Return of Officers Appointed to Augment the Army
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Return of Officers Appointed to Augment the Army
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Return of the 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.
year created
1800
month created
04
day created
15
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Enclosed in Adams to US Senate, 04/17/1800.
notable person/group
James McHenry
John Adams
militia
officers
Senate
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Henry Knox
John Beorkes
William Washington
Jonathan Dayton
William North
John Watts
Solomon Van Renselan
John Taylor
Richard Willing
Benjamin Williamson
William Spencer
Charles Mercer
Laurence Lewis
John Armistrad
James Ball
Robert Gray
John Wallback
Laurence Washington
Richard Telgloman
William Rogers
Alexander McComb
Caster Fontaine
Richard Cook
Richibald Lee
Charles Tutt
George Flouster
James Armstrong
Henry Rutledge
William Dangerfield
Fleming Wooldridge
John Fleeshaw
James Hartley
Paul Thompson
Benjamin Easely
William Simons
Benjamin Teasier
Noah
Zechariah Nettles
John Mitchell
John Jameson
Charles Kelgore
John Brown
Charles Boyle
William Taylor
Josias Hoeyward
Peter Williamson
Starman Butter
George Clayton
William Teasier
Pierre Gaillard
Willis Morgan
Elijah Johnson
Samuel Taylor
Thomas Osborne
John Pasker
William Darkey
Francis Rogers
Charles Jones Jenkins
William Anderson
William Dickson
Eli Garthee
Edmund Smithwick
William Hall
John Williams
John Nicholas
Samuel Graves
Maurice More
Lewis Tiner
Roberty Teory
James Mackay
George Davidson
Benjamin Smith
Joseph Alexander
Carleton Walker
Edward Jones
Hugh Newman
William Martin
Edmund Gaines
David Cook
Marcus Sharpe
James Morris
John Wilkenson
John Carroway
Benjamin Forsyth
Hugh Montgomery
Alexander Hunter
Roger Culler
surgeon
Robert Beale
Daniel Ball
Edmund Calrk
John Davidson
Archibald Randolph
Thomas Turner
William Campbell
Thomas Greene
Robert King
James Caldwell
William Blues
Van Bennet
John Brahan
Robert Carrington
Brewer Godwin
Jesse Ewill
Joseph Gregory
Robert Temple
Addison Armistead
SSamuel Winston
Calvin Morgan
Jesse Dold
Marquis Combs
William Reid
George Armistead
Alexander Henderson
William Deane
Thaddeus Capron
Andrew McLark
James Brown
William Saunders
Francis Cook
Philip Roots
John Powell
Jacob CAll
Francis Peyton
James Wallace
Presley Thornton
Robert Gregg
Simon Morgan
William Campbell
Richard Chinn
Daniel Lane
Philip Lightfoot
Edmund Taylor
Nathaniel Henry
Francis Foushee
James Duncanson
Lemuel Bent
Robert Gustin
George Tate
Charles Love
John Brown
John Williams
Thomas Jameson
John Campbell
James Tutt
Simon Owens
John Stephens
Robert Bell
Robert Little
Richard Taylor
Hugh McCallister
Willis Wells
John Fitzhugh
Obadiah
John Beatty
Thomas Beatty
Lloy6d Beall
Gerard Briscoe
Bradley Beans
Isaac Spencer
William Beall
David Hopkins
Jacob Norris
William Nicholson
Valentine Brothers
John Hacket
Jonathan Hodgson
Richard Earle
William Elliott
Richard Weal
John Barnes
Ninian Pinckney
Lear Alexander
Henry Neale
Charles Clements
John Thompson
Robert Govers
Alexander Cooper
John Brangle
Thomas Dent
Levi
Edward Ford
Charles Winder
William Henderson
George Stephenson
Joseph McKinney
James Blaine
Andrew Johnson
Matthew Henry
William Atlee
Hugh Bradge
William Graham
David Duncan
Benjamin Gibbs
James Ashman
Robert Westcotts
John Sharp
Samuel Magars
Henry Slough
Samuel Fulton
Josiah McElwaine
James Nelson
Benjamin Wallace
Robert Laurence
Nelson Wade
Thomas Swearinger
Cromwell Pierce
Henry Westcott
David Irving
Paul Whitzell
David Offley
Samuel Franklin
William Norrord William Morrow
George Hamill
ARchibald Davis
John Douglas
Hugh Potts
John Porter
John Smith
Robert Chambers
Alexander McNair
Thomas Lee
Joseph Knox
George Wilson
William Shute
John Adlum
Robert Hunt
Charles Narles
Job Stockton
Denise Fouman
Samuel White
Samuel Bowman
Peter Faulkner
Walter Cole
James Read
Samuel Erwin
Thomas Reading
Robert Thompson
Walter Cole
George Ogden
William Carson
James Battel
John Caldwell
Samuel Owen Smith
William Anderson
Thomas Bullman
William Piatt
Charles Read
Henry Drake
James Rhea
James Clayton
John Milcox
John Montgomery
Jabez Caldwell
Joseph Vancleve
Laurence Milford
John Howell
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War Department
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list
document number
1800041500201
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4
transcription
Return of the Officers who have been appointed under the Act intitled "An Act to augment the Army of the United States for other purposes" designating such Officers who have accepted their appointments and those who have declined accepting resigned their Commissions, died &c.
Lieut. General
George Washington, dead
Major Generals
Alexander Hamilton, Inspector General
Charles Cotesworth 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 Renselan; John Taylor, declined
Captains
Richard Willing, William Spencers
Benjamin Williamson, Charles T Mercer, declined
Laurence Lewis, declined; James Burn
John B. Armistead, James N. Ball
First Lieutenants
Robert Gray; Lawrence Washington
John Wallback; Charles F. Mercer, declined
George Washington Craik; Richard Tilghman
Second Lieutenants
William C Rogers; Carter B. Fontaine
Alexander McComb Junior; Richard Cook, resigned
Charles Tutt, +Archibald Lee
George W. F. Custis
Fifth Regiment of Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel Commandants
+ John Smith
Majors
+ James Armstrong; + Henry M. Rutledge
Captains
William Dangerfield; + William Simons, declined
Fleming Wooldridge; + Benjamin Fossin Trapier
+ John Kershaw; + Noah Kelsey
+ James Hartley; + Zechariah Nettles
+ Paul Thompson; + John Mitchell
+ Benjamin Easely
First Lieutenants
John Jameson; + Peter Williamson
Charles Kilgore; + Stanmore Butler
+ John Brown; + George Clayton
+ Charles Boyle; + William W Trapier
+ William Taylor; + Pierre Gaillard, declined
+ Josias Heyward
Second Lieutenants
Willis Morgan; + Johnson Wellborn
Elijah Johnson; + Edward Croft, declined
+ Samuel Taylor, declined; + William Darkey
+ Thomas Osborne Junr; + Francis Rogers
+ John Parker, Son of William, declined; + Charles Jones Jenkins
+ Charles Codnor Ash
Sixth Regiment of Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
+ James Read
Majors
+ Alexander D Moore; + William Brickell
Captains
William P. Anderson, resigned; William Hall
+ James Taylor; + John Williams
+ William Dickson; + John Nicholas
+ Eli Gaither; + Samuel Graves Barron
+ Edmund Smithwick; + Maurice Moore
First Lieutenants
Lewis Tiner; + Joseph Alexander, declined
+ Robert Troy, declined; + Carleton Walker
+ James Mackay; + Edward Jones
+ George W Davidson, declined; + Hugh Neuman, declined
+ McKenney Long; + William Martin, declined
+ Benjamin Smith
Second Lieutenants
Edmund P Gaines; + John Carroway
+ David T W Cook; + Abner Pasteur
+ Marcus Sharpe; + Benjamin Forsyth
+ James Morris; + Hugh Montgomery, not heard from
+ John Wilkinson; + Alexander Hunter
Surgeon
+ Roger Cutler
Seventh Regiment
Lieut Colonel Commandant
William Bentley
Robert Beale; James Baytop
Captains
Daniel Ball, resigned; William Campbell
Edmund Clark; Thomas Greene
John Davidson; Robert King
Archibald C. Randolph; James Caldwell
Bartholomew Dandridge, declined; + William K. Blues
Thomas Turner, declined
First Lieutenant
Van Bennet; Addison Armistead
John Brahan; Samuel J Winston
Robert Carrington, declined; Calvin Morgan
Brewer Godwin, resigned; + John Heiskell
Felix Wilton; + Jesse Dold
Jesse Ewell Junr; + Horatio Stark
Joseph Grigsby; + Marquis Combs
Robert Temple, declined; + George Armistead
Second Lieutenants
John Heiskell promoted during recess; Andrew M Lusk
Jesse Dold promoted during recess; James Brown
Horatio Stark promoted during recess; + William Saunders
Marquis Combs promoted during recess; + John Crump, declined
George Armistead promoted during recess; + Bartlett Anderson
William Potts; + Francis W Cook
Peter Lambkin; + Philip Roots
Alexander Henderson, declined; + John F Powell
William Deane, declined; + Jacob Call
Surgeon
+ Francis H. Peyton
Surgeons Mates
+ Thaddeus Capron; + James W. Wallace, resigned
Eighth Regiment of Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
Thomas Parker
Majors
Simon Morgan, declined; + Lawrence Butler; William Campbell
