American Prisoners of the Revolution

and allowed the freedom of the city, they had far better opportunities to obtain the nece

in the prisons of New York at this time. But that, we fear, is now an impossibility. As this account is designed as a memorial to those martyred privates, we have made many efforts to obtain their names. But if the muster

, destroyed his books, in order to leave no written record of his crimes. The names of 8,000 prisoners, mostly seamen, who were confined on the prison ship Jersey, alone, hav

s swift, than that endured on a memorable occasion in India, when British soldiers were placed, during a single night, into one of their own "B

venport, Esq, a descendant of Major Bedinger] is the pay-roll of one of these companies of riflemen,-that of Captain Abra

y, the misfortunes of the men named therein. For this purpose we will first give the list of names, and a

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rwards commanded by Lieut Colonel Moses Rawlings, in the Continental Service from July 1st, 1776, to October 1st, 1778." The paper gives the dates of enlistment; those who were killed; those who died; those who deserted; those who were discharged; drafted; made prisoners; "dates until when p

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Crawford. Second Sergeant, John Kerney. Third Sergeant, Robert Howard. Fourth Sergeant, Dennis Bush. First Corporal, John Seaburn. Second Corporal,

n, John Wilson, Moses McComesky, Thomas Beatty, John Gray, Valentine Fritz, Zechariah Bull, William Moredock, Charles Collins, Samuel Davis, Conrad Cabbage, John Cummins, Gabriel Stevens, Michael Wolf, John Lewis, William Donnelly, David Gilmore, John Cassody, Samuel Blount, Peter Good, George Helm, William Bogle (or Boyle), John Nixon, Anthon

Flying Camp who are mentioned by Saffel. He adds that, as far as is known, all

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urns, Henry Yepler, Baltus Weigh, Charles Beason, Leonard Huber, John McCarroll, Jacob Guiger, John May, Daniel Adams, George McCormick, Jacob Kettle, Jacob Miller, George Mason, Jam

. But it is not with these, at present, that we have to do. We have already seen how much better was their treatment than that accorded to the haples