Produced by Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) REMINISCENCES OF THE MILITARY LIFE AND SUFFERINGS OF COL. TIMOTHY BIGELOW, COMMANDER OF THE FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS LINE IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY, DURING THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION. BY CHARLES HERSEY. WORCESTER: PRINTED BY HENRY J. HOWLAND, 212 Main Street. 1860. Transcriber's Note: Minor spelling and typographical errors have been corrected without note. A table of contents, though not present in the original publication, has been provided below: I. A MONUMENT TO COL. BIGELOW. II. EARLY EFFORTS FOR LIBERTY. III. THE MINUTE MEN. IV. MAJOR BIGELOW A PRISONER. V. IN PENNSYLVANIA. VI. AT VALLEY FORGE. VII. THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH. VIII. THE SLAUGHTER AT WYOMING. IX. SCOUTING. X. DISASTERS AT THE SOUTH. XI. BATTLE AT YORKTOWN. XII. CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTION. TO COL. T. BIGELOW LAWRENCE, A GREAT GRANDSON OF THE HERO OF THESE PAGES, I Dedicate this feeble effort. It is written to perpetuate the memory of one of WORCESTER'S MOST ILLUSTRIOUS SONS, and also of HIS COMPANIONS IN ARMS, WHO FOR EIGHT YEARS STRUGGLED SO HARD TO GAIN THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE COLONIES. INTRODUCTION.