Ben Adam GALLUP

Colonel Ben Adam GALLUP (Benadam GALLUP) was a Revolutionary War patriot. He was born and died at Groton, New London County, Connecticut. He married Hannah AVERY. In 1776, he was serving as a Lieutenant Colonel for the Revolutionary cause. His earthy remains lie in the Gallup Hill Burying Ground at Ledyard, Connecticut.

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Father of the American Cavalry

“I came here, where freedom is being defended, to serve it, and to live or die for it.”  

General Casimir Pulaski, a man born in a far off land, came to America to serve, and live or die for freedom. He became an American general under General George Washington, and he became the Father of the American Cavalry.

When he arrived in America, the first letter he sent to George Washington, stated “I came here, where freedom is being defended, to serve it, and to live or die for it.”  And die he did, at the age of thirty-two, mortally wounded at the Battle of Savannah, Georgia in 1779. 

It is touching to think of how many mortal souls have fought and died for freedom. Sadness can overwhelm one with the realization that so many of the progeny of freedom fighters such as Pulaski, progeny who live every day of their mortal lives in the bosom of freedom, do not value freedom at all.

The Memorial to General Casimir Pulaski is at Wallington, New Jersey.

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Sail Fast In Harm’s Way

John Paul Jones - Father of the American Navy: “Sail fast, for I intend to go in harm’s way.”

This monument of an American freedom fighter is at West Potomac Park, Washington, DC 20037 (Google Map). It is a short walk from Signers’ Island and DAR Constitution Hall. John Paul Jones is buried in the crypt below the chapel at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. For more information about this famous sailor see John Paul Jones .

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John Paul Jones

“I have not yet begun to fight!“

In 1953, John Paul Jones was remembered by Americans as “The Fighting Sailor.” He was actually much more than that.

He was born John Paul in 1747, on the southern coast of Scotland. He began his career as a mariner at the age of 13, when he sailed out of Whitehaven as a ship’s apprentice. During his sailing career, he had numerous contacts with his brother who had settled at Fredericksburg, Virginia.

He adopted the alias of “John Jones”, at the suggestion of this brother, when he fled to his Virginia home in 1773, to avoid execution after an incident where he was accused of murdering a sailor under his command. When the American Revolution commenced, he was using the name “John Paul Jones.” Although he is considered the father of the United States Navy, he never rose above the rank of Captain in the Continental Navy. With his highly regarded command of the frigate Bonhomme Richard, John Paul Jones became America’s first naval hero. He later earned the rank of Admiral for his service with the Russian Navy. He spent his last days abroad and ended up being buried in Paris, France. Years later his remains were brought home and reinterred at the United States Navy Academy chapel, in Annapolis, Maryland.

He is most famous for his legendary reply when a British officer asked for his surrender during battle: “I have not yet begun to fight!“

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Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus

Many of the military officers of the American Revolution patterned their service on the life of this ancient legendary Roman, Cincinnatus, of 458 BC, who left his farm at the call of his country during a war emergency. At the ending of the Revolutionary War, the Society of the Cincinnati was formed by many of these first American “citizen soldiers” with General George Washington as the society’s first president. The Ohio city of Cincinnati was named in honor of the Society by its founder who was a member of the prestigious organization.

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The Swamp Fox

He was Francis Marion (1732-1795) of South Carolina.

In the year 2006, the U.S. House of Representatives finally approved a monument to General Francis Marion, to be built in Washington, D.C. The bill, however, died in the Senate and was reintroduced in January, 2007.

Marion began his military career in June of 1775. When he joined General Horatio Gates just before the Battle of Camden, Gates had no confidence in him and got rid of him by giving him command of the Williamsburg Militia in the Pee Dee area of the colony.

With his militiamen irregulars Marion proved himself to be a leader. “Marion’s Men” served without pay, supplied their own horses, arms, and often their own rations. They became quite adept at capturing their needed supplies from the Tories.

The British came to despise Marion and made repeated efforts to destroy his force, but Marion had excellent intelligence gathering ability and was always able to outsmart them. In desparation, the British sent Colonel Banastre Tarleton to capture the “old swamp fox”, who eluded the enemy by travelling the swamp paths.

