Moses Hazen
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| Moses Hazen | |
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| June 1, 1733 – February 5, 1803 | |
 Congress Own Regiment |
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| Place of birth | Haverhill, Massachusetts |
| Place of death | Troy, New York |
| Service/branch | Army |
| Years of service | Continental Army: 1775-1783 |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Unit | Roger Rangers, Congress' Own Regiment |
| Battles/wars | |
Moses Hazen (June 1, 1733 – February 5, 1803), was a Brigadier General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
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[edit] Early life
Hazen was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts to an old New England Puritan family.[1][2]
During the French and Indian War, he served as an officer in Rogers' Rangers at the Fortress of Louisbourg and Quebec. For his services in the war, Hazen was given a commission as a Lieutenant in the 44th Regiment of Foot in the British Army.
Hazen fought at the Battle of Sainte-Foy where he was severely wounded.
[edit] Revolutionary War
At the start of the Revolutionary War, Hazen was living on half-pay in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, in Canada. He joined the side of the Americans after being arrested by both the United States and later by the British as a spy during 1775.
In 1776 Hazen received a commission as a Colonel of the Continental Army's 2nd Canadian Regiment, also called Congress' Own Regiment or Hazen's Regiment. His property in Iberville, Quebec was soon taken by the royal government. Colonel Hazen led his regiment at the Battles of Brandywine and Germantown.
In 1779 or 1780, Hazen continued construction of the Bayley Hazen Military Road from Newbury, Vermont, to Hazens Notch in northern Vermont. This purpose of this road was to invade Canada. It was never used for that purpose, but it was instrumental in the settlement of that area.[3]
On June 29, 1781, Hazen was promoted to Brigadier General and assigned command of a brigade under Lafayette during the Siege of Yorktown.
[edit] After the war
After the Revolutionary War, General Hazen received a grant of land in northern New York. He died in Troy, New York where he was buried.
On May 26, 1828, Congress authorized a payment of $3,998.81 to Hazen's legal representatives to recover the 1/2 pay lost to him when he joined the American forces.
[edit] References
- ^ Hazen at the Battle of Sainte-Foy. Hazen genealogy in Historic-Genealogical Register, XXXIII
- ^ Sergeant James Thompson had the mistaken idea that Hazen was Jewish. In his diary, “The Fraser’s Highlanders,” he describes the retreat from Ste. Foy as follows: “On the way, I fell in with a Captain Moses Hazen, a jew,..." The Battalion] retrieved April 29, 2008
- ^ RootsWeb. The Hazen Military Road. Retrieved on 2007-01-03.
[edit] External links
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Hazen at the Battle of Sainte-Foy
- Moses Hazen with the Roger's Rangers
