Records of the Revolutionary War: Containing the Military and Financial Correspondence of Distinguished Officers; Names of the Officers and Privates of Regiments, Companies, and Corps, with the Dates of Their Commissions and Enlistments; General Orders of Washington, Lee, and Greene, at Germantown and Valley Forge; with a List of Distinguished Prisoners of War; the Time of Their Capture, Exchange, Etc. To which is Added the Half-pay Acts of the Continental Congress; the Revolutionary Pension Laws; and a List of the Officers of the Continental Army who Acquired the Right to Half-pay, Commutation, and LandsPudney & Russell, 1858 - 554 strani |
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... Lieutenant - colonel in the fifth Vir- ginia regiment , and was arranged as such to the First Regiment in in the year 1783. But it is further remarked on this arrangement , that Lieutenant - colonel Oliver Towles retired , and that ...
... Lieutenant - colonel in the fifth Vir- ginia regiment , and was arranged as such to the First Regiment in in the year 1783. But it is further remarked on this arrangement , that Lieutenant - colonel Oliver Towles retired , and that ...
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... Lieutenant - colonel . Transferred to 2d regiment . Jeremiah Gilman , Lieutenant - colonel . Commissioned September 20 , 1777 . William Scott , Jeremiah Gilman , Major . do . do . do . do . do . Benjamin Kimball , Paymaster and Lieutenant ...
... Lieutenant - colonel . Transferred to 2d regiment . Jeremiah Gilman , Lieutenant - colonel . Commissioned September 20 , 1777 . William Scott , Jeremiah Gilman , Major . do . do . do . do . do . Benjamin Kimball , Paymaster and Lieutenant ...
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... Lieutenant - colonel . Transferred to 2d regiment . Jeremiah Gilman , Lieutenant - colonel . Commissioned September 20 , 1777 . William Scott , Jeremiah Gilman , Major . do . do . do . do . do . Benjamin Kimball , Paymaster and Lieutenant ...
... Lieutenant - colonel . Transferred to 2d regiment . Jeremiah Gilman , Lieutenant - colonel . Commissioned September 20 , 1777 . William Scott , Jeremiah Gilman , Major . do . do . do . do . do . Benjamin Kimball , Paymaster and Lieutenant ...
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... Lieutenant . Commissioned as Ensign November 8 , 1776. Promoted to Lieutenant January 10 , 1778 . Bazaleel Hower , Second - Lieutenant . Commissioned November 8 , 1776. Served to the end of the war . Non - commissioned Officers for ...
... Lieutenant . Commissioned as Ensign November 8 , 1776. Promoted to Lieutenant January 10 , 1778 . Bazaleel Hower , Second - Lieutenant . Commissioned November 8 , 1776. Served to the end of the war . Non - commissioned Officers for ...
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... Lieutenant - colonel . Simeon Thayer , Major . Thomas Waterman , Lieutenant and Adjutant . Samuel Tenny , Surgeon . Elias Cornelius , Surgeon's Mate . CAPTAINS . William Allen , William Tew , Stephen Olney , Coggeshall Olney , William ...
... Lieutenant - colonel . Simeon Thayer , Major . Thomas Waterman , Lieutenant and Adjutant . Samuel Tenny , Surgeon . Elias Cornelius , Surgeon's Mate . CAPTAINS . William Allen , William Tew , Stephen Olney , Coggeshall Olney , William ...
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Abraham Adams Adjutant Alexander Andrew Appointed April 18 April 25 April 9 army Artillery August Benjamin Bombardier Brigade camp Captain Captain-lieutenant Captured June Charles Colonel command Commissioned Jan Commissioned January Commissioned November 21 COMPANY Congress Corporal Daniel David Davis December Deserted April died Discharged dollars Drummer Ebenezer Edward Enlisted Enlisted enlisted Feb Ensign Fifer First-lieutenant Flying-Camp Fort Montgomery Fort Washington Francis Furloughed George Gunner half-pay Henry honor Hugh Isaac Jacob James January 9 Jeremiah JOHN PIERCE Johnson Jonathan Jones Joseph Joshua July July 24 June 21 Killed Lewis Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-colonel Major March Maryland Matrosses Matthew Michael Moses Nathaniel Non-commissioned Officers November 16 obedient servant Patrick Paymaster Paymaster-general Peter Philip Promoted Quartermaster received Regiment Regt returned in Capt Richard Robert Samuel Second-lieutenant Sept Sergeant Served SIR-I STOOD Surgeon Thomas Thompson Three Rivers Timothy troops VALLEY FORGE Virginia Washington William York
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Stran 441 - We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.
Stran 496 - An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory.
Stran 490 - That all the lands within the territory so ceded to the United States, and not reserved for or appropriated to any of the before-mentioned purposes, or disposed of in bounties to the officers and soldiers of the American Army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said States...
Stran 489 - September last ; that is to say, upon condition that the territory so ceded shall be laid out and formed Into states, containing a suitable extent of territory, not less than one hundred nor more than one hundred and fifty miles square...
Stran 489 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Stran 471 - An incessant attention to preserve inviolate those exalted rights and liberties of human nature for which they have fought and bled, and without which the high rank of a rational being is a curse instead of a blessing.
Stran 471 - ... the officers of the American avmy do hereby, in the most solemn manner, associate, constitute, and combine themselves into one SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, to endure as long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and in failure thereof, the collateral branches, who may be judged worthy of becoming its supporters and members.
Stran 302 - British service, as his resignation has never been accepted, and that you intend to try him as such by a court-martial. I will not undertake to determine how far this doctrine may be justifiable among yourselves, but I must give you warning that Major-general Lee is looked upon as an officer belonging to, and under the protection of the United...
Stran 300 - Indecision bids fair for tumbling down the goodly fabric of American freedom, and, with it, the rights of mankind. 'Twas indecision of Congress prevented our having a noble army, and on an excellent footing. 'Twas indecision in our military councils which cost us the garrison of Fort Washington, the consequence of which must be fatal, unless remedied in time by a contrary spirit.
Stran 366 - House, for the Trial of such Prisoners as shall be brought before them. Lieut.-Col. Mawhood, President. Capt. Adye, Deputy Judge Advocate, to whom the Dates of the Officers' Commissions, &c., are to be sent this Evening.