Presbyterian minister James Caldwell

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Presbyterian minister James Caldwell was a prominent American Revolutionary War chaplain and patriot known for his fervent support of the Continental Army and his martyr-like death.

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Presbyterian minister James Caldwell canonical 1

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instanceOf American Revolutionary War chaplain ⓘ
Presbyterian minister ⓘ
patriot ⓘ
birthDate 1734-04-01 ⓘ
birthPlace Cub Creek, Virginia Colony ⓘ
causeOfDeath gunshot wound ⓘ
commemoratedBy local place names in New Jersey ⓘ
monuments in Elizabeth, New Jersey ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain ⓘ
United States ⓘ
deathDate 1781-11-24 ⓘ
deathPlace Elizabethtown, New Jersey ⓘ
educatedAt College of New Jersey ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scots-Irish American ⓘ
familyName Caldwell ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
hasPart parsonage at Connecticut Farms ⓘ
honorificPrefix Rev. ⓘ
involvedIn Presbyterian support for American independence ⓘ
knownFor fervent support of the American Revolution ⓘ
martyr-like death during the American Revolution ⓘ
patriotic sermons to Continental soldiers ⓘ
supplying hymn books as wadding for soldiers’ muskets at the Battle of Springfield ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath homicide ⓘ
militaryBranch Continental Army ⓘ
militaryRank chaplain ⓘ
movement Patriot cause in the American Revolution ⓘ
nickname The Fighting Parson ⓘ
notableEvent American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Battle of Springfield ⓘ
death of his wife Hannah Caldwell by British forces in 1780 ⓘ
notableWork service as chaplain in the Continental Army ⓘ
numberOfChildren 9 ⓘ
occupation chaplain ⓘ
minister ⓘ
placeOfBurial First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth, New Jersey ⓘ
positionHeld pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethtown ⓘ
relative Elias Boudinot ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian
religiousTitle Reverend ⓘ
residence Elizabethtown, New Jersey ⓘ
spouse Hannah Caldwell ⓘ
Hannah Ogden Caldwell ⓘ
workLocation Elizabethtown, New Jersey ⓘ

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North Caldwell, New Jersey → namedAfter → Presbyterian minister James Caldwell ⓘ