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CJ-NH.781.056
22 Nov 1781:21,22,23 (734)
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. . . [12 lines listing
general and staff prisoners] Artillery. 2 captains, 9
lieutenants, 1 surgeon, 1 mate, 1 serjeant, 4 drums, 193
rank & file, 1 commissary military stores, 9 conductors, 5
conductors of horse, 16 artificers. Total 242.
Guards. 3 lieutenants-colonels, 12 captains, 1 ensign, 2
adjutants, 1 quarter-master, 1 surgeon, 3 mates, 25
serjeants, 12 drums, 467 rank and file. Total 527.
Light-infantry, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 1 major, 10
captains, 16 lieutenants, 1 ensign, 2 surgeons, 33
serjeants, 13 drums, 594 rank and file, Total 671.
XVIIth Regiment, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 1 major, 3
captains, 8 lieutenants, 4 ensigns, 1 surgeon, 9 serjeants,
13 drums, 205 rank and file, Total 245.
. . .[4 lines listing prisoners from the XXIIId Regiment]
XXXIIId Regiment, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 3 captains, 5
lieutenants, 1 ensign, 2 surgeons, 15 serjeants, 9 drums,
225 rank and file. Total 260.
XLIIId Regiment, 1 major, 3 captains, 5 lieutenants, 3
ensigns, 1 quarter-master, 1 surgeon, 22 serjeants, 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 serjeants, 9 drums, 242 rank and file.
Total 300.
LXXVIth Regiment, 1 major, 6 captains, 16 lieutenants, 4
ensigns, 1 adjutant, 1 quarter-master, 1 surgeon, 1 mate, 48
serjeants, 18 drums, 628 rank and file. Total 715.
LXXXth Regiment, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 2 majors, 5
captains, 17 lieutenants, 3 ensigns, 1 adjutant, 1 quarter-
master, 1 surgeon, 1 mate, 49 serjeants, 20 drums, 588 rank
and file. Total 689.
Two battalions Anspach. 2 colonels, 1 lieutenant-colonel,
2 majors, 8 captains, 32 lieutenants, 1 chaplain, 2 quarter-
masters, 2 surgeons, 10 mates, 32 serjeants, 25 drums, 584
rank and file, 1 waggon-master, 8 waggoners, 2 provost-
marshals, 1 assistant. Total 1077.
Prince Hereditary, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 1 major, 5
captains, 5 lieutenants, 4 ensigns, 1 chaplain, 1 quarter-
master, 4 surgeons mates, 10 serjeants, 11 drums, 425 rank
and file. 6 waggoners, 1 provost-marshal. Total 484.
Regiment du Bote. 2 majors, 5 lieutenants, 2 ensigns, 1
adjutant, 1 quarter-master, 1 surgeon, 3 mates, 46
serjeants, 16 drums, 235 rank and file, 1 provost-marshal.
Total 349.
Yagers, 1 captain, 3 lieutenants, 1 surgeon, 1 trumpet, 68
rank & file. Total 74.
British Legion, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 6 captains, 8
lieutenants, 3 cornets, 6 quartermasters, 1 surgeon, 17
serjeants, 7 trumpeters, 192 rank and file, Total 241.
Queen's Rangers, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 1 major, 10
captains, 15 lieutenants, 11 cornets, 3 quarter-masters, 2
surgeons, 24 serjeants, 5 trumpeters, 248 rank and file.
Total 310.
. . . [4 lines listing prisoners from North-Carolina
Volunteers, 23 lines listing prisoners from pioneers,
engineers, Royals Foresters, 3 New-Jersey Volunteers, New-
York Volunteers, Virginia Volunteers, King's American Regt.,
Gen. Delancey's Battal., and N. Carolina Ind. Comp., 21
lines listing total number of prisoners by rank]
179 drums and trumpeters
. . . [4 more lines listing prisoners by rank, 9 lines
listing prisoners by rank in Hospital Department, 15 lines
listing prisoners by rank in Commissary Department, one line
listing "80 followers of the army," 6 lines listing total
number of prisoners and estimating number of those killed or
deserted] [signed] Thomas Durif, C.D.P.M. Military chest,
two thousand one hundred and thirteen pounds six shillings [
] dollars at 4s.8d.
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