Jedediah Huntington (1743-1818) was an American general in the Army of the Revolution, born in Norwich, Conn., the son of Jabez Huntington (1719-86). He graduated at Harvard in 1763, joined the American army at Cambridge, became a brigadier general in 1777, and took part in many important engagements until the close of the war, when he was brevetted major general in 1783. He was one of the organizers of the Society of the Cincinnati. Wikipedia
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