The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Part 46

THREE MAJORS.

Penn. Militia 1 [Lutz's] Maj. Edward Burd, 17th Continental Reg't 1 Maj. Browne,[255]

22d Continental Reg't 1 [Wyllys's] Maj. Levi Wells.

[Footnote 255: Huntington's regiment appears to have had no major at this date; certainly none was taken prisoner. In the return of prisoners exchanged Dec. 9, 1776, there is this memorandum in regard to Maj. Browne: "Taken on Long Island, not in arms. It is preposed that he be exchanged for Major Wells, of Connecticut."]

EIGHTEEN CAPTAINS.

Penn. Rifle Reg't 2 { Capt. Richard Brown, 1st Batt., { " Wm. Peebles, 2d Batt.

Penn. Musketeers 4 [Atlee's] { Capt. Thomas Herbert, { " Joseph Howell,*

{ " Francis Murray,*

{ " John Nice.*

Penn. Militia 5 { _Lutz' Battalion._ { Capt. Jacob Crowle, { " Joseph Heister,*

{ " Jacob Mauser.*

{ { _Kachlein's Battalion._ { Capt. Garret Graff,*

{ " Henry Hogenbach,*

{ " Timothy Jayne.*

The officers designated by the asterisk were exchanged Dec.

9, 1776. See list in _Penn. Archives_, Second Series, vol.

i., p. 426.

17th Continental 4 { Capt. Joseph Jewett,[256]

{ " Ozias Bissell, { " Jonathan Brewster, { " Caleb Trowbridge, { " Timothy Percival, { " Eben. F. Bissell.

Train of Artillery 1 Capt.-Lieut. John Johnston.[257]

Maryland Provincials 2 [Smallwood's] Capt. Daniel Bowie.[258]

[Footnote 256: There is a discrepancy here. The English give four Captains, while Huntington's return gives six. So also in Lieutenants and Ensigns.]

[Footnote 257: This name does not appear on any roll, but no doubt Johnston was the Captain intended, no other having been taken prisoner.]

[Footnote 258: Bowie was the only Maryland Captain taken, the rest being accounted for. Possibly one of the Lieutenants--six having been taken instead of five, as the English report--was rated by mistake as a Captain.]

FORTY-THREE LIEUTENANTS.

Provincial Rifle Reg'ts 11 { _1st Battalion._ { 1st Lieut. William Gray,*

{ " John Spear, { " John Davis, { " George Wert, { 2d Lieut. Joseph Triesbach, { " Wm. McPherson, { " Luke Broadhead.*

{ { _2d Battalion._ { 1st Lieut. Matthew Scott,*

{ " Daniel Topham, { Lieut. Brownlee.

{ { _Cunningham's Regiment._ { Lieut. Patterson.

Penn. Musketeers 1 Lieut. Walter Finney.

Penn. Militia 6 { _Lutz' Battalion._ { Lieut. Stephen Baldy.[259]

{ { _Kachlein's Battalion._ { Lieut. Lewis, { " Medow [Middagh]

{ " Shoemaker.

17th Continental Reg't 6 { Lieut. Solomon Orcutt, { " Jabez Fitch, Jr., { " Thomas Fanning, { " Solomon Makepeace, { " Nathaniel Gove, { " Jonathan Gillet.

Delaware Battalion 2 { Lieut. Jonathan Harney, { " Alex. Stewart.

1st Battalion N.Y. } 5 { Lieut. Edward Duns...o...b.. Continental [Lasher's] } { " Robert Troup,*

{ Adj. Jeronimus Hoogland, { Lieut. Gerrit Van Wagenen,[260]

{ " Wm. Gilliland.

11th Battalion Continental 1 [Hitchc.o.c.k's] Lieut. John Blunt.

New Jersey Militia 1 [Johnston's] 1st Lieut. John Toms.

1st Batt. Maryland } 2 { Lieut. Samuel Wright, Independents [Veazey's Co.] } { " Edward De Courcy.

Long Island Militia 2 { Lieut. Coe,[261]

Train of Artillery 1 Cadet John Callender.[262]

Maryland Provincials 5 { 1st Lieut. Wm. Sterret, { " Joseph Butler, { Lieut. Hatch Dent, { " Walter Ridgely, { " Walter Muse, { " Edward Praul.

[Footnote 259: There was but one Lieutenant taken in Lutz's Battalion.

See Rolls in _Force_, Returns of Col. Haller's regiment.]

[Footnote 260: Lieuts. Van Wagenen and Gilliland did not belong to Lasher's battalion, but were taken with Duns...o...b.. Troup, and Hoogland, and probably rated with them.]

[Footnote 261: In Onderdonk's Revolutionary Incidents it is stated that Coe was a Lieutenant of the troopers, and was taken the day after the battle. The other Lieutenant was taken at the time of Gen.

Woodhull's capture, but his name does not appear.]

[Footnote 262: Callender is doubtless meant. He was rated as a Lieutenant afterwards, and was confined in officers' quarters.]

ELEVEN ENSIGNS.

Penn. Musketeers 4 { Ensign W. Henderson, { " Alexander Huston,*

{ " Michael App,*

{ " Septimus Davis.*

{ Ensign Anthony Bradford, { " Joseph Chapman, { " Cornelius Higgins, 17th Continental Reg't 5 { " John Kinsman, { " Elihu Lyman, { " Joel Gillet.

Maryland Provincials 2 { Ensign Wm. Courts, { " James Fernandez.

STAFF.

Adjutant 1 [Huntington's] Adj. Elisha Hopkins.

Surgeons 3 { _Miles' Battalion._ { Dr. John Davis, { Dr. Joseph Davis.*

{ { _Huntington's Regt._ { Dr. Silas Holmes.

Volunteers 2 { Lieut. David Duncan, { " ---- Young.[263]