Posts & Pages Tagged With: "Delaware Regiment"
The Last Mustering of the Delaware Continentals
An act of the Second Continental Congress established the Delaware Regiment on December 9, 1775. Delawareans were eager to fight for independence from Great Britain, and the regiment quickly grew to over 700 men in 1776. The regiment was initially commanded by Colonel John Haslet (killed at Princeton), later Colonel David Hall, and eventually Captain […]
Robert Kirkwood, Jr.
NCC-34: Born in 1756, Robert Kirkwood, Jr. spent his youth on the family farm several miles north of Newark. Kirkwood eventually enrolled at the Newark Academy, later to become the University of Delaware. When the American Revolution began, Kirkwood was commissioned first lieutenant in the Delaware Regiment under the command of Colonel John Haslet. He […]
