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RNYG.779.038
4 Feb 1779:14 (Extraordinary)
Return of Prisoners of War, taken in the action of the 29th
of December 1778, by His Majesty's Forces under the command
of Lieut. Col. Archibald Carapbest, of the 71st regiment.
First Battalion of Georgia. 1 Major, 2 Captains, 1 Lieut.,
1 Serjeant, 1 Drummer, 20 Rank & File.
Second ditto. 1 Major, 3 Captains, 4 Lieutenants, 1
Surgeon, 1 Mate, 22 Serjeants, 5 Drums, 5 Fifers, 305 Rank
and File.
. . . [Lists other battalions, but they do not mention
drummers or fifers, until the artillery] Artillery do. 1
Serjeant, 1 Drummer, 9 Rank and File.
Total. 1 Colonel, 3 Majors, 22 Captains, 15 Lieutenants, 1
Chaplain, 1 Quarter-master, 2 Surgeons, 1 Mate, 2
Commissaries, 1 Muster-master, 33 Serjeants, 7 Drummers, 5
Fifers, 370 Rank and File. Total officers and privates 453.
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