Captains
Presley Thornton; Garnet Peyton
Robert Gregg; Daniel C Lane
Henry Piercy; Philip Lightfoot
George S. Washington; Edmund Taylor
Richard Chinns; Nathaniel Henry
First Lieutenants
Francis Foushee, resigned; John G Brown
James Duncanson; John Williams
Lemuel Bent; Thomas Jameson
Robert Gustin; John Campbell
George Tate; + James Tutt
Charles J Love; + Simon Owens
Second Lieutenants
James Tutt promoted during recess; Willis Wells, declined
Simon Owens promoted during recess; Hugh McCallister
Reuben Thornton, declined; John Crane Junr
George W Humphries; + John Meredith
Obadiah Clifford; + John Stephens
Strother Settle; + Robert Bell
John C Williams; + Uriah Blue
Charles Shackleford; + Richard Taylor
John T. Fitzhugh; + Robert Little
Surgeon
+ Edward Conrad
Surgeons Mate
+ Thomas Tiplett, resigned; + Samuel M Griffith
Ninth Regiment of Infantry
Lieut Colonel Commandant
Josias C Hall
Majors
David Hopkins; William D Beall
Captains
John C Beatty, declined; William Nicholson
Thomas Beatty; Jacob Norris
Lloyd Beall; Valentine Brothers
Gerard Briscoe; John W Hacket
Rezin Davidge; Jonathan Hodgson
Bradley Beans, declined; + Richard Earle
Isaac Spencer
First Lieutenants
William Elliott; Henry C Neale
Edward A Howard, declined; Aquila Beale
Richard W. West, declines; William Savin
John B Barnes; Charles Clement
Ninian Pinckney; + John Thompson
Levi Alexander; + Robert Gover
Matthew Tilghman
Second Lieutenants
Alexander Cooper; Levi G Ford
John Brangle, declined; Daniel Hughes
Enos Noland; John Adlum
Thomas Dent; Edward Ford
Levi Hillary; + George Peter
John Warren, declined; + Joseph Bentley
William Swan; + Benjamin Nowland
Surgeon
+ Robert Geddes
Surgeons Mates
+ Charles H Winder, declined; + William Beatty, declined
+ Anderson Warfield; + Charles A Beatty
+ Dardon Brown
Tenth Regiment of Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
Thomas L Moore
Majors
William Henderson; George Stephenson
Captains
Joseph McKinney; William Graham
James Blaine; David Duncan
Andrew Johnson; Benjamin Gibbs
Matthew Henry; James Ashman
William R. Atlee, declined; + Robert Westcott
Hugh Brady
First Lieutenants
John Sharp, dead; Thomas Swearingen
Samuel B. McGaw; Cromwell Peirce
Henry G. Slough; Henry Westcott, declined
Samuel Fulton, declined; + Alexander McNair
Josiah McElwaine, declined; + David Irving
James P. Nelson, declined; + Paul Weitzell
Benjamin Wallace; + David Offley
Robert Lawrence; + Samuel R Franklin
Nelson Wade; + William Morrow
Second Lieutenants
William Morrow promoted during recess; John Smith
George Hamill; Robert Chambers
Archibald Davis, resigned; Alexander McNair, declined
John A Douglas; Thomas Lee
Herman Witner, declined; + John Hay
Hough K Potts; + Robert George Barde
John S. Porter, declined; + Joseph Knox
Surgeon
+ Henry Hall, declined; + William Hurst
Surgeons Mates
+ George Wilson; + James Irvine
Eleventh Regiment of Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
Aaron Ogden
Majors
William Shute; John Adlum
Captains
Robert Hunt, resigned; Samuel Bowman
Charles Marles; Peter Faulkner
Job Stockton; Walter K Cole, resigned
Denise Foreman; James Read
Almarine Brookes; + Samuel Erwins
Samuel White
First Lieutenants
Samuel Erwin promoted during recess; William Carson
Thomas Reading Junr, resigned; Lewis Howard
Robert C Thompson; James Battel
Samuel C Voorhes; + John Caldwell
Walter K Cole, declined; + Samuel Owen Smith, declined
George M Ogden; + Charles B Green
John G MacWhorter; + William J Anderson
William Potter; + Thomas Bullman
Henry Betz, declined; + Henry Drake
Second Lieutenants
William Piatt; John Milroy
