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Ledyard, William (1738–1781)| US soldier. An active patriot in the years before the American Revolution, he became a captain in the Connecticut militia in 1776. In September 1781 he surrendered Fort Griswold, Connecticut, after a spirited defence, and was killed, along with 85 other survivors of the battle, by British troops run amok. Ledyard was born in Groton, Connecticut. |
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