Memoir of Col. Thomas Knowlton, of Ashford, Connecticut

Thomas L Knowlton: Colonel, Patriot, Spymaster, and Soldier of the American Revolution. Colonel Thomas L Knowlton bravely fought and died in the revolutionary war. He is seen as America's first intelligence officer because his unit Knowlton's Rangers reconnoitered and gathered information during the beginnings of the Revolutionary war. But much of his bravery has gone unnoticed, which moved Ashbel Woodward to write this short yet powerful memoir. Towards the end of the memoir, he writes, "Has th