The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-20
YALE IN TIE REVOLUTION.
The Yale Student of iTTe-Graduates Who
 Fought.


 Fought.
 The Yale soldier of i77s is A somewhat shadowy figure to those living over century after him. and tho record of the part which he took in the revoiu- ton Is much of it fragmentary: but enough has been traced to make con- nected. though brief. historical sketch of the career of the graduates who took part in the war. The limits of our columns will only allow us to men tion those Yale men who were the more conspicuous by their deeds of bravery of their country. From the beginning to the end of the war, Yale was strong ly represented. John Chester, 1776. and William Colt. 176l. were captains at the battle of Bunker Hill, their conn panies being In the thhckest of the fight. It is a notable fact that General Washington, in company with General Charles Lee, visited the college grounds while hurrying on to Cambridge, in 1775. A military company of students performed their manual exercises be- fore him. This company then escorted him on part of his journey, and this was the first instance of that honor conferred on General Washington in New England. Noah Webster, 177s. led this company with music. In 1776, at New York, Brigadier Generals John M. Scott, 1746, and James Wadsworth, 174S: Colonels Gold S. Silliman, 1752; Philip B. Bradley, 175S; John Chester, 1766, were promoted and Fisher Cray
 1759, with many subordinate officers and privates were actively engaged. | Captain Nathan Hale, 1773, attempted to ascertain the position and numbers of the British after the battle of Long Island, but was captured by them and hanged. When the British made their forays into Connecticut, a small com- pany of students was mustered on the college green, and, under Captain Aaron Burr, disputed their progress. Ex-President Naphtali Daggett, 174S, was severely wounded at that time. In 1779, David Humphreys, 171, became aid to General Putnam and then to General Washington, with rank of lieu tenant colonel. Benjamin Tallmadge, 1773, and Ebenezer Huntington, l75, rose to be lieutenant colonels; John F. Wyuys, 1775, to major; Isaac Sherman, 177O; Thomas Grosvenor, 1765, and Samuel Wyllys, 175s, became regimen tai commanders. Major John r.
 Wylls, 1775, belonged to the leading battalion that stormed one of the re doubts near Yorktown, and decided the fate of Cornwallis. The chaplains Yale furnished to the war makes an honora- ble list. Reverends Timothy Dwight, 1769: Ebenezer Baldwin, 1763; Manasseh Cutler, 1765; Ebenezer Cleaveland, l74S; Benjamin Trumbull, 1759; Abner Bene- dict, 1769, and many others. Among the prominent officers in the Conunen- tai army. who have not been mentioned, are Brigadier Generals David wooster, 173S; Oliver Wolcott, 1747; Gurdon Sal- tonstall, 1752, and John Patterson, 1762; Colonels Thomas Fitch, 1746; Joseph F. Cooke, 175O; Giles Russell, 1751; Henry
 Babcock 1752; Joshua Porter, l|o4; Thomas Seymour, 1755; Timothy Dan- ielson, 1756; Ebenezer Gray, 1763; Heze-
 kiaItH Wyllys, 17e5; John Brown. lTl, and William Hull, 1772. Captain David
 Bushnell, 1775, was the inventor of
 submarine machines to destroy British
 ships. Also many Yale men became captains or held subordinate posltaons.