The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . :— The last of thb Life Guards. Uzal Knapp, born, 1759;DIED, 1856. MoNJiouTH, Yalley Foege, ToRKTOwif. On the oppositeside:—Erected by the Newbuegh Guards, Company F., 19th Regiment,N. Y. S. M., June, 1860. It is surrounded by a chain supported by graniteposts, and is flanked by two pieces of heavy cannon. The monument wasdesigned by H. X. Brown, tlie sculptor. D D ilr. Kuapp, the recipient of these honours, was, for a long time, theouly surviving member of the body-guard of ^Vashington, which wasorganised at Boston in the spring of 1776, and contin
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . :— The last of thb Life Guards. Uzal Knapp, born, 1759;DIED, 1856. MoNJiouTH, Yalley Foege, ToRKTOwif. On the oppositeside:—Erected by the Newbuegh Guards, Company F., 19th Regiment,N. Y. S. M., June, 1860. It is surrounded by a chain supported by graniteposts, and is flanked by two pieces of heavy cannon. The monument wasdesigned by H. X. Brown, tlie sculptor. D D ilr. Kuapp, the recipient of these honours, was, for a long time, theouly surviving member of the body-guard of ^Vashington, which wasorganised at Boston in the spring of 1776, and continued throughout thewar. They were selected from all the regiments of the Continental Army,and chosen for their peculiar fitness of person and moral character. was a sergeant of the Guard, and was presented by W^ashingtonwith a badge of Military Merit—the American Legion of Honour. In theautumn of 1855, the writer was at a public dinner where the old guardsmanwas a guest. He was then almost ninety-six years of age, AVhen he was. about to leave the table, the company arose. The veteran addressed a fewwords to them, and concluded by inviting them all to his funeral! Justfour months afterwards he died, and many who were at the feast were atthe burial. By permission of his family, the citizens of Newburgh, afterhis body had lain in state for three days, buried him at the foot of theflag-staff, near the old head-quarters of his chief, where he had watchedand sported three-quarters of a century before. It was over that gravethe monument we have delineated was recently erected. The natural scenery around Kewburgh has aru^^spect of mingled THE HUDSON. 203 grandeur and beauty, peculiar and unrivalled. Before the town is thelofty range of the Fishkill Mountains, on which signal fires were lightedduring the revolution ; and the group of the Highlands, through whichthe Hudson flows. These are reflected in a broad and beautiful bay, atall times animated with a variety of water-
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