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:''for the sculptor, see John Paulding, (sculptor) John Paulding (October 16, 1758 – February 18, 1818) was a militiaman from the state of New York during the American Revolution. In 1780, he participated in the capture of Major John André.〔Cray, pp. 371-397〕〔Raymond, pp. 11-17〕 ==Revolutionary history== While visiting his sweetheart and future wife, Sarah Teed, he was captured by Tories led by his future brother-in-law and imprisoned in the notorious "Sugar House " prison in New York City in 1780. Escaping the prison by jumping from a window, he went to the livery stable of a friend and obtained a German military Jäger or Hessian coat, green with red trim, which aided in his escape.〔() Reynolds, Cuyler "Genealogical and family history of southern New York and the Hudson River Valley" Volume III, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1914, page 1281-1282. Retrieved July 25, 2011〕 As part of an armed patrol with fellow militiamen David Williams, and Isaac Van Wart,〔Cray, pp. 371-397〕〔Raymond, pp. 11-17〕 Paulding seized Major John André, who had left Benedict Arnold after discussing the defection and betrayal of Arnold. The site is now called Patriot's Park in Tarrytown, NY. Andre, seeing the Hessian coat Paulding was wearing, may have assumed him to be a member of the "cowboys," or pro-British marauders who raided the Neutral Ground for cattle and supplies.〔()“The crisis of the revolution” By Abbatt, William; Hart, John; Campbell, Charles A., Sons of the American Revolution, New York State Society, 1899. page 29. Retrieved July 25, 2011〕 Searching him for valuables, they discovered documents of André's secret communication with Benedict Arnold.〔() Ward, Harry M., "The war for independence and the transformation of American society," Routledge, 1999, page 67. ISBN 1-85728-656-1. Retrieved July 25, 2011〕 The militiamen, all local farmers of modest means, refused his considerable bribe and instead delivered him to the Continental Army. Arnold's plans to surrender West Point to the British were revealed and foiled, and André was hanged as a spy. With George Washington's personal recommendation, the United States Congress awarded Paulding, Williams, and Van Wart the first military decoration of the United States, the silver medal known as the Fidelity Medallion. Each of the three also received federal pensions of $200 a year, and prestigious farms awarded by New York State. The celebrated trio became only more celebrated after the war: commemorations large and small abound in Westchester County (see below), and elsewhere throughout the original colonies. By an Act of Congress, the new state of Ohio (1803) included the counties of Paulding, Van Wert (anglicised spelling), and Williams. Paulding himself was held in particularly high regard by early American historians, as the standard 19th-century retellings of the event give prominence to Paulding, crediting him with the decision-making and initiative at the scene.〔Builders, p. 49〕 Consequently, several villages and counties, in addition to Paulding County, Ohio along with its county seat, Paulding, are named in his honor: Paulding County, Georgia; Paulding, Michigan (site of the mysterious Paulding Light); Paulding, New Jersey; Paulding, Mississippi and Paulding, Missouri. Additionally, the villages of Tarrytown (where there is also a John Paulding Elementary School), Cold Spring and Elmsford, along with the cities of Peekskill and White Plains, in New York, each have a street named for Paulding (as well as ones for Williams and Van Wart). The Fire Department of Sparkill, New York, maintains the John Paulding Engine Co., founded in 1901. Though hailed as national heroes, Paulding and the others did see their reputations impugned by some. André at his trial had insisted the men were mere brigands; sympathy for him remained in some more aristocratic American quarters (and grew to legend in England, where he was buried in Westminster Abbey). Giving voice to this sympathy, Representative Benjamin Tallmadge of Connecticut, who had been present as an American officer in Westchester County in 1780 and had a low opinion of the three men and in general accepted Andre's account of the capture and search, persuaded Congress not to grant the men a requested pension increase in 1817, publicly assailing their credibility and motivations. Despite the slight, the men's popular acclaim continued to grow throughout the 19th century, although opinion on their motives and actions remained divided.〔()"The new American cyclopedia" Appleton, New York, 1857. Vol. 1, "André," page 549551. "In regard to the captors of Maj. André, suspicions that they were not governed altogether by honest motives, have to some extent gained ground in recent years." "It is not the least interesting feature of the story of André, the fascination of which only seems to increase with time, that 40 years after his death, the suspicion which we have noticed should arrest public attention, and be likely henceforth always to divide it." Retrieved July 25, 2011〕 Some modern scholars have interpreted the episode as a major event in early American cultural development, representing the apotheosis of the common man in the new democratic society.〔Cray, pp. 371-397〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Paulding」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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