Citation - Connecticut Courant: 1781.11.20

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Index Entry Drummers, in Yorktown, British and Hessian, taken prisoner 
Location Yorktown 
Citation
CC-H.781.067
20 Nov 1781:21 (878)
General Return of officers and privates surrendered
prisoners of war, the 19th of October, 1781, to the allied
army under the command of his excellency General Washington,
taken from the original muster rolls. [10 lines] Artillery. 
2 captains, 9 lieutenants, 1 surgeon, 1 mate, 1 sergeant, 4
drums, 193 rank and file, 1 commissary military stores, 9
conductors, 5 conductors of horse, 16 artificers.  Total
252.
Guards.  3 lieutenant-colonels, 12 captains, 1 ensign, 2
adjutants, 1 quarter-master, 1 surgeon, 3 mates, 25
sergeants, 12 drums, 467 rank and file.  Total 527.
Light-Infantry.  1 lieutenant colonel, 1 major, 10 captains,
16 lieutenants, 3 ensign, 2 surgeons, 33 sergeants, 13
drums, 594 rank and file.  Total 671.
XVIIth Regiment, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 1 major, 3 captains,
8 lieutenants, 4 ensigns, 1 surgeon, 9 sergeants, 13 drums,
205 rank and file.
. . . [3 lines]
XXXIIId Regiment, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 3 captains, 5
lieutenants, 1 ensign, 1 surgeon, 15 sergeants, 9 drums, 225
rank and file.  Total 260.
XLIIId Regiment, 1 major, 3 captains, 5 lieutenants, 3
ensigns, 1 quarter-master, 1 surgeon, 32 sergeants, 16
drums, 307 rank and file.  Total 359.
LXXIst Regiment, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 1 major, 1 captain,
11 lieutenants, 4 ensigns, 1 quarter-master, 1 surgeon, 1
mate, 28 sergeants, 9 drums, 242 rank and file.  Total 300.
LXXXth Regiment, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 2 majors, 5 captains,
17 lieutenants, 3 ensigns, 1 adjutant, 1 quarter-master, 1
surgeon, 1 mate, 29 sergeants, 20 drums, 588 rank and file.
Total 680.
Two battalions Anspach.  2 colonels, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 2
majors, 8 captains, 32 lieutenants, 1 chaplain, 2 quarter-
masters, 2 surgeons, 10 mates, 32 sergeants, 25 drums, 984
rank and file, 1 waggon-master, 8 waggoners, 2 provost-
marshalls, 1 assistant.  Total 1077. 
Prince Hereditary.  1 lieutenant-colonel, 1 major, 5
captains, 5 lieutenants, 4 ensigns, 1 chaplain, 1 quarter-
master, 4 surgeon-mates, 19 sergeants, 11 drums, 425 rank
and file, 6 waggoners, 1 provost-marshal. Total 484.
Regiment de Bose, 2 majors, 5 lieutenants, 2 ensigns, 1
adjutant, 1 quarter-master, 1 surgeon, 3 mates, 46
sergeants, 16 drums, 171 rank and file.  1 provost-marshal. 
Total 349.
Yagers, 1 captain, 3 lieutenants, 1 surgeon, 1 trumpet, 68
rank and file.  Total 74. 
British Legion, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 6 captains, 8
lieutenants, 3 cornets, 6 quarter-masters, 1 surgeon, 17
sergeants, 7 trumpeters, 102 rank and file.  Total 241. 
Queens Rangers, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 1 major, 10 captains,
15 lieutenants, 11 cornets, 3 quarter-masters, 2 surgeons,
24 sergeants, 5 trumpeters, 248 rank and file.  Total 320.
. . . [33 lines] Total. . . [13 lines] 179 drums and
trumpeters [35 lines] [signed] Thomas Durie, D.C. Pros. . .
[6 lines]


Generic Title Connecticut Courant 
Date 1781.11.20 
Publisher Hudson & Goodwin 
City, State Hartford, CT 
Year 1781 
Bibliography B0013069
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