Return of Officers to Augment the Army
Document 1800President Adams transmits a return from the War Office of those officers who have been appointed under the act entitled "An Act to augment the Army of the United States and for other purposes," designating such officers who have accepted their appointments and those who have declined accepting, resigned their commissions, died, etc.
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George Washington... dead
Major Generals
Alexander Hamilton... Inspector General
Charles Cotsworth Pinckney
Henry Knox — declined
Brigadier Generals
John Brookes...... declined William Washington
Jonathan Dayton declined William North Adjutant General
Cavalry
John Watts Lieut Colonel Commandant
Majors
Solomon Van Rensselaer John Taylor... declined
Captains
Richard Willing William Spencer
Benjamin Williamson Charles F. Mercer. declined
Laurence Lewis... declined James Burn....
John B. Armistead James N. Ball
First Lieutenants
Robert Gray Laurence Washington
John Wallbacks Charles T. Mercer.... declined
George Washington Craik Richard Tilghman
Second Lieutenants
William b. Rogers Carter B. Fontaine
Alexander McComb Jun. Richard Corke resigned
Charles Tutt + Archibald Lee
George W. P. Custis
Fifth Regiment of Infantry —
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant.
+ John Smith
Majors.
+ James Armstrong + Henry M. Rutledge
Captains
William Dangerfield + William Simons declined
Tierning Worldaridge + Benjamin Foisin Frazer
+ John Henshaw + Noah [undecipherable]
+ James [undecipherable] + Zachariah [undecipherable]
+ Paul Thompson + John Mitchell
+ Benjamin [undecipherable]
First Lieutenants.
John Jameson + Peter Williamson
Charles Kilgore + [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
+ John Brown + George Clayton
+ Charles Boyle + William D. [undecipherable]
+ William Taylor + Rene Gaillard.... declined
+ Josias Heyward
Second Lieutenants.
Willis Morgan + [undecipherable] Williams
Elijah Johnsons + Edward [undecipherable].... declined
+ Samuel Taylor declined + William Darby
+ Thomas Osborne Jun. + Francis Rogers
+ John Parker, Son of William, declined + Charles Jones Jenkins
+ Charles Codman [undecipherable]
Sixth Regiment of Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant.
+ Samuel Read
Majors.
+ Alexander D. Stone + William Brickell
Captains.
William P. Anderson resigned + William Hall
+ James Taylor + John Williams
+ William Dickson + John Nicholas
+ Eli Gaither + Samuel Graves [undecipherable]
+ Edmund Smithwick + Maurice Stone
First Lieutenants.
Lewis Tiner + Joseph Alexander. declined
+ Robert [undecipherable].... declined + Carleton Walker
+ James Mackay + Edward Jones
+ George W Davidson declined + Hugh Newman declined
+ McKenney Song + William Martin ditto
+ Benjamin Smith
Second Lieutenants.
Edmund P. Gaines + John [undecipherable]
+ Dan[iel?] T. W. [undecipherable] + [undecipherable] Pasteur
+ Marcus Sharpe + Benjamin Forsyth
+ James [undecipherable] + Hugh Montgomery... not heard from
+ John [undecipherable] + Alexander Hunter
[undecipherable] +
[undecipherable] +
[undecipherable] +
[undecipherable] +
[undecipherable] +
Surgeon.
+ Rogers Butler
[undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
Seventh Regiment of Infantry
Lieut Colonel Commandant
William [undecipherable: probable Bentley] +
Majors.
Robert Beale James [undecipherable] +
Captains.
Daniel Ball resigned William Campbell
Edmund Clark Thomas Greene
John Davidson Robert King
Archibald b. Randolph James Caldwell
Bartholomew [undecipherable] declined + William H. [undecipherable]
Thomas Turner declined
First Lieutenants.
Van Bennett Addison Armistead [undecipherable]
John Brahan Samuel J. [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Robert Barrington.... declined Calvin Morgan [undecipherable]
Brewer Godwin.... resigned + John [undecipherable] [undecipherable] +
[undecipherable] Wilton + Jesse Dold
Jesse [undecipherable] Jun. + Horatio Stark
Joseph [undecipherable] + Marquis Combs
Robert Temple.... declined + George Armistead
Second Lieutenants.
