Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-04-22

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At this osatsnnial period, the preparation Of
q aAaEsss On " The Revolutionary
eAass OF naiAwase was most appropriate and
nsly. n was delivered, q our readers ~ I
asnsss. esfors ~ Historical Society Of this g
'tats, ~ Subsequently, by invitation Of the Z
sosnE LalllAssrs. n the prsssnoe OF the menu
'sss ef IN bodys and IL has now been printed,
= eainsaAl8 dsssrvsd to be. 1t presents In
suaatnee narrative the best and fullest infor-
nation now attainable In reference to the fight
ing men Of this State who Joined in the war for
our national Independence. 43 H
There wsra. Of these soldiers. three rsgi.
msnts. or battalions,' - they were in that
day called, commanded respectively BY Col. |
John Haslet, (who Was killed At Princeton, with |
the gallant Mercer. md whose monument. erect
d b. the Stsass ny - sssa N The Prssbytsr-
ian charch-yasd It Dover j Col. Samuel Pattsr-
son and ~ David Hall and +" partisan COM |
pAny," commanded by the celebrated Capt.
Alien kaLAns. Ons other "a battalion" under
DOL Henry Neal. was raised late In the war,
but, II It saw sctive service 1t al, probably par
ticpaAsd In no battles. Ths three regiments
were Of three GLASSES, bad different forms Of
service. and different organizations. Tho FIRST
and second were State troops, the third Con-
tnental" Of "the line." Col. Haslets regi-
ment starting OF whom Independence was de-
clarsd, had 20 far melted away by the time Of
tho battle OF Pnncston that 1t was then dis
banded Col. Pattsrson's formed part Of what
was called the Flying Camp body OF
hurried lsvies, like the =" emergency mon !"
raised In 1868, when Lea rushed upon Pennsyl.
vAnia 1t was organised about August or Sep
tsmbar, 1778, and mustered out at the begin
ming Of December. But the third battal-
J ion," which was partially recruited from the
nrst, and received nine Of its oflcerz
from It, wAs the veteran
} organisation which reflected most
lustrs on the name Of the State, and did creates
service for Independence. Raised in the winte
r Of l77s-77, when, after his depressing and de
= morsliziuR expsrieuces with "militia " troops
= in the preceding Summer and Fall, Washington
; had q last induced Congress to take vigorou
! measures for the organization Of what was real
: " na6onal army this regiment of Hail.
. formed the quota Of Delaware in the eighty
|, eight battalions which were then called for :" Il
/ serve throughout the War" That oall was ner
. vous, energetic. and earnest The regiment
l. that responded we're tho veterans who won til
fight And among them all, this from Delaware
d destined ~ 1t was to the sharpest and cruel
II ist trials Of battle yielded the palm Of courage
70 discipline, and efficiency to more. 1t joine
q Washington In "the Jerseys" In the Spring Q
y l777, fought under him 1t Brandy wine-withi
sight Of the homes its heroes were defending
!. 1t Germantown and at Monmouth, and watche
ut its oomfortless camp Ares with him 1t vslle
T. FORGE. Lstsr. when Oates-uuhsppy choice {
q, Cougross-vas sent TO the South to check Corr
TX | wallis and Tarleton. the Delaware Line WAS o.
u dered with him. and in the Csrolipas, frol
sn the Spring of 1850 until after tt
in cloue az the war. il marched. sutYere,
vs and ble.i. At Camden. the seene Of Gstes's mo-
in shameful disaster. in Auous.. 17sO. the req
ut meut which had left Delaware in April vi,
of .bout five hundred man v.s .nnihlated. At
mt blnW. When thu militia Of VIRGINIA and Mort
he Csro,;n. aa, from tina, fatal ae,d Having n
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