{"id":32973,"date":"2018-06-27T09:41:04","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T13:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=32973"},"modified":"2018-07-06T08:08:50","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T12:08:50","slug":"revolutionary-war-veterans-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/revolutionary-war-veterans-part-4.html","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionary War Veterans \u2013 Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Estimates are that 92,000 American and French troops fought 314,000 British troops, Hessian mercenaries and loyalists during the American Revolutionary War. Of that number 25,000 Americans died in the war and an estimated 25,000 more were wounded.<\/p>\n

Their stories were told in America\u2019s newspapers \u2013 especially in the veterans\u2019 obituaries.<\/p>\n

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Illustration: \u201cHerkimer at the Battle of Oriskany,\u201d by Frederick Coffay Yohn. Although wounded, General Nicholas Herkimer rallies the Tryon County militia at the Battle of Oriskany on 6 August 1777. Credit: the public library of Utica, New York; Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here are just some of their stories that you can find in GenealogyBank\u2019s Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a>. We\u2019ve included the name of the newspaper and the exact page where you can find an article about that veteran.<\/p>\n

Camp, Phineas (1744-1843)<\/strong>
\nNew Hampshire
\nNew Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette<\/em> (Concord, New Hampshire), 17 August 1843, page 3<\/p>\n

Campbell, Samuel (1738-1824)<\/strong>
\nNew Hampshire
\nNew Hampshire Observer<\/em> (Portsmouth, New Hampshire), 4 October 1824, page 160<\/p>\n

Campbell, Samuel (1738-1824)<\/strong>
\nNew Hampshire, New York
\nBattles fought in: Oriskany
\nStatesman<\/em> (New York, New York), 24 September 1824, page 4<\/p>\n

Carpenter, Thomas (1762-1838)<\/strong>
\nNew York
\nNew York American for the Country<\/em> (New York, New York), 1 May 1838, page 4<\/p>\n

Caswell, Joseph (1755-1846)<\/strong>
\nNew Hampshire
\nRepublican Farmer<\/em> (Bridgeport, Connecticut), 3 March 1846, page 2<\/p>\n

Cavenaugh, Patrick (1739-1829)<\/strong>
\nPennsylvania
\nWashington Review and Examiner<\/em> (Washington, Pennsylvania), 11 April 1829, page 3<\/p>\n

Chandler, Samuel (-1852)<\/strong>
\nSouth Carolina
\nTimes-Picayune<\/em> (New Orleans, Louisiana), 2 March 1852, page 1<\/p>\n

Chapman, John (1753-1829)<\/strong>
\nMassachusetts
\nNewburyport Herald<\/em> (Newburyport, Massachusetts), 22 May 1829, page 3<\/p>\n

Chellis, Christopher (1758-1842)<\/strong>
\nNew Hampshire
\nNew Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette<\/em> (Concord, New Hampshire), 5 May 1842, page 3<\/p>\n

Church, Joshua (1770-1840)<\/strong>
\nVermont
\nBellows Falls Gazette<\/em> (Bellows Falls, Vermont), 15 August 1840, page 3<\/p>\n

Clark, Watris (1740-1820)<\/strong>
\nNew Hampshire
\nSpooner’s Vermont Journal<\/em> (Windsor, Vermont), 28 February 1820, page 3<\/p>\n

Clifford, John (1748-1842)<\/strong>
\nNew Jersey
\nBattles fought in: Monmouth, Long Island and White Plains
\nDaily National Intelligencer<\/em> (Washington, D.C.), 25 August 1842, page 3<\/p>\n

Cobleigh, Eleazer (1753-1847)<\/strong>
\nNew Hampshire, Vermont
\nBattles fought in: Bunker Hill and Trenton
\nTrumpet and Universalist Magazine<\/em> (Boston, Massachusetts), 10 July 1847, page 3<\/p>\n

Cochran, Matthew (about 1744-1844)<\/strong>
\nGeorgia
\nCharleston Courier<\/em> (Charleston, South Carolina), 12 November 1844, page 2
\nTimes-Picayune<\/em> (New Orleans, Louisiana), 19 November 1844, page 2<\/p>\n

Coddington, Robert (1760-1833)<\/strong>
\nNew Jersey, New York
\nChristian Intelligencer<\/em> (Portland, Maine), 31 August 1833, page 5
\nCommercial Advertiser<\/em> (New York, New York), 22 August 1833, page 2
\nEmporium and True American<\/em> (Trenton, New Jersey), 24 August 1833, page 3
\nSpectator<\/em> (New York, New York), 26 August 1833, page 1<\/p>\n

Cogswell, Rufus (1756-1856)<\/strong>
\nMassachusetts
\nWeekly Harold<\/em> (New York, New York), 5 July 1856, page 213<\/p>\n

