The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-01-27
THE LIONS OF THE LEGION.
HY. 4 TANUM HANK.

TIE HEROES, to4N AND MICHAEL RUDULrH,
OF MARYLAND.
fran. tie baltimore .Sunday Telegram.
Whether it be so or not, that the family
of the heroic Rudulphs was Of the same ex-
traction that the Rudulphs of Hapsburg
aud Alsace were, it is of little moment,
seeing that the Maryland Rudulphs carved
their own way to fame, yet it is quite GER
tain that their ancestors may have come
from gentle blood, for there has ever been
a tradition in the family, that there was
once a Count among them. g Honor and
shame,' however, "from no condition
rise" etc, may be said to be the generally
accepted American maxim, though it must
he confessed, we are rather prone, all demo
cratic as we are, to SQulnt at and admire
stars and garters ana cities hung round
with strings" and we do like, above all
other things human, to boast of the pure
blood of an illustrious race in quiet flow
from Lucrece to i-uOreCe, and albeit it, too.
by our fathers worth rate our own, still
on the average, we do really, as Ameri-
cans. only account those who are really
good, truly great, for ''what can ennobe
sots, slaves, or towards? Alas. not all the
blood of all the Towards"
The fathers of these heroes, John and
Michael Rudolph, it is pretty well ascer-
tanned, landed at Philadelphia, September
22ud, 1852, in the ship Halifdr, Captain
Thomas Coatam, from Rotterdam, and
thence settled in Cecil county, Maryland
The fathers and sons are said TO have spoken
German and French il.enlly (not at all to
be wondered at in the father, at least, in that
he came from Alsace, or the neighborhood
of DeuX Points, and the sons We're doubt
less 10y MN Taught III .a.uerlLa Goth Ian
guages, the knowledge Of which, we shall
see. served the younger son Michael good
purpose in later life. Both John and Mi
chael Rudolph joined Lees legion when
first organized, and both did valiantly
throughout the revolutionary struggle
John was in the estimation of Lee, what
Michael was afterwards in that of the great
Napoleon, "the bravest of the brave, and
to him zee ever committed the daring feats
bic revolutionary corps.
Lees legion, the celebrated independent
partisan corps, originated thus: Henry Lee
of Virginia, called Light Horse Harry"
and LEGION Harry" was father to the
late Robert E., and only twenty years of
The writer of this interesting sketch
has fallen into an error in supposing Major
john ana Captain biIHe to Dc Drotners.
They were cousins. Major John was the
son Of Tobias Rudulph the first and brother
of Tobias Rudulph the second, who was
the father of the late Mrs. Ann Sewall and
Mrs. Martha Rudulph and grandfather of
the present Tobias.
Captain Mike was the son of another
Rudulph, the brother of the first Tobias:
but whether his name was Zrbulon or Jacob,
the writer of this note does not certainly
know, Jacob Rudulph was the grandfather
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reckoaed himself Of near akin to Captain
Mike, and III conversation with the writer
of this note, always repudiated the legend
of his identity with Ney.
Captain Mike had a brother Hebuion who
early '.nIgrateu 10 georgia ana afterwards
settled i'll Mobile, Alabama, who left "A large
family of children, one of whom married
the Rev Basil Manly, a Baptist preacher,
who was chaplain To the first Confederate
Congress that sat at Montgomery.
While visiting his brother Zcbulon at the
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