At the time when Colonel Croghan and I were inmates of the same house, he was in his fourteenth year. No incident occurred during that early period sufficiently interesting to find a place in his history; yet even then, his conduct exhibited a happy combination of those talents and principles which have already procured for him the admiration and gratitude of his country. Though ingenuous in his disposition and unassuming and conciliating in his manner, he was remarkable for discretion and steadiness. His opinions, when once formed, were maintained with modest but persevering firmness; and the propriety of his decisions generally justified the spirit with which they were defended. Yet, though rigid in his adherence to principle and in his estimate of what was right or improper, in cases of minor importance he was all compliance. I never met a youth who would so cheerfully sacrifice every personal gratification for the wishes or accommodations of his friends. In sickness and disappointment he evinced patience and fortitude which could not have been exceeded by any veteran in the schools of misfortune or philosophy. If I were asked to name the most prominent features of his character, or, rather, the prevailing dispositions of his mind at this period, I should answer, decision and urbanity; the former resulted from the uncommon and estimable qualities of his understanding, and the latter came from the concentration of all the “sweet charities of life” in his heart. I have seldom seen Colonel Croghan during the last eight years; but I subjoin the testimony of those who have observed him during that whole period. An intelligent young gentleman who was his associate in study and in arms has given me the following brief sketch of Colonel Croghan’s military career. I am transmitting his account together with such corroborative and additional facts as I have collected from other sources.