The Columbus Riflemen were a storied Columbus military unit that had been organized in 1837. They had served with valor in the Mexican War, the Civil War and the Spanish American War. It was a distinctively Columbus unit with its armory located in city hall. In 1916 they and the Caledonia Rifles were the Lowndes County companies in the Mississippi National Guard. That all soon changed.
On this day in history, June 28, 1778, Mary Ludwig Hays, wife of artilleryman William Hays, offered water to her husband’s regiment during the American Revolution and became known as Molly Pitcher.
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