Physical Description:
54 pages, 17 cm., disbound, housed in the modern clamshell box. Notes:
A battalion orderly book covers Prevost's raid. The first entry,
April 27, 1779, was penned when the British forces concentrated at
Ebenezer, Ga., about to cross into South Carolina; the last is
dated June 15, five days before the British victory of Stono Ferry.
The orders cover different aspects of the campaign: logistics;
Southern loyalists; numerous Negro slaves who "horly resorts to the
army," and particularly "great want of Dissiplen." The orders for
May 29 noted that "the Batt[alio]n is now become so notorious for
maurauding & plundering White & Negroe women of all Denominations,
the men absenting themselves from camp day & night without leave
asked or given," that the commanding officer had to call on other
officers to "to exert their authority in support of their own
character & at least to preserve some part of that character given
to Scotsmen on the field." Biographical Note:
The 71st Regiment of Foot (Fraser's Highlanders) was raised in
Inverness, Stirling, and Glasgow in 1775, in two battalions.
Following the New York and Philadelphia campaigns of 1776, the
regiment was sent to Savannah in December 1778. In the spring of
1779, the 71st was attached to the forces under the command of Gen.
Augustine Prevost during his invasion of South Carolina. Subjects:
Prévost, Augustine, approximately 1725-1786. ; Great Britain.
Army. Regiment of Foot, 71st (Highland Light Infantry) -- Archives.
; Great Britain. Army -- Military life -- History -- 18th century
-- Sources. ; Great Britain. Army -- Scottish regiments -- History
-- 18th century -- Sources. ; American loyalists -- Southern
States. ; Slaves -- Southern States -- History -- 18th century --
Sources. ; Georgia -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources.
; South Carolina -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources. ;
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- British forces
-- Sources. Form/Genre:
Military records Great Britain 18th century. (aat) ; Orderly books
Great Britain 18th century. (aat) Physical Collection:
Orderly Books of the American Revolution.
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