 Requesting leave to return home to help the families of the dead, the company was paid $1,000.00 for their service and discharged by order of George Washington in September 1778.After the war, the Stockbridge Militia saw brief action, once more, as they defended the town of Stockbridge, from insurgents, during Shays' Rebellion, of 1786 and 1787.It has been suggested that their service created strong support for Indian suffrage, in the new Commonwealth of Massachusetts; although article five of the first draft, of the state's new constitution, excluded Indians, as eligible voters, it was soundly defeated and the second draft gave all men the right to vote.