sentences:  He was appointed Colonel of the Fourth Regiment, Connecticut militia, in May 1775 and became Brigadier General in 1776.He patrolled the southwestern border of Connecticut, where the loyalists of Westchester County, New York caused constant irritation and concern for patriot towns and farms along the Connecticut coast.He also fought with the main army during the New York Campaign of 1776 and opposed the British raid on Danbury in 1777.