Eleazer Oswald
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Eleazer Oswald was born at Falmouth, Cornwall, in England, but moved to Virginia as a young man. He became apprenticed to a printer, John Holt of Williamsburg, Virginia, and married the man's daughter
Eleazer Oswald
Oswald was captured at the Battle of Quebec
Charles Lee
British light dragoon, 1775
Jeremiah Olney
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Colonel Jeremiah Olney was a Continental Army officer. Born into an old family from Rhode Island, he formed a company of infantry from that state at the start of the American Revolutionary War. After
Eleazer Oswald
…dispersed some British light dragoons, Lee sent John Durkee's brigade to support Oswald's guns. Almost immediately Durkee was wounded and replaced by Jeremiah Olney of the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment. Lee ordered La Fayette to take Wayne's original brigade and press the British left flank. Around 10:30 AM, Lee saw…
Site of Joseph Moulder's battery at Princeton. Hitchcock's brigade was to the right of this position.
Olney's brigade faced British grenadiers at Monmouth. Grenadier, 40th Foot.