Revolution and liberation · The Revolution of 1821 · Travellers
Two Americans among the defenders
25 June 1825 (13 June 1825 old style) Proven
Samuel Gridley Howe described the position as some mills on the seashore, surrounded by a wall, with a garden and an outer wall. A boat from Nafplio brought about twenty volunteers, among them three Swiss and two Americans. When the attackers broke through the outer garden wall, eleven men charged out with sabres from behind the inner wall, among them Jonathan P. Miller of Vermont.
Note: Miller's part is stated by Howe. That the second American was Howe himself is a likely reading by his biographer Sanborn, not a certainty.
Read the full story: Myloi, 200 years ago: the battle broke out
- Where
- The water mills
- Threads
- The Revolution of 1821, Travellers
- Certainty
- Proven confirmed by primary sources
Sources
- S. G. Howe, An Historical Sketch of the Greek Revolution, New York 1828, ch. III (1825) Open (opens in a new tab)
- F. B. Sanborn, Dr. S. G. Howe, the Philanthropist, New York 1891, pp. 33–35 Open (opens in a new tab)
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