Rash's Surname Index
Notes for John CADWALADER
General in Continental Army, Aide to and friend of George Washington.
Fought in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. Fought duel with Gen. Thomas Conway on July 4, 1772 shooting him in the mouth.
He took part in public affairs prior to the revolutionary war, and, when the movement for independence began, was a member of the Philadelphia committee of safety. He was captain of a military company half derisively and half admiringly nicknamed "The Silk-Stocking Company," nearly all of whose members afterwards held commissions in the patriot army. On the formation of the City battalions, he was placed in command of one of them, and shortly afterwards was promoted
brigadier-general and placed in command of the Pennsylvania militia.
He cooperated in the capture of the Hessians at Trenton, 26 December 1776, and was present as a volunteer at the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. In the autumn of 1777, at the request of Washington, he assisted in organizing the militia of the eastern shore of Maryland. In the following winter, a combination against Washington was developed, which threatened to be formidable, and General Cadwalader challenged the most outspoken of the plotters, Thomas Conway. Cadwalader shot his antagonist in the mouth, and was himself unhurt. After the independence of the United States was secured, he removed to Maryland, and became a member of the state legislature. Cadwalader published "A Reply to General Joseph Reed's Remarks" (Philadelphia, 1783).
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