Cole, George (1759-1828)<\/strong>
\nMaryland, Rhode Island
\nBattles fought in: Brandywine and Germantown
\nBaltimore Patriot<\/em> (Baltimore, Maryland), 23 August 1828, page 2<\/p>\n

Collins, James Potter (1763-1840)<\/strong>
\nLouisiana, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas
\nBattles fought in: King\u2019s Mountain
\nState Times Advocate <\/em>(Baton Rouge, Louisiana), 12 July 1961, page 3C<\/p>\n

Conradt, Peter (1756-1841)<\/strong>
\nNew York
\nAlbany Argus<\/em> (Albany, New York), 3 August 1841, page 2<\/p>\n

Costa, Andrew (1762-1853)<\/strong>
\nNew York
\nNew Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette<\/em> (Concord, New Hampshire), 16 February 1853, page 2<\/p>\n

Courtlandt, Philip Van (1749-1831)<\/strong>
\nNew York
\nBattles fought in: Stillwater and Bemis Heights
\nAlbany Argus<\/em> (Albany, New York), 15 November 1831, page 1<\/p>\n

Cowles, Ezekiel (1756-1850)<\/strong>
\nConnecticut
\nTimes<\/em> (Hartford, Connecticut), 24 August 1850, page 3<\/p>\n

Craig, Isaac (1742-1826)<\/strong>
\nMaryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania
\nBattles fought in: Germantown, Princeton, Trenton and Brandywine
\nBaltimore Gazette and Daily Advertiser<\/em> (Baltimore, Maryland), 27 May 1826, page 2
\nDaily National Journal<\/em> (Washington, D.C.), 3 June 1826, page 3
\nNational Journal<\/em> (Washington, D.C.), 3 June 1826, page 3
\nSouthern Patriot<\/em> (Charleston, South Carolina), 9 June 1826, page 2<\/p>\n

Craigue, William (1756-1848)<\/strong>
\nNew York
\nBattles fought in: Yorktown
\nSt. Albans Messenger<\/em> (St. Albans, Vermont), 9 February 1848, page 1<\/p>\n

Croghan, William (1752-1822)<\/strong>
\nNew York
\nEvening Post<\/em> (New York, New York), 9 October 1822, page 2
\nNational Advocate<\/em> (New York, New York), 10 October 1822, page 2<\/p>\n

Daggett, Henry (1757-1843)<\/strong>
\nConnecticut
\nCentinel of Freedom<\/em> (Newark, New Jersey), 25 July 1843, page 2<\/p>\n

Dales Denier, Lewis Frederick (1751-1837)<\/strong>
\nNew Hampshire
\nSalem Gazette<\/em> (Salem, Massachusetts), 3 March 1837, page 2<\/p>\n

Davie, William R. (-1820)<\/strong>
\nMassachusetts, North Carolina, South Carolina
\nBoston Intelligencer<\/em> (Boston, Massachusetts), 2 December 1820, page 2
\nHallowell Gazette<\/em> (Hallowell, Maine), 13 December 1820, page 4<\/p>\n

Davis, Daniel (1750-1851)<\/strong>
\nIdaho
\nMadison Daily Banner<\/em> (Madison, Indiana), 24 February 1851, page 3<\/p>\n

Davis, Hugh (1756-1843)<\/strong>
\nVirginia
\nAlexandria Gazette<\/em> (Alexandria, Virginia), 1 March 1843, page 3<\/p>\n

Delano, Amaziah (1758-1850)<\/strong>
\nMaine
\nBattles fought in: Bunker Hill
\nPortland Weekly Advertiser<\/em> (Portland, Maine), 26 November 1850, page 1<\/p>\n

Dismukes, John (1725-1818)<\/strong>
\nGeorgia
\nNewburyport Herald<\/em> (Newburyport, Massachusetts), 7 April 1818, page 3<\/p>\n

Dodge, Henry (1760-1821)<\/strong>
\nNew York, Quebec
\nBattles fought in: Quebec
\nAlbany Gazette<\/em> (Albany, New York), 2 January 1821, page 3<\/p>\n

Draper, James (1755-1843)<\/strong>
\nGeorgia, Virginia
\nBattles fought in: Guilford Courthouse
\nAlbany Evening Journal<\/em> (Albany, New York), 25 August 1843, page 2
\nDaily Atlas<\/em> (Boston, Massachusetts), 26 August 1843, page 2
\nGlobe<\/em> (Washington, D.C.), 24 August 1843, page 3<\/p>\n

Drinkwater, Samuel (1761-1853)<\/strong>
\nMassachusetts
\nNorfolk Advertiser<\/em> (Dedham, Massachusetts), 2 August 1834, page 3<\/p>\n

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