Charles Read, resigned; Benjamin Worrell
Thomas Bullman promoted during recess; John Montgomery
Henry Drake promoted during recess; Jabez Caldwell
Hethcote Johnson; + Thomas Y. How
James Rhea; + Joseph Vancleve
James Clayton Junr, declined; + Lawrence Mulford
Surgeons
+ John Chetwood Junr
Surgeons Mates
+ John Howell; + John C Wynans
Twelfth Regiment of Infantry
Lieut Colonel Commandant
William S. Smith
Majors
William Willcocks; Christopher Hutton, declined; + Dowe J Fondy
Captains
Dowe J Fondy promoted during recess; Adrian Kissam, resigned
Philip Church; John W Patterson, resigned
James Bennet; Justus B Smith, not heard from
George W Kirkland; Jeremiah Landon
Philip Cortland; 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 C. Cooper
Robert Le Roy Livingston; + Thomas H. Williams
Henry W Ludlow; + Samuel Hoffman, dismissed
Nathaniel Paulding, resigned
Second Lieutenants
William Cocks promoted in recess; George F. Harrison, declined
William Cumming promoted in recess; + Israel Loring
Joseph C Cooper promoted in recess; + Joseph Herkeimer
Thomas H Williams promoted in recess; + Jacob Mancius
Samuel Hoffman promoted in recess; + Nathaniel Smith
John Duer; + Cornelius Kipp
William W Wands; + Tobias V Cuyler, resigned
Prosper Brown, dead; + Walter B Vrooman
Jacob le Ten Eyck
Surgeon
+ Samuel Finley, resigned
Surgeons Mates
+ John H. Douglas; + Samuel Davis
Thirteenth Regiment of Infanty
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
Timothy Taylor
Majors
John Ripley; Jabez Huntington, resigned
Captains
John Benjamin; Jonathan Root
John Meigs; John Bulford
Elihu Sandford; Asa Copeland
Stephen Ranney; William Young Junr
Samuel Blakeslee; Coleby Chew, declined
First Lieutenants
Samuel Waugh; William W Cheney
Lemuel Harrison; Ludowick Gallup
Bennet Bronson; John Eels
Reuben Hurd; Waters Clark
Trueman Mosely; + Nathaniel Ruggles
John Knox; + John Beers
Second Lieutenants
Salmon Clark; Peter Richards, declined
Peter N Brinsmade; Robert Hossmer,[undecipherable]
Trueman Hinman; Solomon Allen
Walter Smith; + Austin Ledyard, declined
Joseph A Wells, declined; + Nathaniel Noyes
James Gordon Junr; + Fanning Tracey
Ebenezer Learned, declined; + Abijah Fenn, suspended & resigned
Surgeon
+ Joseph Trowbridge
Surgeons Mates
+ Timothy Pierce; + John Orton Junr; + John Spalding, declined
Fourteenth Regiment of Infantry
Lieutenants Col Commandant
Nathan Rice
Majors
John Walker; Isaac Winslow
Captains
William Jones, declined; John Burbeck, declined
Erasmus Babbet Junr; Simeon Draper
Ephraim Emmery; Phineas Ashman
John Tolman; Joseph Peirce Junr, declined
Solomon Phelps; Arthur Lithgow, declined
Ebenezer Thatcher, declined; + Samuel Mackay
Thomas Chandler, resigned; + John Hastings
Nathaniel Thwing
First Lieutenants
James Church; John Wheelwright
Nathanial Soley, declined; Isaac Rand Junr
Jacob Allen; Benjamin Beale Junr, declined
William A Baron, declined; + Henry Sargent
Robert Duncan Junr; + Francis Barker
Phineas Ashman, declined; + William Gardner
Alpheus Cheney; + Rufus Childs
Samuel Flagg Junr, resigned
Second Lieutenants
Thomas Heald, declined; William Leverett
Moses M Bates, declined; John Roulstone
Charles Hunt; Thomas Durant
James Gardner; Samuel W Church, resigned
Marshall Spring, resigned; + Peyton Gay
Daniel Hastings; + Thomas Hale
Duncan Ingraham, resigned; + Charles Leonard, declined
Surgeon
+ Charles Blake
Surgeon's Mates
+ Luther Stearns, declined; + Josiah Dwight, declined
Fifteenth Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
Richard Hunnewell
Majors
John Rowe; William Jones
Captains
James Brown; William Heywood
