Israel Putnam, popularly known as "Old Put", was an American military officer and landowner who fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolution. As was standard procedure, Putnam was relieved of command and brought before a court of inquiry for these losses. Washington had also lost some of his faith in Putnam, due to an incident in which Putnam delayed in forwarding troops to Washington when first ordered to do so. In December 1779, Putnam suffered a paralyzing stroke which ended his military service. Putnam died in Brooklyn, Connecticut in 1790. He was buried in an above-ground tomb in the town's South Cemetery. The events of the earlier public career provide context for the final period but should not be mistaken for evidence of the immediate physical cause. Illnesses, injuries and deaths involving relatives or contemporaries are separate events. No further cause is inferred from age, occupation or the place of death. Where the account does not identify an illness or injury explicitly, the medical circumstances remain uncertain rather than a basis for a more elaborate final-days scene.