The Plan for the Arrangement of the Artillery

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Type

Autograph Draft Letter

Description

Hamilton presents a detailed plan for the arrangement of the artillery throughout the states of the eastern seaboard in addition to the western army.

Date

04/26/1799

Recipient

Sent from

Philadelphia

Document number

1799042640401

Note

Enclosure: Arrangement of the Artillery, dated, 04/25/1799.

Notable persons

James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
Two Regiments of Artillery
the two Major Generals [Hamilton and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney]
battalion of the First Regiment
Western Army
troops in the field
battalion of the Second Regiment
fourth battalion of this regiment
field officers
Colonel [Henry] Burbeck
Commandant of the Second Regiment

Notable locations

Philadelphia
posts in Georgia and South Carolina
posts in North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
states eastward and northward of New York

Notable items

inconvenient delay
personal harmony
order and discipline