John [undecipherable].... promoted during war + Andrew M. [undecipherable] +
Jesse Dold.... ditto + James Brown +
Horatio Stark.... ditto + + William Saunders +
Marquis Combs.... ditto + + John Crump.... declined +
George Armistead.... ditto + Bartlett Anderson
William [undecipherable] + Francis W. Cooke
Peter Lambkin + Philip Roots
Alexander Henderson.... declined + John F. Powell
William Deane.... ditto + Jacob Ball
Surgeon.
+ Francis H. Peyton
Surgeons Mates.
+ Thaddeus Capron + James W. Wallace resigned
Eighth Regiment of Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
Thomas [undecipherable]
Majors.
Simon Morgan declined + Laurence [undecipherable]
William Campbell
Captains.
Presley Thornton Garnet [undecipherable]
Robert Gregg Daniel de Lane [undecipherable]
Henry Percy Philip Lightfoot [undecipherable]
George S. Washington Edmund Taylors [undecipherable]
Richard [undecipherable] Nathaniel [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
First Lieutenants.
Francis Foushee.... resigned John b. Brown
James Duncanson John Williams [undecipherable]
Samuel Bent Thomas Jameson [undecipherable]
Robert Gustins John Campbell [undecipherable]
George Tate + James Tutt
Charles J. [undecipherable] + Simon Owens
Second Lieutenants.
James Tutt.... promoted during war Willis Wells declined
Simon Owens ditto Hugh McCallister
Reuben Thorntons [undecipherable] John [undecipherable] Jun.
George W. Humphries + John Meredith
Obadiah [undecipherable] + John Stephens
[undecipherable] Settle + Robert Bell
John b. Williams [undecipherable] + Uriah [undecipherable]
Charles [undecipherable] [undecipherable] + Richard Taylor
John T. Fitzhughs.... declined + [undecipherable] Little
Surgeon.
+ Edward [undecipherable]
Surgeons Mates.
[undecipherable] +
+ Thomas [undecipherable] resigned + Samuel M. Griffith [undecipherable] +
Ninth Regiment of Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
[undecipherable] b. [undecipherable]
Majors.
David Hopkins William B. Beall
Captains.
John b. Beatty declined William Nicholson declined
Thomas Beatty Jacob Norris
Lloyd Beall Valentine [undecipherable]
Gerard Briscoe John W. Hacket
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Jonathan [undecipherable]
Bradley Beans declined + Richard Earle
Isaac Spencer
First Lieutenants.
William Elliott Henry b. Neale
Edward A. [undecipherable] declined Aquila Beale
Richard W. [undecipherable] declined William [undecipherable]
John B. Barnes [undecipherable] + Charles Clements
[undecipherable] Pinckney + John Thompson
Levi Alexander + Robert [undecipherable]
Matthew [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Second Lieutenants.
Alexander Cooper Levi G. [undecipherable]
John [undecipherable] declined [undecipherable] Hughes [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Noland [undecipherable] Adams [undecipherable]
Thomas Dent [undecipherable] + Edward [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Levi [undecipherable] + George [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
John Warren declined + [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
William [undecipherable] [undecipherable] + + Benjamin [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Surgeon.
+ Robert [undecipherable]
Surgeons Mates.
+ Charles H. Winder declined + William Beatty declined
+ Anderson Warfield declined + Charles A. Beatty
+ [undecipherable] [undecipherable] + [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Tenth Regiment of Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
Thomas L. [undecipherable]
Majors.
William Henderson George Stephenson
Captains.
Joseph [undecipherable] William Graham
James Blaine [undecipherable] Duncan
Andrew Johnson Benjamin [undecipherable]
Matthew Henry James Ashman
William H. Atlee declined + Robert Westcott
Hugh Brady
First Lieutenants.
John Sharp.... dead Thomas Swearingen
Samuel B. Magaw Cromwell [undecipherable]
Henry L. [undecipherable] Henry Westcott.... declined
Samuel Fulton.... declined + Alexander McLain
Josiah M. Ellwaine.... declined + Davis Irving
James P. [undecipherable] declined + + Paul [undecipherable]
Benjamin Wallace + David Offley
Robert Lawrence + Samuel R. Franklin
Nelson Wade + William Morrows
Second Lieutenants.
