The slow process of discovering the identity of the skeletons found in Ridgefield in late 2019 will be ramping up this fall as the Yale University laboratory led by Dr. Gary Aronsen re-opens.
In their quarterly report, David Naumec and Kevin McBride explained the significant findings and insights that research has uncovered.
When General William Tryon and his troops marched through Ridgefield in 1777, there were probably not three discrete engagements as has been commonly thought, but more of a running battle.
Heritage Consultants LLC is finding documentary evidence to support this new conclusion. The Historical Society has created a short fact sheet about the Battle of Ridgefield Study as well as a landowner permission form to allow archaeological research.
The Heritage Consultants Research Team made contact with several area historical societies, which provided information that will be useful in the Source Database. A summary of the quarterly meeting with the BOR Advisory Group includes new details and perspectives on the battle.
The research team continued working through documents and organizing resources for the Battle of Ridgefield narrative and also made contact with people who have significant relics from the Revolutionary War era.
The research team continued gathering and assessing historical resources for the Battle of Ridgefield study during April, with the continuing goal of creating the most detailed historical narrative possible. Mapping of the entire battlefield also continues.
Military Historian, David Naumec, Ph.D, of Heritage Consultants and his team will be blogging monthly on their research around the Battle of Ridgefield, supported by the National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program grant awarded to the Historical Society last year.
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This webinar with Ed Hynes includes an extensive Q&A with participants, and a downloadable PDF of his slide show.
This presentation begins on April 25, 1777, when the British land at Compo Beach, march through Redding to Danbury, and return to the shore through Ridgefield and Wilton. Learn about the main encounters that took place in Danbury and Ridgefield and the roles key historical figures played in the Raid and Battle.
The Ridgefield Historical Society has selected Heritage Consultants LLC of Newington, whose principals have extensive experience with historical sites in Connecticut, to conduct research into the Battle of Ridgefield under the Society’s National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program (NPS ABPP) grant.