Marietta, OH
2 first-person accounts from the Revolutionary era.
Historical Voices
Brigadier General Rufus Putnam
The Field of Mars Holds
Rufus Putnam had spent the worst winter of the Revolution at Valley Forge and had built the fortifications at Dorchester Heights that forced the British to evacuate Boston. When he designed Campus Mar...
Modern Voices
What the Ordinance Promised
When students visit the Campus Martius Museum in Marietta today, they often arrive focused on the drama: the fort, the raids, the desperate years when the settlers sheltered behind Rufus Putnam's wall...
