Excerpt from Quips and Cranks, 1903, Vol. 7By inheritance a patriot, by education a leader, William Davidson was appointed Major in one of the four new regiments called into service by the Provincial Congress that met at Halifax in April 1776. Under the com mand of General Francis Nash, Major Davidson s regiment (the fourth) marched at once to the North to reinforce the army of General Washington. In the three years that followed the North Carolina troops served faithfully, doing well their duty in the battles of Princeton and Brandywine, and win ning unlimited praise in the battle of Germantown. For personal gallantry on this last occasion Major Davidson's rank was raised to Lieutenant Colonel.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.