Circular to the Field Officers of the Twelve Additional Regiments

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Type

Letter Signed

Description

Circular to the field Officers of the twelve additional regiments. In this circular, McHenry asked for the details of each officer's military service, which be used in settling their relative rank;

Date

07/13/1799

Collection

Document number

1799071315002

Note

Enclosed in McHenry to Washington, 09/03/1799. Also enclosed in the letter is Washington to McHenry, 9/15/1799, in which Washington returned to McHenry the enclosures in McHenry to Washigton, 9/3/1799 and also enclosed "A list of Lieutenant Colonels and Majors...ranked agreeably to the documents from the War Office and in conformity with the rules adopted by the President of the United States relative to the rank and promotion of the Army."

Notable persons

James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Lloyd Moore
William Shute
David Hopkins
William S. Smith
Josias Carvel Hall
William D. Beall
Aaron Ogden
Thomas Parker
Lawrence Butler
Nathan Rice
George Stevenson
Richard Hunewell
John Rowe
Robert Beale
James Baytrop
William C. Bentley
Henry M. Rutledge
Rufus Graves
William Jones
John Ripley
William Willcocks
John Smith
Isaac Winslow
James Armstrong
Timothy Taylor
John Walker
Timothy Darling
William Brickell
William Henderson
William Campbell
Alexander D. Moore
James Read

Notable items

A list of Lieutenant Colonels and Majors...ranked agreeably to the documents from the War Office and in conformity with the rules adopted by the