Note 3 — How Once Upon A Time The Blue Hen’s Chickens Went To War.
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Brigadier General Thomas Mifflin wrote to Mr. Reed in January of 1777, “The officers (of the Delaware Regiment) in particular deserve the thanks and esteem of their country for the readiness shown by them to turn out on all occasions.”
“One paragraph of the old man’s letter is very full of the great honor obtained by the Delaware Battalion in the affair at Long Island. From the unparalleled bravery they showed in view of all the Generals and troops within the lines, who alternately praised and pitied them.”
Letter from Caesar Rodney to his brother.
Through the Revolutionary War, Delaware furnished more men in proportion to its size than any other colony in the Union.