The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants . ifle company from Pennsyl-vania on their way to Boston. Captain Dou-dels company from Yorktown with LieutenantHenry Miller in command—the first companywest and south of the Hudson—belonging toCol. Thompsons regiment, afterwards Handsand bearing the first commission issued byCongress after Washingtons. Yorktown of-fered so many men that the young lieutenant—he was only 24—chalked a very small nose ona barn-door, Til take only the men
The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants . ifle company from Pennsyl-vania on their way to Boston. Captain Dou-dels company from Yorktown with LieutenantHenry Miller in command—the first companywest and south of the Hudson—belonging toCol. Thompsons regiment, afterwards Handsand bearing the first commission issued byCongress after Washingtons. Yorktown of-fered so many men that the young lieutenant—he was only 24—chalked a very small nose ona barn-door, Til take only the men thnt can hit thatnose at one hundred and fifty yards. said he. Take care of your nose. General Gage, saidthe newspapers of the time. Both Yorktown and Lieutenant Miller after-wards became noted in Revolutionary hundred ritles filled his ranks as they toomarched on to Kingsbridge. The arrived at Boston July25, at I p. m. The march had consumedtwenty-five days, the distance traveledbeing nearly five hundred miles. Con-sidering the heat of the season and theaverage number of miles traveled daily,this was a remarkable record. But the. Captain Michael Doudel (abo spelled ) was a citizen of York. Pa., and aman of some means. He conmianded the of riflemen from June 26 to « 1775- 111 health caused his re:iremen:from the army during the siege of Boston. Hewas born in 1730 and died at York in iSoo. exigencies of the time imparted enthusi-asm and energy that permitted of nodelay. They were in reality the first troopsthat arrived in New England from westof the Hudson river, or south of LongIsland Sound. They received much at-tention and aroused great enthusiasmand curiosity. A Novelty in War—Outfit and Motto John .Adams in one of his letters de-scribes these Pennsylvania rirlemen as an excellent species of light infantry. Thoyuse a peculiar kind of musket, called a has a circular bore or groove witliin thebar
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