STORIES OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS
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Robert Kirkwood
" Robert Kirkwood was a native of Newcastle County, Delaware. When the oppression of mother Britain became so intolerable that forbearance was no longer a virtue, Robert Kirkwood exchanged the implements of agriculture for the sword and entered the Delaware regiment under Colonel Hazlet with the commission of Lieutenant. He[Pg 446] was in thirty-two battles during the war and received the highest praise from every general officer under whom he served. At the battle of Camden fought by General Gates, the Delaware regiment was reduced to 195 men who were formed into a company under the command of Capt. Kirkwood. A particular history of his bold exploits would fill a respectable volume. At the close of the war he was brevet Major. He was a universal favorite and richly deserved to be so. He fell fighting under General St. Clair on the 4th of November 1791."
Source: The Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson