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James Caldwell (April 1734 – November 24, 1781) was a Presbyterian minister who played a prominent part in the American Revolution.
James Caldwell, the “Fighting Chaplain,” dropped dead. Commander Lieutenant Woodruff immediately arrested James Morgan. Two months later he was tried for murder. At the trial, a guard on duty at the time of the shooting testified that, shortly after James Caldwell’s arrival, he had told Morgan that he had no business on board ship.
The guard, James Morgan, overreacted and suddenly shot Caldwell, killing him. The death was shocking and Morgan was tried and convicted of murder, punished with a hanging the following January. The Caldwell children were now orphaned and were taken care of by friends and family.
James Caldwell (April 1734 – November 24, 1781) was a Presbyterian minister who played a prominent part in the American Revolution. ==Biography==. Caldwell was born in Cub Creek in Charlotte County, Virginia, the seventh son of John and Margaret Caldwell, who were Scots-Irish settlers.
James Caldwell (Ohio politician) (1770–1838), U.S. Representative from Ohio, son on James Caldwell (1724–1804), an Irish emigrant who founded Wheeling, West Virginia.
On June 23, 1780, Rev. Caldwell helped the Patriot troops defeat the British at the Battle of Springfield, near the border between Union and Springfield, which prevented the enemy from getting to Morristown and capturing Gen. George Washington.
He is remembered as The Fighting Parson of the Revolution. He became Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth, New Jersey (called Elizabethtown then) in 1762. When the Revolutionary war started he threw his full backing into the Patriot cause, and served first as an Army Chaplain,...
James Caldwell (1747-1829) was a successful retail merchant and innovator in Albany, New York, and one of the early developers of the Lake George area. He was born in Presbyterian northwest Ireland, which was becoming increasingly Catholic.
Killed in Elizabethtown, NJ on 24 Nov 1781 by a sentinel in a dispute over a package. It was suspected that the sentinel was in league with a British plot to assassinate the parson and the sentinel was tried and hanged. Born in Cub Creek, Charlotte County, VA in Apr 1734.
James Caldwell (November 30, 1770 – May 5, 1838) was the first member of the United States House of Representatives to represent Ohio's 4th congressional district. [1]