Forwarding Assignments of North Carolina Officers in Provisional Army

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Type

Extract of Letter

Description

In an enclosure [not included], Pinckney sends the assignments of most of the officers from North Carolina being given positions in the provisional army, having been selected by the governor from the list prepared by the War Department. Also includes several officers from Tennessee, who are in the same regiment as these North Carolinians, so that relative rank within the regiment might be fixed.

Date

02/10/1799

Recipient

Sent from

Charleston

Document number

1799021040255

Page start

67

Note

Cited in McHenry to Adams, 04/08/1799. Enclosed in McHenry to Adams, 05/31/1800.

Notable persons

James McHenry
Major General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
officers
provisional army
Governor North Carolina
regiment
Secretary of War
General Davie
field officers
captains
subalterns

Notable locations

North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
War Office
Charleston

Notable items

officer assignments
rank
relative rank