Hearts of Oak (New York militia)

Hearts of Oak (New York militia)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=Hearts of Oak


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country=
allegiance=Province of New York (later - State of New York)
type= militia
branch=
dates=1775-1776
specialization=coastal artillery, field artillery
command_structure=New York Militia
size=60
current_commander=
garrison=
ceremonial_chief=
nickname=The Corsicans
motto=
colors=Green and red
march=
mascot=
battles=
notable_commanders=Alexander Hamilton
anniversaries=

The Hearts of Oak (originally, "The Corsicans") were a volunteer militia in the British colonial Province of New York as part of the Thirteen Colonies. Formed c. 1775 in New York City, among its members were students at King's College (now Columbia University) such as Nicholas Fish, Robert Troup, and perhaps most famously, Alexander Hamilton. [Chernow, Ron. "Alexander Hamilton". Penguin Press, (2004) (ISBN 1-59420-009-2).] The company would drill in the graveyard of nearby St. Paul's Chapel before classes in uniforms they designed themselves, consisting of short green tight-fitting jackets, a round leather hat with a cockade and the phrase "Liberty or Death" on the band, and a badge of red tin hearts on their jackets with the words "God and Our Right". [Chernow, .] In August of 1775 the Hearts of Oak participated in a successful raid, while under fire from the HMS "Asia", to seize cannon from the Battery, thereby becoming an artillery unit thereafter. [Chernow.] In 1776 Hamilton was given a commission as a Captain by the revolutionary New York Provincial Congress with instructions to raise the New York Provincial Company of Artillery (today the Regular Army's [http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/FA/5FieldArtilleryRegiment.htm 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery] ) and the mission to protect Manhattan Island. The Hearts of Oak formed its core. [Chernow,.]

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