Ohio archæological and historical quarterly (1887)
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe · leaf 409
sis of one of the threedays fighting, when a Tennessee regiment shook under a tremen-dous concentric fire, Croghan rushed to the front and, taking offhis hat, the wind tossing his gray hair, shouted: Men of Ten-nessee, your fathers conquered with Jackson at New Orleans —follow me! The stirring… … devices, in testimony of the high sense entertained by Congressof his gallantry and good conduct in the defense of Fort Ste-phenson, Ohio. After the Mexican war, Col. Croghan was again stationedat New Orleans where he died of cholera, January 8, 1849, expiring just as the sound of the last gun…
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