Once Marion showed his ability as a guerilla fighter he was commissioned a brigadier-general of South Carolina troops. Francis Marions is buried at Belle Isle Plantation Cemetery in Berkeley County, South Carolina, where his gravestone records that he “lived without fear, and died without reproach.”

This sculpture created by T.J. Dixon and James Nelson, is at the corner of Broad and Main in Greenville, South Carolina.

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‘Mad” Anthony Wayne

The statue of Revolutionary War General “Mad” Anthony Wayne stands at Valley Forge National Military Park, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

Anthony Wayne (January 1, 1745 - December 15, 1796), served as an army general and statesman. Wayne was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania and trained as a surveyor. When Revolutionary War broke out he immediately changed careers to that of a military officer. By his great military exploits and fiery personality he quickly gained a promotion to general and the nickname of “Mad Anthony Wayne”.

Many place names throughout the United States are now named for him. The comic character Batman was based upon his personality and even the movie actor, John Wayne, was named for him. See another view of this statue and read more about Anthony Wayne HERE.

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Monument to Benedict Arnold

Benedict Arnold was wounded in action twice, both times in the leg, while fighting with the rebels at Quebec and Saratoga. This monument honors his leg only, as he later switched sides and betrayed his country.

During his 1777 campaign, British General Burgoyne attempted to split New England away from the rest of the colonies. At Breyman Redoubt on the Saratoga battlefield, American forces, rallied by Benedict Arnold, broke through the British defenses, forcing a retreat of Burgoyne’s remaining troops. A few days later the King’s army was surrounded and forced to surrender.

Without the heroic actions of Benedict Arnold, the Americans would not have won the Battle of Saratoga. It was possibly during his long recuperation from the severe leg wound that he received there, he fell under the influence of his loyalist in-laws, and turned traitor. According to period letters and diaries, they worked on him incessantly, reminding him of the disrespect that General Gates had shown to him by relieving him of command just before the battle.

Some historians believe that had he not turned traitor, he would have gone down in history as one of America’s greatest patriots - almost at the lofty heights of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. Now his name is much worse than Dr. Mudd’s.

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General Thaddeus Kosciuszko

The monument to General Thaddeus Kosciuszko is located at Cooper River Park, Pennsauken, New Jersey.

Thaddeus Kosciuszko had come to America as a young man from Poland to offer his skills to the Revolutionary army. His life has got to be one of the most interesting of the American Revolution characters.

Kościuszko had been born in Lithuania-Poland and very well educated in military art and engineering. After the conquest of his country and the resulting cutbacks of its military, he went abroad where he was recruited in France by Silas Deane and Benjamin Franklin to help their American cause for freedom. In August of 1776, he arrived in America and began service as a volunteer. On 18 October 1776, Congress commissioned him as a Colonel of Engineers in the Continental Army, where he eventually became the head engineer.

While serving with the Continental Army, he read the Declaration of Independence and was greatly affected by it, as he found that it encompassed everything that he himself had always believed. Thereafter, he became a kindred spirit of the author of the Declaration, Thomas Jefferson, and spent many visits at Jefferson’s Virginia home, Monticello.

Kościuszko’s efforts added greatly to the American army. After the battle of Ticonderoga, General Washington put him in charge of military engineering at West Point, New York. Eventually Kosciuszko requested service with the Southern Army where he contributed even more to American victories.

After seven years of service, on 13 October 1783, Kościuszko, considered one of the greatest engineers in America, was granted American citizenship and promoted to Brigadier General. He was also admitted to the prestigious Society of the Cincinnati, one of only three foreigners allowed entrance.

See Wikipedia’s Tadeusz Kościuszko.

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Thompson-Neely House

December 1776:

Robert and Hannah Thompson were the owners of the Thompson-Neely House during the American Revolution. Now located at Washington Crossing Historic Park, it was one of the local houses, known as “flying hospitals”, used by the Army during the bitter winter 1776/1777. The hospital was probably attached to General Lord Stirling’s brigade, although he never had his headquarters here.

General Lord Stirling was the commanding officer of the American troops encamped along the Delaware River.

After the first Battle of Trenton, future American President James Monroe and William Washington, of Lord Stirling’s Brigade, were believed to have been brought back to the Thompson-Neely House to heal from the severe wounds they received in battle.

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