11. Sept. 1, 1781.
| New York. | Virginia. | S. Carolina. | Georgia. | Floridas. | N. Scotia. | W. Indies. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British, | 5,932 | 5,544 | 5,024 | 920 | 1,745 | 498 | |
| German, | 8,629 | 2,204 | 1,596 | 486 | 558 | 562 | |
| Provincial, | 2,140 | 1,137 | 3,155 | 598 | 211 | 1,145 | |
| Total, | 16,701 | 8,885 | 9,775 | 1,084 | 1,689 | 3,452 | 498 |
| Aggregate, including Providence Island and Bermuda, 42,075. | |||||||
Note.—Stedman has the following estimate:
| British and Rebel Force in 1776. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dates. | British. | Rebel. |
| August | 24,000 | 16,000 |
| November | 26,600 | 4,500 |
| December | 27,700 | 3,300 |
| In 1777. | ||
| March | 27,000 | 4,500 |
| June | 30,000 | 8,000 |
APPENDIX E.
ORGANIZATION OF BURGOYNE’S ARMY.
To remain in Canada, part of 8th regiment, 460 men; part of 34th, 348 men; parts of 29th and 31st regiments, 896 men; eleven additional companies expected from Great Britain, 616 men; brigade detachments, 300 men; detachments from German troops, 650 men, and Royal Highland emigrants, 500 men; making a total of 3,770 men.
The army of invasion (see page [171]) numbered as follows:
| Men. | |
|---|---|
| The grenadiers and light infantry (except of the 8th and 24th regiments), as the advance corps under General Fraser | 1,568 |
| First brigade; battalion companies of the 9th, 21st, and 47th regiments | 1,194 |
| Second brigade; battalion companies of the 20th, 53d, and 62d regiments, leaving 50 of each in Canada | 1,194 |
| German troops, except the Hanau Chasseurs, and 650 left in Canada | 3,217 |
| Total, with artillery | 7,173 |
To this force were to be associated “as many Canadians and Indians as might be thought necessary for the service.”
APPENDIX F.
ORGANIZATION OF CORNWALLIS’S ARMY.
This force, when fully concentrated on Virginia, Aug. 1, 1781, consisted of the following troops: British, 5,541; German, 2,148; Provincials, 1,137; on detachments, 607; making a total of 9,433 men.
The general Return of officers and privates surrendered at Yorktown, as taken from the original Muster Rolls, is stated by the Commissary of prisoners to have been as follows—General and staff, 79; Artillery, 23; Guards, 527; Light Infantry, 671; 17th Reg’t, 245; 23d Reg’t, 233; 33d Reg’t, 260; 43d Reg’t, 359; 71st Reg’t, 300; 76th Reg’t, 715; 80th Reg’t, 689; two battalions of Anspach, 1,077 (these two battalions alone had Colonels present), Prince Hereditary, 484; Regiment of De Bose, 349; Yagers, 74; British Legion, 241; Queen’s Rangers, 320; North Carolina Vols., 142; Pioneers, 44; Engineers, 23. Total, including commissary department, and 80 followers of the army, 7,247 men. Total of officers and men, 7,073. Seamen and from shipping, about 900 officers and men. Other authorities increase this number to over 8,000. It is evident that the Return of August 15, cited on page [385], overestimates the really effective force.
Seventy-five brass cannon, 69 iron guns, 18 German and 6 British regimental standards, were among trophies captured.
The military chest contained £2,113, 6s, sterling. The Guadaloupe 28, the old Fowey, the Bonetta (sloop) 24, and Vulcan (fire-ship), thirty transports, fifteen galleys, and many smaller vessels, with nearly 900 officers and seamen, were surrendered to the French.
APPENDIX G.
NOTES OF LEE’S COURT-MARTIAL.
Major-General Lord Stirling, President.
Brigadier-General Smallwood.
Brigadier-General Poor.
Brigadier-General Woodford.
Brigadier-General Huntington.
Colonel Irvine.
Colonel Shepard.
Colonel Swift.
Colonel Wigglesworth.
Colonel Angel.
Colonel Clarke.
Colonel Williams.
Colonel Febiger.
John Lawrence, Judge-Advocate.
The Court met July 1, 1778, at the house of Mr. Voorhees, New Brunswick, N.J.
The charges were as follows:
First—For disobedience of orders, in not attacking the enemy on the twenty-eighth of June, agreeably to repeated instructions.
Second—For misbehavior before the enemy on the same day, by making an unnecessary, disorderly, and shameful retreat.
Third—For disrespect to the Commander-in-Chief, in two letters dated the first of July and the twenty-eighth of June.
GENERAL LEE PLEAD “NOT GUILTY.”
On the twelfth of August, the Court found him to be guilty under all the charges, and sentenced him to be “suspended from any command in the Armies of the United States of America, for the term of twelve months.”
Forty-two witnesses were examined. (See page [235] of text, for their unanimity in vindication of Washington from use of any language not proper, in his rebuke of Lee at the time of his retreat.)
The following are the letters that concluded with Lee’s demand for a court-martial: