Forgotten Stones

During the winter of 1778–1779, part of Washington’s Continental army camped at three locations in Redding, Connecticut. This chapter focuses on the Middle Encampment occupied by Connecticut’s First Brigade under the command of General Samuel Parsons. Western Connecticut State University researchers spent four summers in field schools at the site, which had previously seen minimal professional research. The site was successfully nominated as a Connecticut Archaeological Preserve. The research identified numerous Revolutionary War structures, addressed important questions about the site’s spatial organization, and contributed new information about soldiers’ diets through FTIR analysis.