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State of Service: VT
Qualifying Service: Colonel / Patriotic Service
Birth: 23 Sep 1743 Hampstead / Rockingham / NH Death: 23 Sep 1780 New Uthecht / Kings / NY
Qualifying Service Description:
Company Captain in Lexington Alarm; Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
Prisoner of War, Hubbardton
Additional References:
Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution, April 1775, to December, 1783, 1914, Francis Bernard Heitman, p 267
Nathan Hale Born Sept 23, 1743 in Hampstead, NH Moved to Rindge, NH when young
Responded to Battle of Lexington, fought at Battle of Bunker Hill
July 1777: “In the retreat of the army from Ticonderoga, Col. Hale was ordered, with his regiment, to cover the rear of the invalids, which fell several miles behind the main army. In close vicinity were two Vermont regiments, commanded by Colonels Warner and Francis. At Hubbardston, on the morning of the seventh of July, these regiments were suddenly and furiously attacked by the advance of the enemy in force superior to their own. The action was brief but sharp, and each regiment suffered severely. Col Hale, four of her captains, and nearly one hundred men were captured, and his major, the gallant Benjamin Titcomb, was severely wounded. Subsequently Col. Hale was permitted to visit his family for several months. Returning at the end of his parole, he died within the enemies’ lines at New Utrecht, Long Island, September 23, 1780.” Stearn’s History of Rindge, NH Page 149
Buried possibly at Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument, King’s County (Brooklyn), NY
Headstone in family cemetery Old Chelsea Cemetery, Chelsea, Orange County, VT
Nathan Hale Born Sept 23, 1743 in Hampstead, NH Moved to Rindge, NH when young
Responded to Battle of Lexington, fought at Battle of Bunker Hill
July 1777: “In the retreat of the army from Ticonderoga, Col. Hale was ordered, with his regiment, to cover the rear of the invalids, which fell several miles behind the main army. In close vicinity were two Vermont regiments, commanded by Colonels Warner and Francis. At Hubbardston, on the morning of the seventh of July, these regiments were suddenly and furiously attacked by the advance of the enemy in force superior to their own. The action was brief but sharp, and each regiment suffered severely. Col Hale, four of her captains, and nearly one hundred men were captured, and his major, the gallant Benjamin Titcomb, was severely wounded. Subsequently Col. Hale was permitted to visit his family for several months. Returning at the end of his parole, he died within the enemies’ lines at New Utrecht, Long Island, September 23, 1780.” Stearn’s History of Rindge, NH Page 149
Buried possibly at Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument, King’s County (Brooklyn), NY
Headstone in family cemetery Old Chelsea Cemetery, Chelsea, Orange County, VT
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