ABOUT NATHANIEL RAMSEY
Delegate to the Colonial Congress of the Confederation who joined the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
He was a delegate to his state's 1775 convention on the topic of colonial independence.
He held a defensive line at the Battle of Monmouth against overwhelming odds.
His brother-in-law, Charles Willson Peale, painted portraits of many of the leading figures of the American Revolution.
He served under the command of General George Washington , who personally asked him to hold back the British until Washington's army arrived.
