Colonel George Dashiell Chapter NSDARNormangee, Texas |
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Our chapter was named for
Colonel George Dashiell who was a
prominent soldier of Somerset County, Maryland. Pat Melville writing for
the Maryland State Archives' newsletter, The Archivists' Bulldog,
wrote, "During the American Revolution, popular sentiment on the Lower
Eastern Shore of Maryland leaned toward the British cause or
indifference. Many citizens were more concerned about preserving their
property, especially slaves, than about defending a new nation and new
state government. Efforts to recruit men for military service, even in
the local militia, produced meager results. The men who did join might
show up for training or duty sessions, or they might decide some other
task was more important." Colonel George Dashiell was able to overcome
these difficulties and was in command of the companies who resisted the
British attempt to take over the southern half of the Delmarva Peninsula
on the Chesapeake Bay. |