James Reed of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire from A List of The Revolutionary Soldiers of Dublin, N.H. (1904)

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Surname: REED
Source:  A List of The Revolutionary Soldiers of Dublin, N.H. by Samuel Carroll Derby, 
          Columbus, Ohio, 1901, page 23

Listed under Colonels:

JAMES REED of Fitzwilliam, b. Woburn, Mass., 1724; d. 1807, at Fitchburg, Mass.; removed from 
Lunenburg to Fitzwilliam, where he was the second settler and most prominent citizen. He was a 
brave and efficient officer. At Bunker Hill he led one of the N. H. regiments (3d) and remained
its commander until in consequence of a severe illness contracted in the service during the late
summer of 1776, he became blind and was retired. Congress made him a Brig. Gen., Aug. 9, 1776. 
He was succeeded by Col. Alexander Scammel. For a time he resided in Keene and presented, in his
blindness, a pathetic figure which appealed strongly to public sympathy.