Pilsberry, Joshua, 1743-1825.
Revolutionary War soldier from Dracut, Mass.; farmer and cooper in Dracut and later in Canaan, N.H.
Pilsberry served in Capt. Joseph Bradley Varnum's Dracot company of volunteers in Col. Jonathan Reed's regiment (6th Middlesex County regiment of Massachusetts militia). He joined Sept. 29, 1777, and marched Oct. 1 from Dracut to Saratoga in time to witness Burgoyne's surrender on Oct. 17. The regiment guarded British prisoners on the return march from Stillwater, N.Y. to Charlestown, Mass., where the soldiers were discharged. Pilsberry returned home to Dracut on Nov. 8, 1777.
From the description of A detale [i.e. detail] of the towns thru which we traveled at the capture of Burgoyne in 1777 : Dracut, Mass., 1777 Nov. 8 / by J. Pilsberry. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 39543445
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Person
Birth 1743
Death 1825
