Nathan Hale (colonel)

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See Nathan Hale for the Revolutionary War, American spy of Connecticut.

Nathan Hale (1743-1780) was born on Sept. 23 1743 in Hampstead, New Hampshire. As a young man he and his brother Enoch Hale moved to Rindge, New Hampshire. During the American Revolutionary War Nathan Hale served as an officer in the 2nd New Hampshire Regiment rising to the rank of Colonel. Colonel Nathan Hale was captured by the British at the Battle of Hubbardton on July 7, 1777 during the Saratoga Campaign. Nathan Hale would die as a prisoner of war on September 23, 1780 at New York City.

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• A List of The Revolutionary Soldiers of Dublin, New Hampshire by Samuel Carroll Derby Press of Spahr & Glenn, Columbus, Ohio 1901
• Travels Through the Interior Parts of America 1776-1781 Volumes 1 and 2, Thomas Anburey, Houghton Mifflin Company 1923