Upstate town seeks recognition for Revolutionary War hero (NY)
SOURCE: AP (10-4-07)
It wasn't exactly the shot heard 'round the world, but the shot Timothy Murphy supposedly pulled off 230 years ago this month helped change history.
Murphy was a Pennsylvania-born frontiersman who moved to New York's Schoharie (skoh-HAIR'-ee) Valley during the Revolutionary War, when he joined a company of Virginia sharpshooters serving in the Continental Army.
Some historians credit Murphy with firing the shot that killed a British general during a critical moment of the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777. The general's death helped the Americans win the battle, considered the turning point of the war.
[Supporters want to build a monument in his honor.]
Murphy was a Pennsylvania-born frontiersman who moved to New York's Schoharie (skoh-HAIR'-ee) Valley during the Revolutionary War, when he joined a company of Virginia sharpshooters serving in the Continental Army.
Some historians credit Murphy with firing the shot that killed a British general during a critical moment of the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777. The general's death helped the Americans win the battle, considered the turning point of the war.
[Supporters want to build a monument in his honor.]
Source:
AP
Source URL:
http://www.wcax.com/global/story.asp?s=7168577
Date:
10-4-07
