Heritage Consultants documented significant artifacts recently shared with the battlefield research team: a British musket and bayonet used during the battle. This flintlock arm is known as a “Short Land, New Pattern Musket,” more commonly referred to as a “Brown Bess,” and was made at Dublin Castle, Ireland, circa 1775.
Issue Date: September 13, 2021 Due Date: September 27, 2021 Contract Contact: Sharon Dunphy, Ridgefield Historical Society, [email protected] Overview The Ridgefield Historical Society (RHS), in partnership with the State Historic
The research team completed the “processing” of historical materials gathered since March in terms of cataloging the materials in the Source Database, and analyzed the documents for details needed to reconstruct battle events and the battlefield landscape.
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.