List of the Officers in the U.S. Army; Regulations for Recruitment

Item

Type

Printed Document

Title

List of the Officers in the U.S. Army; Regulations for Recruitment

Description

A copy of the roster of all U.S. Army officers, divided into categories of general officers, dragoons, artillerists & engineers, 4 regiments of infantry, and unattached surgeons' mates. Followed by a form & regulation sheet concerning rules for the recruiting service -- describing how men may be recruited, specifications for recruits, oath to be sworn, payment, etc.

year created

1796

in collection

in image

note

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DEII Candidacy: as a roster of all U.S. Army officers in 1796, this is a very useful document. However, it seems that DEII Conversion would largely consist of entering all the officers into the People/Groups field, which would be rather time-consuming. Left to discretion.

created note

This document has been assigned a year of publication based on dates contained in the content.

notable person/group

Infantry officers
artillerists
surgeons
dragoons
artificers
wheelwrights
blacksmiths
armorers
armourers
carpenters
recruits
deserters
Brigadier General James Wilkinson
Quatermaster General John Wilkins Jr.
Caleb Swan, Paymaster General
Captain Solomon Van Rensselaer
Captain James Taylor
Lieutenant William K. Blue
Lieutenant Matthias Slough, Jr.
Lieutenant James V. Ball
Lieutenant Paul McDermot
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Stephen Rochefontaine
Major Henry Burbek
Major Lewis Toufard
Major John Jacob Ulrich Rivardi
Major Constant Freeman Jr.
Captain Mahlon Ford
Captain John Peirce
Captain Moses Porter
Captain George Ingersoll
Captain Griffith I. McRee
Captain Richard Scott Blackburn
Captain James Bruff
Captain Alexander Thompson
Captain William Littlefield
Captain Frederick Frye
Captain Michael Kalteifen
Captain Donald Grant Mitchell
Captain Abimael Youngs Nicoll
Captain Staats Morris
Captain George Demlar
Captain Joseph Elliott
Charles Brown, Surgeon
John Gotham Coffin, Surgeon's Mate
John Lynch, Surgeon's Mate
Samuel Osborne, Surgeon's Mate
William Steele, Surgeon's Mate
Lieutenant Piercy Pope
Lieutenant Ebenezer Massey
Lieutenant John McClallen
Lieutenant Nehemiah Freeman
Lieutenant James Sterrett
Lieutenant George Izard
Lieutenant Robert Rowan
Lieutenant Jonathan Robeson
Lieutenant Henry Muhlenberg
Lieutenant David Hale
Lieutenant Theophilus Elmer
Lieutenant William Wilson
Lieutenant Horatio Dayton
Lieutenant William Morris
Lieutenant John M. Lovell
Lieutenant Peter Tallman
Lieutenant Joseph Guimpe
Lieutenant John Saunders
Lieutenant Thomas Underwood
Lieutenant Peter A. Dransy
Lieutenant Andrew Marschalk
Lieutenant Howell Cobb
Lieutenant Joseph Campbell
Lieutenant Richard Whiley
Lieutenant Philip Landais
Lieutenant Philip Rodrigue
Lieutenant James Triplett
Lieutenant Thomas Vandyke
Lieutenant Samuel T. Dyson
Lieutenant George Ross
Lieutenant James Rand
Lieutenant Robert Parkison
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant John F. Hamtramck
Major Thomas Hunt
Major Thomas H. Cushing
Captain Jacob Kingsbury
Captain Thomas Martin
Captain Thomas Pasteur
Captain Abner Prior
Captain Daniel Britt
Captain Samuel Tinsley
Captain Hamilton Armstrong
Captain Bernard Gaines
Lieutenant William H. Harrison
Lieutenant John Whistler
Lieutenant Jacob Kreemer
Lieutenant Daniel Bissell
Lieutenant Charles Hyde
Lieutenant John Michael
Lieutenant Ferdinand L. Claiborne
Lieutenant Elijah Strong
Ensign Nicholas Rosencrantz
Ensign Robert Semple
Ensign Daniel McIntosh
Ensign Robert Torrans
Ensign Yelverton Peyton
Ensign John W. Thompson
Ensign Merriwether Lewis
John Elliott, Surgeon
Elijah Tisdale, Surgeon's Mate
Charles Watrous, Surgeon's Mate
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant David Strong
Major John H. Buell
Major Joseph Shayler
Captain Cornelius Lyman
Captain Richard H. Greaton
Captain Russell Bissell
Captain Edward Miller
Captain Edward D. Turner
Captain Theodore Sedgwick
Captain Bartholomew Shamburg
Captain Andrew McClary
Lieutenant Peter Shoemaker
Lieutenant Jesse Lukens
Lieutenant Nanning I. Visscher
Lieutenant Archibald Gray
Lieutenant Robert Lee
Lieutenant Rezin Weber
Lieutenant Richard Butler
Lieutenant Charles Martin
Ensign Benjamin Rand
Ensign James Richmond
Ensign David Thompson
Ensign John McClary
Ensign Samuel Allison
Ensign George Callender
George Gillasspy, Surgeon
William McCoskry, Surgeon's Mate
Thomas Farley, Surgeon's Mate
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Henry Gaither
Major Jonathan Cass
Major William Kersey
Captain Zebulon Pike
Captain Issac Guion
Captain John Heth
Captain Richard Sparks
Captain Howell Lewis
Captain Thomas Lewis
Captain William Rickard
Captain John Wade
Lieutenant Samuel Vance
Lieutenant John Bowyer
Lieutenant Aaron Gregg
Lieutenant John Steele
Lieutenant Peter Marks
Lieutenant Charles Wright
Lieutenant Andrew Shanklin
Lieutenant Samuel Davidson
Ensign William P. Smith
Ensign Hugh McCall
Ensign David Fero
Ensign George Strother
Ensign Henry Sterling
Ensign Samuel Speak
Ensign William Scott
Joseph Phillips, Surgeon
George Balfour, Surgeon's Mate
John C. Wallace, Surgeon's Mate
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Thomas Butler
Major William Peters
Major Daniel Bradley
Captain Edward Butler
Captain Joseph Brock
Captain Alexander Gibson
Captain William Preston
Captain William Eaton
Captain Henry De Butts
Captain Robert Thompson
Captain Ross Bird
Lieutenant Benjamin Lockwood
Lieutenant Benjamin Strother
Lieutenant William Diven
Lieutenant Peter Greyson
Lieutenant Johnathan Taylor
Lieutenant Robert Purdy
Lieutenant Campbell Smith
Lieutenant Hartman Leitheiser
Ensign John Wellington
Ensign Francis Johnston
Ensign Thomas Swaine
Ensign Henry Bowyer
Ensign Samuel Dold
Ensign Richard Chandler
Ensign George Salmon
Ensign Larkin J. Dickinson
John F. Carmichael, Surgeon
John Hamill, Surgeon's Mate
David Davis, Surgeon's Mate
Cyrus Dart, Surgeon's Mate
Frederick Dalcho, Surgeon's Mate
George Pfeiffer, Surgeon's Mate
William A. McCrea, Surgeon's Mate
Thomas Augustine Claiborne, Surgeon's Mate
David Patterson, Surgeon's Mate

notable location

Philadelphia

notable item/thing

rules and regulations
enlist
shoes
private clothing
bounty
recruiting book
rations
supplies

notable idea/issue

recruiting

document number

1796999915001

page start

117

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[view document] (157 pages) IDD03 (157 pages) Collection: John Adams Papers R: 384

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