It is about six feet in height, and is surmounted by a large recumbent wreath. On the river-front are the words : -- " The last of the Life Guards. TJzal Knapp, boen, 1759; DIED, 1856. Monmouth, Yalley Forge, Toektown." On the opposite side: -- "Erected by the Newburgh Guards, Company F., 19th Regiment, IS". Y. S. M., June, 1860." It is surrounded by a chain supported by granite posts, and is flanked by two pieces of heavy cannon. The monument was designed by H. K. Brown, the sculptor.

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Mr. Knapp, the recipient of these honours, was, for a long time, the only surviving member of the body-guard of Washington, which was organised at Boston in the spring of 1776, and continued throughout the war. They were selected from all the regiments of the Continental Army, and chosen for their peculiar fitness of person and moral character. Mr. Knapp was a sergeant of the Guard, and was presented by Washington with a badge of Military Merit -- the American Legion of Honour. In the autumn of 1855, the writer was at a public dinner where the old guardsman was a guest. He was then almost ninety-six years of age. When he was

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about to leave the table, the company arose. The veteran addressed a few words to them, and concluded by inviting them all to his funeral ! Just four months afterwards he died, and many who were at the feast were at the burial. By permission of his family, the citizens of Newburgh, after his body had lain in state for three days, buried him at the foot of the flag-staff, near the old head-quarters of his chief, where he had watched and sported three-quarters of a centui'y before. It was over that grave the monument we have delineated was recently erected.