Everything about Moses Hazen totally explained
Moses Hazen (
June 1,
1733 –
February 5,
1803), was a
Brigadier General in the
Continental Army during the
American Revolutionary War.
Early life
Hazen was born in
Haverhill,
Massachusetts to an old
New England Puritan family.
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.
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.
On
June 29,
1781, Hazen was promoted to Brigadier General and assigned command of a
brigade under
Lafayette during the
Siege of Yorktown.
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.
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