops against a British force at Ridgefield. He died May 2, 1777. His fall was deeply lamented by Congress and our nation. He had all the ardor of youth united with the experience of age. "