i think than moses hazen was quite frankly. i i see hazen as the pugilist. he was always really rather irritating as an individual from what i can see i think his commanding officer. saw him that certainly general knox at the end of it said that this was a man who was blessed with one of the most obstinate tempers he had ever seen. but it was the kind of temper that meant that this regiment continued in action through the rest of the war. but given this it starts going out for recruiting for congress's own so you can see what's going on here. you can't recruit for second canadian among all of them, but you can for congress's own guard here. it's got elite status. this sounds really good. this is better than just simply what the first pennsylvania really the first video. why not congress's own and they did tremendously. well this regiment was authorized a thousand men so much bigger than the common continental infantry regiment, but it was authorized a thousand and by this spring of 77. it was hitting close to 900 men had enlisted in this regiment now did the

i think than moses hazen was quite frankly. i i see hazen as the pugilist. he was always really rather irritating as an individual from what i can see i think his commanding officer. saw him that certainly general knox at the end of it said that this was a man who was blessed with one of the most obstinate tempers he had ever seen. but it was the kind of temper that meant that this regiment continued in action through the rest of the war. but given this it starts going out for recruiting for congress's own so you can see what's going on here. you can't recruit for second canadian among all of them, but you can for congress's own guard here. it's got elite status. this sounds really good. this is better than just simply what the first pennsylvania really the first video. why not congress's own and they did tremendously. well this regiment was authorized a thousand men so much bigger than the common continental infantry regiment, but it was authorized a thousand and by this spring of 77. it was hitting close to 900 men had enlisted in this regiment now did the

i got the first canadian, and moses hazen got the second canadian.o give you a little bit of background on moses hazen, he had actually been in the rangers during the seven years'war. and then, he had actually gotten a commission with the 44th regiment of foot, which ultimately led him to retire in the montreal region and right around saint-jean in canada itself. so, i'd like to point this out, here was an american who did get a british commission as opposed to washington who did not. and hazen actually was really, really torn about which way he was going to go in this conflict. he was getting a pension from the british government for his service during the seven years'war. he was right there on the borderlands, and if you can see it up there in canada, up along saint-jean, just south of montreal. would he give up that pension? would he give up those lands to join in this american rebellion? and at first, he wasn't sure. he was really on the fence in those borderlands which way he's gonna go. ultimately, in the end, of course, as we know, he decided