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Mary Ludwig Hays (October 13, 1754 – January 22, 1832) was a woman who fought in the American War of Independence at the Battle of Monmouth. The woman behind the Molly Pitcher story is most often identified as Hays, but it is likely that the legend is an amalgam of more than one woman seen on the battlefield that day.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 February 2025. Nickname for women fighting in the American Revolutionary War Not to be confused with Moll Pitcher. Print of Molly Pitcher (Currier and Ives) Molly Pitcher is a nickname given to a woman who fought in the American Revolutionary War. She is most often identified as Mary Ludwig Hays, who ...
According to the legend of Molly Pitcher, Mary Hays, the wife of William Hays, a soldier in Proctor's 4th Continental Artillery, was bringing pitchers of water from a nearby spring to the cannon crews when she saw her husband collapse. Mary is then reported to have picked up the rammer, joined the gun crew, and continued to work the cannon for ...
Early in 1861, the Missouri State Guard was formed as a replacement to a state militia force that had previously been in existence. [citation needed] Sterling Price was selected by Governor Jackson to command the unit. [1] Volunteers for the Missouri State Guard were organized into companies of 50 to 100 men, which were then assigned to regiments.
The 2nd Company, Rhode Island State Artillery Regiment was mustered into state service on December 23, 1776, at Providence and disbanded on June 1, 1780. The North Providence Rangers were also mustered into state service during the War of 1812 as Captain John Wood’s Company, Wood’s State Corps, at Fort Adams, Rhode Island. In 1824 the North ...
The 1st Field Artillery Regiment was constituted on 29 June 1917 in the Missouri National Guard as the 1st Field Artillery, and organized from new and existing units. It was drafted into Federal service on 5 August 1917 after American entry into World War I , redesignated on 1 October 1917 as the 128th Field Artillery, and assigned to the 35th ...
Organized at St. Louis, Mo., as 1st Regiment, Missouri Artillery, U. S. Reserve Corps, September 16 to November 6, 1861. Designation changed to 2nd Missouri Artillery November 20, 1861, and assigned to duty in forts about St. Louis till September, 1863. Consolidated to a Battalion of 5 Companies September 29, 1863.
1st Missouri Light Artillery Regiment was a artillery unit from Missouri that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The unit began its service as the 1st Missouri Infantry Regiment , but converted to an artillery regiment in September 1861 and was brought up to a strength of 12 companies.