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SG(H.781.010
22 Nov 1781:31,32 (1/6)
General Return of [British] 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.
General and Staff. . . [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, 1 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.
LXXVIth Regiment. . . 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 sergeants, 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 sergeants, 25
drums, 948 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, 271 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, 192 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.
. . . [28 lines, North-Carolina Volunteers, Pioneers, other
regiments with no drummers lost.]
Total. . . [13 lines] 179 drums and trumpeters, 6039 rank
and file. . .
Return of the ordnance and military stores . . . [25
lines] drums good, 62, damaged 19, total 81.
Drum slings 18, fife cases 10, fife slings 7, trumpet 1.
Bugle horns 18, French horns 5, total 23. . .
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