liberty which inspired the whole, they were most confident in the rectitude of their cause, in which they were thoroughly instructed by James Otis, who led the forlorn hope of the revolution, John Adams, Quincy, Hancock, Samuel Adams, and other enlightened patriots. And they were fighting battles more peculiarly their own, in defence of their wives, children and homes. But the more animating consideration to them as soldiers, was the chivalrous reputation of their ancestors and themselves, who had been in constant battle and constant victory against their formidable savage foe, and had more recently proved at Nova Scotia and Louisbourgh that they were equally formidable against the civilized troops of Europe.

MAJORS

Edward Barns,

Timothy Bigelow,
Thomas Mitchell,
John Jacobs,
Abiel Mitchell,
Ebenezer Sprout,
Ephraim Sawyer,
Calvin Smith,
Ezra Putnam,
David Leonard,
Henry Wood,
Thomas Poor,
John Brooks,
Jeremiah Cady,
Daniel Wood,

MAJORS

Jonathan Holman,
Michael Jackson,
John Butterick,
Benjamin Tupper,
Willard Moore,

Nathaniel Cudworth,

Nathaniel Danielson,

Jotham Loring,
Joseph Vose,
William Stacy,

Gabriel Johonnot,
James Collins,

Abijah Brown,

Isaac Smith,

Loammi Baldwin.

James Westop.

The regiment of artillery was organized under Colonel Richard Gridley, Lieutenant Colonel William Burbeck, Majors David Mason and Scarborough Gridley, and ten captains, with one six, two brass four, and six iron three pound cannon.

Rhode Island had sent a regiment to Massachusetts imbued with the determined spirit of civil and religious liberty, which the founder of their state maintained through every peril. Colonel Green* was their commander, one of the most promising heroes of the revolution. The elements of a soldier were so mixed in him, that the wise already foresaw his elevated rank among warriors the most distinguished. Under him were Lieutenant Colonel Olny and Major Boxan, experienced English soldiers. Two field pieces were attached to the

corps.

The hardy yeomanry of New Hampshire, beneath whose ponderous strokes the formidable forests and the savages who inhabited them had been levelled with the ground, who had been used to little control but what the God of Nature imposed, were moved with indignation at approaching tyranny. They flocked as volunteers to the neighbourhood of

* The accomplished scholar, Judge Johnson, is about presenting the public a biography of this hero.

Boston, and chose Colonel Stark, Lieutenant Colonel Wyman and Major M-Clary their leaders.

Their colonel was worthy to command this formidable band; he had been a distinguished captain of Provincial Rangers received into the service of the crown, was at Quebec under General Wolfe, and enjoyed half pay as a British officer, an offering he made with other sacrifices for the good of his country.

Their major also was a favourite officer. Six feet and a half in height, with a Herculean form in perfect proportions, a voice like Stentor and strength of Ajax ; ever unequalled in athletic exercises, and unsubdued in single combat, whole bodies of men had been overcome by him, and he seemed totally unconscious that he was not equally unconquerable at the cannon's mouth. His mind and character were of the same grand and energetic cast with his person; and though deficient in the advantages of finished education, he had been a member of the state legislature, and his mercantile concerns were extensive.

These troops were followed by another regiment from New Hampshire, which arrived on the fifteenth of June, under Colonel Reed, Lieutenant Colonel Gilman and Major Hale.