William Morrow promoted during war John Smith
George Hamill Robert Chambers
Archibald Davis.... resigned Alexander McLain.... declined
John A. Douglas Thomas Lee
[undecipherable].... declined + John Ray
Hugh [undecipherable] + Robert George [undecipherable]
John [undecipherable].... declined + Joseph [undecipherable]
Surgeon.
+ Henry [undecipherable] declined
+ William [undecipherable]
Surgeons Mates.
+ George Wilsons + James [undecipherable]
Eleventh Regiment of Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
Aaron Ogden
Majors.
William Shute John Adlum
Captains.
Robert [undecipherable].... resigned Samuel [undecipherable]
Charles Marles Peter Faulkner
Job Stockton Walter H. Cole.... resigned
Denise Foreman James Read
Almarine Brookes + Samuel Ewins
Samuel White
First Lieutenants.
Samuel Ewins promoted during war William [undecipherable]
Thomas Reading Jun.... resigned Lewis [undecipherable]
Robert b. Thompson James [undecipherable]
Samuel b. [undecipherable] + John Caldwell
Walter H. Cole declined + + Samuel Owen Smith declined
George M. Ogden + Charles B. Green
John G. [undecipherable] + William J. Anderson
William [undecipherable] + Thomas [undecipherable]
Henry Betz.... declined + Henry [undecipherable]
Second Lieutenants.
William [undecipherable] John [undecipherable]
Charles Read.... resigned Benjamin [undecipherable]
Thomas Bullman promoted during war John [undecipherable]
Henry [undecipherable].... ditto Jabez Caldwell
[undecipherable] Johnson + Thomas Y. [undecipherable]
James Rheas + Joseph Vancleve
James Clayton Jun.... declined + Lawrence Mulford
Surgeon.
+ John [undecipherable] Jun.
Surgeons Mates.
+ John Howell + John C. [undecipherable]
Twelfth Regiment of Infantry
Lieut. Colonel Commandant
William S. Smith
Majors.
William Willcocks Christopher Heutton declined + Dowe J. Fondey
Captains.
Dowe J. Fondey.... promoted during war Adrian Kissam resigned
Philip Church John W. Patterson resigned
James Bennet Justus B. Smith [undecipherable]
George W. Kirkland Jeremiah Sandon
Philip Courtland Andrew White
First Lieutenants.
Philip S. Schuyler James Smith
Elhanan W. Wheeler Richard Baldwin resigned
Moses Forster + William Cocks
Thomas Thompson + William Cumming
David Jones.... declined + Joseph b. Cooper
Robert Le Roy [undecipherable] + Thomas H. Williams
Henry W. Ludlow [undecipherable] + + Samuel Hoffman.... dismissed
Nathaniel Paulding resigned
Second Lieutenants.
William Cocks.... promoted in ranks George T. Harrison declined
William Cumming.... ditto + Israel Loring
Joseph b. Cooper.... ditto + + Joseph [undecipherable]
Thomas H. Williams.... ditto + + Jacob [undecipherable]
Samuel Hoffman.... ditto + + Nathaniel Smith
John [undecipherable] + [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
William W. Wands + Tobias V. [undecipherable] resigned
[undecipherable] Brown dead + Walter B. [undecipherable]
Jacob [undecipherable]
Surgeon.
+ Samuel [undecipherable] resigned
Surgeons Mates.
+ John H. Douglas + Samuel Davis
Thirteenth Regiment of Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
Timothy Taylor
Majors.
John Ripley Jabez Huntington resigned
Captains.
John Benjamin Jonathan Root
John Meigs John Bulford
Elihu Sanford Asa Copeland
Stephen Ramsey William Young Jun.
Samuel Blakeslee Coleby [undecipherable].... declined
First Lieutenants.
Samuel Waugh William W. Cheney
Samuel [undecipherable] Sedowick Gallup
Bennett Bronson John Eels
Reuben Reed Wattes Clark
[undecipherable] Morely + Nathaniel Ruggles
John Knox + John Beers
Second Lieutenants.
Salmon Clark Peter Richards declined
Peter N. [undecipherable] Robert [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Trueman [undecipherable] Solomon Allen
Walter Smith + Austine Sedgwick declined
Joseph A. Wells declined + Nathaniel Noyes
James Gordon Jun. + Fanning Tracey
Elezer Learnes declined + Abijah Penn suspended [undecipherable]
Surgeon.
+ Joseph Trowbridge
Surgeons Mates.
+ Timothy Pierce + John Oton Jun.
