Western, Westurn or Weston? - "The Same Road To Boston"
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The Convention Army arrived in Western, Massachusetts, from two different directions. American Brigadier-General John Glover had ordered the captives to march in two separate columns after the surrender at Saratoga , "... one Division of the prisoners, Consisting of 2,442 British troops, by Northampton, the other by way of Springfield, Consisting of 2,198 foreign troops..." . [1 ] Two weeks later, after the British column reached Brookfield , and the German column left Palmer , a German officer would note: "November 2 We marched through Weston, a rather nice village, 15 Engl. miles to Brookfield. The Engl. corps crossed us today on our march and from now on had to march on the same road to Boston with us. As this corps had arrived in Brookfield before us and consequently taken possession of the houses, it was evident that our corps had to bivouac." [2] Massachusetts militia private David How, who crossed the Connecticut River on October 29th with the Briti