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Jethro New enlisted in the 2nd Delaware Regiment and fought in the Battle of Cowpens (Jan 1781). The battle was turning point in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War, as it was a decisive victory for the Continental Army. Battle of Cowpens Cowpens is located near the border between the Carolinas in the backcountryContinue reading “Jethro New | Battle of Cowpens”

Jethro New, originally from Delaware, died in Indiana in the 1820s, a veteran of the Revolutionary War and father of a dozen children, several of whom became politicians and religious leaders in Southern Indiana. In their biographies and family histories, they recount the tale that Jethro New, as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, wasContinue reading “Jethro New | Guard for a Spy”