Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-03-30
Johns Latter.

"Blood will tell" We have often
specialized where In time We got oul
fighting proclivities, and why we were
so gamy, whether we inherited 1t or Il
only just happened so. Once on time
great-grandfather of ours on the ma
ternal side, John Daggett by name, wa.
out on the firing line in the old war
This comes from the war department
and is unquestionably true:
WASHINGTON, April Goth, 1888.
"In accordance with your request fol
the military and personal history Of
John Daggett, who served in the Revo.
lutionary War from Connecticut and
Vermont, the following is furnished
from his declaration for pension and is
to be used only for historical purposes.
He was born in 1853 In Lebanon, CT,
and resided there until 17S0, when be
removed to Vermont, and in 1894 going
to Vergennes, Addison County, VT
Then in 1902 he removed with his family
to Greenfield, Erie County, Penn.
While living in Lebanon John Daggett
volunteered in April, ITS, under Capt.
James Clark to 60 to Cambridge, Mass,
where his company was attached to the
Connecticut Regiment commanded by
Col. Storrs in prosecuting the siege of
Boston. A portion of his company was
detailed for service at Bunker Hill.
Daggett was on guard at Cambridge, the
headquarters of General Washington.
Discharged January, 1776.
In May, 1776, he enlisted under Capt
James Clark, marched to Norwich,
Conn, where his company embarked for
New York City on board the Brig Nancy,
Capt. Pierce, and on their arrival joined
the Connecticut Regiment commanded
by Col. Sage, and were stationed on
Broadway for few days, then ordered
to Governors Island, remaining until
the defeat of the American Army on
Long Island, Aug. 9th, which compel
led their retreat to New York City, and
Col. Sage occupied his former position
on Broadway.
The advance of the British Army by
land and the feet up the harbor was
followed by the evacuation of the city,
and Daggett's company marched to Tur-
tie Bay in the vicinity of which place he
was in several engagements as we'll as in
the one fought on Harlem Heights. The
American army continuing it's retreat.
Col. Sage's regiment marched to Miles
Square, then to White Plains, where an
other severe battle was fought, then to
Phillips Manor and Crum Pond, where
the regiment encamped until be was dis
charged in January, 1777.
Upon the alarm produced by the
threatened invasion of General Bur
goyne from Canada, he, in June TIT
enlisted under Capt. John Skinner in
Col. Lattim0re's regiment, marched
Berkshire County, Mass, to AL
bany, thence to Saratoga County, and
was stationed on Bemis Heights, par
in the battle that preceded
the surrender of General Burgoyne and
was discharged in December, TIT. On
his removal to Vermont he enlisted as
sergeant in the company of Capt. Sexton
in Col. Walbridge's regiment"
He kept up that sort of thing to the
end of the war. So you can CIPHER it
out that some Of our fighting blood
trickled down from that direction. o,
we have fought many battle-a thou
sand miles away from where the guns
were booming and the bullets were sing
ing of death. The hardest fights we
have ever had were with j. N. General
ly he has been too much for us, out
us and cutting off our supplies.
Our worthy old progenitor had
brother who was Professor of Divinity
at Yale College for thirty years and who
died of wounds received from the
British. You don't suppose that it is
possible or probable that any of his
spirit of divinity could dribble out from
a side spring so and somehow get in un-
der our skin? 1t must have trickled in
from some other source. Great is
and hard to trace.
j. N. IRISH.