Making the story real

So I am now working on background of the era. I bought a book that covered the battle of the Revolutionary War and found that my Patriot fought in three of the early battle so I have information there. I also found a Diary of the private that was inlisted the same time as my Patriot, so that can make the things more real as well. The next thing I looked at is having a baby in the 1700's. Not sure if I will use that here. I need also to find out about the towns of that era, Taunton, Lebanon, and I do have a book on Rushford, the community he was one of the original settlers of.