+ John Spaulding declined
Fourteenth Regiment of Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
Nathan Rice
Majors.
John Walker Isaac Winslow
Captains.
William Jones.... declined John Burbeck.... declined
Erasmus [undecipherable] Jun. Simeon Draper
Ephraim [undecipherable] Phineas Ashman
John Tolman Joseph Peirce Jun. declined
Solomon [undecipherable] Arthur Lithgow declined
Ebenezer Thatcher declined + Samuel Mackay
Thomas Chandler resigned + John Hastings
Nathaniel [undecipherable]
First Lieutenants.
James Church John Wheelwright
Nathaniel Soley.... declined Isaac Rand Jun.
Jacob Allen Benjamin Beall Jun. declined
William A. Baron declined + Henry Sargent
Robert Duncan Jun. + [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Phineas [undecipherable].... declined + William Gorden
Alpheus [undecipherable] + Rufus [undecipherable]
Samuel Flagg Jun. resigned
Second Lieutenants.
Thomas Beale.... declined William [undecipherable]
Moses M. [undecipherable].... ditto John Roulstone
Charles [undecipherable] Thomas Durant
James [undecipherable] Samuel [undecipherable] resigned
Marshall Spring resigned + + Payton Gay
Daniel Hastings + Thomas [undecipherable]
Duncan Ingraham resigned + + Charles Leonard declined
Surgeon.
+ Charles [undecipherable]
Surgeons Mates.
+ Luther Stearns declined + Jonah Dwight declined
Fifteenth Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
Richard [undecipherable]
Majors.
John Rowe William Jones
Captains.
James Brown William Heywood
Nathaniel Balch Jr. Caleb Aspinwall
Ball Tufts Stephen Peabody
John Pynchon Thomas Philips.... declined
John Blake + Eli Forbes
Samuel Jordan
First Lieutenants.
Charles [undecipherable] Joseph Lee declined
William [undecipherable] [undecipherable] b. [undecipherable]
Samuel P. [undecipherable] Charles A. Phelps declined
[undecipherable] Williams.... declined Edmund [undecipherable]
Nathaniel [undecipherable] + Thomas Stevens
Thomas [undecipherable].... declined + Augustus [undecipherable]
Ebenezer Bradish Jr. + [undecipherable] Morse declined
John Shepherd.... declined +
Second Lieutenants.
Abijah Harrington Willard [undecipherable]
Jonathan Nichol Warren Beall declined
Daniel Bell James D. [undecipherable]
John Page Jun. [undecipherable] Bannister
David Bales + Nathan [undecipherable]
Franklin Tinkham
Surgeon.
+ [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Surgeons Mates.
+ Jonathan White + Ebenezer [undecipherable]
Sixteenth Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
+ Rufus Graves
Majors.
+ Timothy Darling.... resigned + Cornelius [undecipherable]
Captains.
Josiah Dunham John Rogers declined
Nathaniel Green George [undecipherable]
Robert Parker Abraham H. Ellery
Henry Tilton Jonathan Andrews
William Woodward George Woodward
Israel Elliott Trask
First Lieutenants.
Francis Gardner declined Thomas [undecipherable]
Daniel M. Durell Daniel Bissell
Abel [undecipherable] declined Isaac Putnam
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] + Israel W. Kelly
Ephraim Whitney declined + Thaddeus Kendall
Whipple [undecipherable] + Marmaduke Wait
Robert [undecipherable]
Second Lieutenants.
Arthur Rogers.... declined Ozeas Danforth
Moses Sweat William [undecipherable] declined
Israel Bartlett Christopher Whipple
Samuel Parker John W. Brownson
Jesse Lull + Benjamin F. Starkes
+ Daniel Baker
Cary Clarke
Note. The Officers in the foregoing Return having the Mark + affixed opposite to their names are those which were appointed by the President during the recess of the Senate: those where the contrary is not expressed are now in service. *
James McHenry
Sec. of War
War Department April 15. 1800
Type
Letter Signed
Description
President Adams transmits a return from the War Office of those officers who have been appointed under the act entitled "An Act to augment the Army of the United States and for other purposes," designating such officers who have accepted their appointments and those who have declined accepting, resigned their commissions, died, etc.
Date
04/17/1800
Author
Recipient
Document number
1800041790001
Notable persons
United States Senate
John Adams
Secretary of War

