A true patriot, who responded to the alarm sent out on April 19, 1775, being among the first to join the colonies' fight for independence - the American Revolution.
Benjamin
Balch
Lieutenant
Danvers
Militia
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Benjamin Balch was a Lieutenant in Capt. Edmund Putnam's Company, Danvers Alarm Co., in Danvers, Massachusetts.
Entered the conflict at Arlington.
Sources
Muster rolls of the participating companies of American militia and minute-men in the Battle of April 19, 1775, by F. W. Coburn, p. 74
Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors
Volume:
1
Page:
MM25-DANVERS-03-02
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