Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Captain Caldwell” in alphabetic letter B, entry group 6, entry blue-hen of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
... and very popular officer, and noted for his fondness for cock-fighting.
When officers were sent to his State to get recruits for the regiment, it was a common remark that they had gone for more of Captain Caldwell 's gamecocks.
The captain insisted that no cock could be truly game unless the mother was a blue hen; and the expression Blue hen's chickens was substituted for game-cocks, and finally applied to t...
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