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Vllillitv.! In this connection, a paragraph ii in the ‘ History of Sullivan and | Greene Counties” (1844) is in-! teresting. It is here stated that Handy Handiy, (who is probably the same as the Hardy Hanly given in the above list), a soldier of the Revolution, is buried in the Carlisle Cemetery. Handiy (or Hanly) is said to have been ‘‘one of the guard selected by Washington to watch and keep up the fires during the night before the Battle of Trenton, in order to deceive the British commander as to the real movements of the Americans.”Titn Mrl IVAaII Af VlAlii fTAf
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Carlisle News

Carlisle, Indiana, US

Fri, Apr 29, 1921

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