Nathaniel Balch Jr; Caleb Aspinwall
Hall Tufts; Stephen Peabody
John Pynchon; Thomas Philips, declined
John Blake; + Eli Forbes
Samuel Jordan
First Lieutenants
Charles Cutler; Joseph Lee, declined
William Sevan; David C D Forrest
Samuel P Fay; Charles P Phelps, declined
Eleazar Williams, declined; Edmund Soper
Nathaniel Kidder; + Thomas Stevens
Thomas Bowman, declined; + Augustus Hunt
Ebenezer Bradish Jr; + Daniel Morse, declined
John Shepherd, declined
Second Lieutenants
Abijah Harrington; Willard Fales
Jonathan Nichol; Warren Hall, declined
Daniel Bell; James D Wheaton
John Page Junr; Seth Bannister
David Fales; + Nathan Parks
Franklin Tinkham
Surgeon
+ Oliver Mann
Surgeons Mates
+ Jonathan White; + Ebenezer Lawrence
Sixteenth Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
Rufus Graves
Majors
+ Timothy Darling, resigned; + Cornelius Lynde
Captains
Josiah Dunham; John Rogers, declined
Nathaniel Greene; George Tillinghast
Robert Parker; Abraham R Ellery
Henry Tilton; Jonathan Andrews
William Woodward; George Woodward
Israel Elliott Trask
First Lieutenants
Francis Gardner, declined; Thomas Brindley
Daniel M Durell; Daniel Bissell
Abel Hutchins, declined; Isaac Putnam
Sylvester G Whipple; + Israel W Kelly
Ephraim Whitney, declined; + Thaddeus Kendall
Whipple Lovett; + Marmaduke Wait
Robert Overing
Second Lieutenants
Arthur Rogers, declined; Ozeas Danforth
Moses Sweet; William E Green, declined
Israel Bartlett; Christopher Whipple
Samuel Parker; John W Brownson
Jesse Lull; + Benjamin F Starke
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 Secy of War
War Department April 15th 1800
Lieut. General
George Washington, dead
Major Generals
Alexander Hamilton, Inspector General
Charles Cotesworth 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 Renselan; John Taylor, declined
Captains
Richard Willing, William Spencers
Benjamin Williamson, Charles T Mercer, declined
Laurence Lewis, declined; James Burn
John B. Armistead, James N. Ball
First Lieutenants
Robert Gray; Lawrence Washington
John Wallback; Charles F. Mercer, declined
George Washington Craik; Richard Tilghman
Second Lieutenants
William C Rogers; Carter B. Fontaine
Alexander McComb Junior; Richard Cook, resigned
Charles Tutt, +Archibald Lee
George W. F. Custis
Fifth Regiment of Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel Commandants
+ John Smith
Majors
+ James Armstrong; + Henry M. Rutledge
Captains
William Dangerfield; + William Simons, declined
Fleming Wooldridge; + Benjamin Fossin Trapier
+ John Kershaw; + Noah Kelsey
+ James Hartley; + Zechariah Nettles
+ Paul Thompson; + John Mitchell
+ Benjamin Easely
First Lieutenants
John Jameson; + Peter Williamson
Charles Kilgore; + Stanmore Butler
+ John Brown; + George Clayton
+ Charles Boyle; + William W Trapier
+ William Taylor; + Pierre Gaillard, declined
+ Josias Heyward
Second Lieutenants
Willis Morgan; + Johnson Wellborn
Elijah Johnson; + Edward Croft, declined
+ Samuel Taylor, declined; + William Darkey
+ Thomas Osborne Junr; + Francis Rogers
+ John Parker, Son of William, declined; + Charles Jones Jenkins
+ Charles Codnor Ash
Sixth Regiment of Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
+ James Read
Majors
+ Alexander D Moore; + William Brickell
Captains
William P. Anderson, resigned; William Hall
+ James Taylor; + John Williams
+ William Dickson; + John Nicholas
+ Eli Gaither; + Samuel Graves Barron
+ Edmund Smithwick; + Maurice Moore
First Lieutenants
Lewis Tiner; + Joseph Alexander, declined
+ Robert Troy, declined; + Carleton Walker
+ James Mackay; + Edward Jones
+ George W Davidson, declined; + Hugh Neuman, declined
+ McKenney Long; + William Martin, declined
+ Benjamin Smith
Second Lieutenants
Edmund P Gaines; + John Carroway
+ David T W Cook; + Abner Pasteur
+ Marcus Sharpe; + Benjamin Forsyth
+ James Morris; + Hugh Montgomery, not heard from
+ John Wilkinson; + Alexander Hunter
Surgeon
+ Roger Cutler
Seventh Regiment
Lieut Colonel Commandant
William Bentley
Robert Beale; James Baytop
Captains
Daniel Ball, resigned; William Campbell
Edmund Clark; Thomas Greene
John Davidson; Robert King
Archibald C. Randolph; James Caldwell
Bartholomew Dandridge, declined; + William K. Blues
Thomas Turner, declined
First Lieutenant
Van Bennet; Addison Armistead
John Brahan; Samuel J Winston
Robert Carrington, declined; Calvin Morgan
Brewer Godwin, resigned; + John Heiskell
Felix Wilton; + Jesse Dold
Jesse Ewell Junr; + Horatio Stark
Joseph Grigsby; + Marquis Combs
Robert Temple, declined; + George Armistead
Second Lieutenants
John Heiskell promoted during recess; Andrew M Lusk
Jesse Dold promoted during recess; James Brown
Horatio Stark promoted during recess; + William Saunders
Marquis Combs promoted during recess; + John Crump, declined
George Armistead promoted during recess; + Bartlett Anderson
William Potts; + Francis W Cook
Peter Lambkin; + Philip Roots
Alexander Henderson, declined; + John F Powell
William Deane, declined; + Jacob Call
Surgeon
+ Francis H. Peyton
Surgeons Mates
+ Thaddeus Capron; + James W. Wallace, resigned
Eighth Regiment of Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
Thomas Parker
Majors
Simon Morgan, declined; + Lawrence Butler; William Campbell
Captains
Presley Thornton; Garnet Peyton
Robert Gregg; Daniel C Lane
Henry Piercy; Philip Lightfoot
George S. Washington; Edmund Taylor
Richard Chinns; Nathaniel Henry
First Lieutenants
Francis Foushee, resigned; John G Brown
James Duncanson; John Williams
Lemuel Bent; Thomas Jameson
Robert Gustin; John Campbell
George Tate; + James Tutt
Charles J Love; + Simon Owens
Second Lieutenants
James Tutt promoted during recess; Willis Wells, declined
Simon Owens promoted during recess; Hugh McCallister
Reuben Thornton, declined; John Crane Junr
George W Humphries; + John Meredith
Obadiah Clifford; + John Stephens
Strother Settle; + Robert Bell
John C Williams; + Uriah Blue
Charles Shackleford; + Richard Taylor
John T. Fitzhugh; + Robert Little
Surgeon
+ Edward Conrad
Surgeons Mate
+ Thomas Tiplett, resigned; + Samuel M Griffith
Ninth Regiment of Infantry
Lieut Colonel Commandant
Josias C Hall
Majors
David Hopkins; William D Beall
Captains
John C Beatty, declined; William Nicholson
Thomas Beatty; Jacob Norris
Lloyd Beall; Valentine Brothers
Gerard Briscoe; John W Hacket
Rezin Davidge; Jonathan Hodgson
Bradley Beans, declined; + Richard Earle
Isaac Spencer
First Lieutenants
William Elliott; Henry C Neale
Edward A Howard, declined; Aquila Beale
Richard W. West, declines; William Savin
John B Barnes; Charles Clement
Ninian Pinckney; + John Thompson
Levi Alexander; + Robert Gover
Matthew Tilghman
Second Lieutenants
Alexander Cooper; Levi G Ford
John Brangle, declined; Daniel Hughes
Enos Noland; John Adlum
Thomas Dent; Edward Ford
Levi Hillary; + George Peter
John Warren, declined; + Joseph Bentley
William Swan; + Benjamin Nowland
Surgeon
+ Robert Geddes
Surgeons Mates
+ Charles H Winder, declined; + William Beatty, declined
+ Anderson Warfield; + Charles A Beatty
+ Dardon Brown
Tenth Regiment of Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
Thomas L Moore
Majors
William Henderson; George Stephenson
Captains
Joseph McKinney; William Graham
James Blaine; David Duncan
Andrew Johnson; Benjamin Gibbs
Matthew Henry; James Ashman
William R. Atlee, declined; + Robert Westcott
Hugh Brady
First Lieutenants
John Sharp, dead; Thomas Swearingen
Samuel B. McGaw; Cromwell Peirce
Henry G. Slough; Henry Westcott, declined
Samuel Fulton, declined; + Alexander McNair
Josiah McElwaine, declined; + David Irving
James P. Nelson, declined; + Paul Weitzell
Benjamin Wallace; + David Offley
Robert Lawrence; + Samuel R Franklin
Nelson Wade; + William Morrow
Second Lieutenants
William Morrow promoted during recess; John Smith
George Hamill; Robert Chambers
Archibald Davis, resigned; Alexander McNair, declined
John A Douglas; Thomas Lee
Herman Witner, declined; + John Hay
Hough K Potts; + Robert George Barde
John S. Porter, declined; + Joseph Knox
Surgeon
+ Henry Hall, declined; + William Hurst
Surgeons Mates
+ George Wilson; + James Irvine
Eleventh Regiment of Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
Aaron Ogden
Majors
William Shute; John Adlum
Captains
Robert Hunt, resigned; Samuel Bowman
Charles Marles; Peter Faulkner
Job Stockton; Walter K Cole, resigned
Denise Foreman; James Read
Almarine Brookes; + Samuel Erwins
Samuel White
First Lieutenants
Samuel Erwin promoted during recess; William Carson
Thomas Reading Junr, resigned; Lewis Howard
Robert C Thompson; James Battel
Samuel C Voorhes; + John Caldwell
Walter K Cole, declined; + Samuel Owen Smith, declined
George M Ogden; + Charles B Green
John G MacWhorter; + William J Anderson
William Potter; + Thomas Bullman
Henry Betz, declined; + Henry Drake
Second Lieutenants
William Piatt; John Milroy
Charles Read, resigned; Benjamin Worrell
Thomas Bullman promoted during recess; John Montgomery
Henry Drake promoted during recess; Jabez Caldwell
Hethcote Johnson; + Thomas Y. How
James Rhea; + Joseph Vancleve
James Clayton Junr, declined; + Lawrence Mulford
Surgeons
+ John Chetwood Junr
Surgeons Mates
+ John Howell; + John C Wynans
Twelfth Regiment of Infantry
Lieut Colonel Commandant
William S. Smith
Majors
William Willcocks; Christopher Hutton, declined; + Dowe J Fondy
Captains
Dowe J Fondy promoted during recess; Adrian Kissam, resigned
Philip Church; John W Patterson, resigned
James Bennet; Justus B Smith, not heard from
George W Kirkland; Jeremiah Landon
Philip Cortland; 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 C. Cooper
Robert Le Roy Livingston; + Thomas H. Williams
Henry W Ludlow; + Samuel Hoffman, dismissed
Nathaniel Paulding, resigned
Second Lieutenants
William Cocks promoted in recess; George F. Harrison, declined
William Cumming promoted in recess; + Israel Loring
Joseph C Cooper promoted in recess; + Joseph Herkeimer
Thomas H Williams promoted in recess; + Jacob Mancius
Samuel Hoffman promoted in recess; + Nathaniel Smith
John Duer; + Cornelius Kipp
William W Wands; + Tobias V Cuyler, resigned
Prosper Brown, dead; + Walter B Vrooman
Jacob le Ten Eyck
Surgeon
+ Samuel Finley, resigned
Surgeons Mates
+ John H. Douglas; + Samuel Davis
Thirteenth Regiment of Infanty
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
Timothy Taylor
Majors
John Ripley; Jabez Huntington, resigned
Captains
John Benjamin; Jonathan Root
John Meigs; John Bulford
Elihu Sandford; Asa Copeland
Stephen Ranney; William Young Junr
Samuel Blakeslee; Coleby Chew, declined
First Lieutenants
Samuel Waugh; William W Cheney
Lemuel Harrison; Ludowick Gallup
Bennet Bronson; John Eels
Reuben Hurd; Waters Clark
Trueman Mosely; + Nathaniel Ruggles
John Knox; + John Beers
Second Lieutenants
Salmon Clark; Peter Richards, declined
Peter N Brinsmade; Robert Hossmer,[undecipherable]
