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Title: Reminiscences of the Military Life and Sufferings of Col. Timothy Bigelow, Commander of the Fifteenth Regiment of the Massachusetts Line in the Continental Army, during the War of the Revolution

Author: Charles Hersey

Release Date: February 18, 2008 [EBook #24634]

Language: English

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REMINISCENCES

OF THE

MILITARY LIFE AND SUFFERINGS

OF

COL. TIMOTHY BIGELOW,

COMMANDER OF THE FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS LINE IN
THE CONTINENTAL ARMY, DURING

THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION.

BY CHARLES HERSEY.

WORCESTER:
PRINTED BY HENRY J. HOWLAND,
212 Main Street.
1860.

Transcriber's Note:

Minor spelling and typographical errors have been corrected without
note. A table of contents, though not present in the original
publication, has been provided below:

I. A MONUMENT TO COL. BIGELOW.
II. EARLY EFFORTS FOR LIBERTY.
III. THE MINUTE MEN.
IV. MAJOR BIGELOW A PRISONER.
V. IN PENNSYLVANIA.
VI. AT VALLEY FORGE.
VII. THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH.
VIII. THE SLAUGHTER AT WYOMING.
IX. SCOUTING.
X. DISASTERS AT THE SOUTH.
XI. BATTLE AT YORKTOWN.
XII. CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTION.

TO
COL. T. BIGELOW LAWRENCE,
A GREAT GRANDSON OF TH