Rolls of the provincial (loyalist) corps, Canadian command, American revolutionary period / prepared by Mary Beacock Fryer and William A. Smy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fryer, Mary Beacock, author.

Smy, William A., author.

Series:

Dundurn Canadian historical document series ; Publication number 1.

Dundurn Canadian historical document series ; Publication number 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Empire loyalists--Genealogy.

United Empire loyalists.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Registers.

United States.

Canada--Genealogy.

Canada.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, Canadian--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (105 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Charlottetown : Dundurn Press, [1981]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

These published rolls are intended to provide a fairly comprehensive list of the loyal colonials who joined the Provincial Corps of the British Army , 1775-1784, that werepart of the Northern, or Canadian, command during the American Revolution. The name ""Provincial corpos of the British Army"" applied to regiments established for loyal residents of Britain's colonies. To conduct the war against the rebels in the Thirteen colonies, the British government organized military departments at key points which the army could control. The central department was the occupied zone around New York C

Contents:

Rolls of the Provincial (Loyalist) Corps, Canadian Command American Revolutionary Period; INTRODUCTION; THE ROYAL HIGHLAND EMIGRANTS 84th FOOT; A LIST OF THE COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, KING'S ROYAL REGIMENT OF NEW YORK; BUTLER'S RANGERS; THE LOYAL RANGERS; THE KING'S RANGERS

Notes:

Companion to: King's men / Mary Beacock Fryer.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786611957681

9781281957689

1281957682

9781554882809

155488280X

OCLC:

288132514