Trueman Hinman; Solomon Allen
Walter Smith; + Austin Ledyard, declined
Joseph A Wells, declined; + Nathaniel Noyes
James Gordon Junr; + Fanning Tracey
Ebenezer Learned, declined; + Abijah Fenn, suspended & resigned
Surgeon
+ Joseph Trowbridge
Surgeons Mates
+ Timothy Pierce; + John Orton Junr; + John Spalding, declined
Fourteenth Regiment of Infantry
Lieutenants Col Commandant
Nathan Rice
Majors
John Walker; Isaac Winslow
Captains
William Jones, declined; John Burbeck, declined
Erasmus Babbet Junr; Simeon Draper
Ephraim Emmery; Phineas Ashman
John Tolman; Joseph Peirce Junr, declined
Solomon Phelps; Arthur Lithgow, declined
Ebenezer Thatcher, declined; + Samuel Mackay
Thomas Chandler, resigned; + John Hastings
Nathaniel Thwing
First Lieutenants
James Church; John Wheelwright
Nathanial Soley, declined; Isaac Rand Junr
Jacob Allen; Benjamin Beale Junr, declined
William A Baron, declined; + Henry Sargent
Robert Duncan Junr; + Francis Barker
Phineas Ashman, declined; + William Gardner
Alpheus Cheney; + Rufus Childs
Samuel Flagg Junr, resigned
Second Lieutenants
Thomas Heald, declined; William Leverett
Moses M Bates, declined; John Roulstone
Charles Hunt; Thomas Durant
James Gardner; Samuel W Church, resigned
Marshall Spring, resigned; + Peyton Gay
Daniel Hastings; + Thomas Hale
Duncan Ingraham, resigned; + Charles Leonard, declined
Surgeon
+ Charles Blake
Surgeon's Mates
+ Luther Stearns, declined; + Josiah Dwight, declined
Fifteenth Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
Richard Hunnewell
Majors
John Rowe; William Jones
Captains
James Brown; William Heywood
Nathaniel Balch Jr; Caleb Aspinwall
Hall Tufts; Stephen Peabody
John Pynchon; Thomas Philips, declined
John Blake; + Eli Forbes
Samuel Jordan
First Lieutenants
Charles Cutler; Joseph Lee, declined
William Sevan; David C D Forrest
Samuel P Fay; Charles P Phelps, declined
Eleazar Williams, declined; Edmund Soper
Nathaniel Kidder; + Thomas Stevens
Thomas Bowman, declined; + Augustus Hunt
Ebenezer Bradish Jr; + Daniel Morse, declined
John Shepherd, declined
Second Lieutenants
Abijah Harrington; Willard Fales
Jonathan Nichol; Warren Hall, declined
Daniel Bell; James D Wheaton
John Page Junr; Seth Bannister
David Fales; + Nathan Parks
Franklin Tinkham
Surgeon
+ Oliver Mann
Surgeons Mates
+ Jonathan White; + Ebenezer Lawrence
Sixteenth Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
Rufus Graves
Majors
+ Timothy Darling, resigned; + Cornelius Lynde
Captains
Josiah Dunham; John Rogers, declined
Nathaniel Greene; George Tillinghast
Robert Parker; Abraham R Ellery
Henry Tilton; Jonathan Andrews
William Woodward; George Woodward
Israel Elliott Trask
First Lieutenants
Francis Gardner, declined; Thomas Brindley
Daniel M Durell; Daniel Bissell
Abel Hutchins, declined; Isaac Putnam
Sylvester G Whipple; + Israel W Kelly
Ephraim Whitney, declined; + Thaddeus Kendall
Whipple Lovett; + Marmaduke Wait
Robert Overing
Second Lieutenants
Arthur Rogers, declined; Ozeas Danforth
Moses Sweet; William E Green, declined
Israel Bartlett; Christopher Whipple
Samuel Parker; John W Brownson
Jesse Lull; + Benjamin F Starke
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 Secy of War
War Department April 15th 1800
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[view document] (16 pages) | NMI09 (16 pages) | Collection: Sixth Congress: Executive Nominations to the Senate [6B-A2 & A3] (RG46) (M1706, roll 4) | 6B-A2 |
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Author | James McHenry | War Department | [n/a] |
Recipient | Unknown Recipient | [unknown] | [n/a] |