A modern-day re-enactment of the 6th Connecticut Regiment was held Saturday!
David Humphreys: Became a principal at the public school in Wethersfield, Connecticut for two years. In July 1776, Humphreys enlisted in the Continental Army as a volunteer adjutant in the 2nd Connecticut Regiment, then stationed in New York. The regiment consisted of several companies of "Derby men". He later saw action in the battle following the burning of Danbury, Connecticut and in a later raid on Sag Harbor, New York. He died in his room at Butler's Tavern, in New Haven, Connecticut, where he stayed when he was attending to affairs in Derby, and was interred at Grove Street Cemetery.
Below is a Revolution Era Discussion Provided By Professor Richard Buel: