Thomas Knowlton's rangers defending New York City. He was promoted to captain and in March 1776, commanded a small unit of Lt.
When his militia unit participated in the Siege of Boston, Hale remained behind, but, on July 6, 1775, he joined the regular Continental Army's 7th Connecticut Regiment under Colonel Charles Webb of Stamford. After the Revolutionary War began in 1775, he joined a Connecticut militia and was elected first lieutenant. Graduating with first-class honors in 1773, Nathan became a teacher, first in East Haddam and later in New London. The Hale brothers belonged to the Yale literary fraternity, Linonia, which debated topics in astronomy, mathematics, literature, and the ethics of slavery. Nathan was a classmate of fellow patriot spy Benjamin Tallmadge. In 1768, when he was thirteen years old, he was sent with his brother Enoch to Yale College. Nathan Hale was born in Coventry, Connecticut in 1755. He is probably best remembered for his purported last words before being hanged: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Hale has long been considered an American hero and, in 1985, he was officially designated the state hero of Connecticut. He volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission in New York City but was captured by the British. Nathan Hale (J– September 22, 1776) was a soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
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