APPENDIX D.
BRITISH ARMY, AT VARIOUS DATES.
The British Official Records show that the entire British force in America, including troops in Canada, Florida and the Bahama Islands, hardly exceeded, at any one time—and then not until 1780—42,000 men. Some of the regiments appear upon the maps as participants in battles from the attack upon Breed’s Hill until the final surrender of Cornwallis. The colonels of these regiments, under British regulations, held command as general officers; but the regiments retained their personal relation to the commanding officer, although the lieutenant-colonel commanded the battalions in the field, one recruiting battalion always remaining at the home depot.
The following Tables have peculiar value, being compiled direct from original sources:
1. British regiments assigned to America, 1776.
| 17th Dragoons | Preston’s. |
| 4th Foot | Hodgsin’s. |
| 5th Foot | Percy’s. |
| 10th Foot | Sanford’s. |
| 22d Foot | Gage’s. |
| 23d Foot | Howe’s. |
| 35th Foot | F. H. Campbell’s. |
| 38th Foot | Pigot’s. |
| 40th Foot | Hamilton’s. |
| 43d Foot | Cray’s. |
| 44th Foot | Abercrombie’s. |
| 45th Foot | Haviland’s. |
| 47th Foot | Carleton’s. |
| 49th Foot | Maitland’s. |
| 52d Foot | Clavering’s. |
| 63d Foot | T. Grant’s. |
| 64th Foot | Pomeroy’s. |
| 65th Foot | Armstrong’s. |
The above were stationed in Boston, with five companies of the Royal Artillery.
On their passage from Ireland to Boston:
| 17th Foot | Monkton’s. |
| 27th Foot | Massey’s. |
| 46th Foot | Vaughn’s. |
| 53d Foot | James Grant’s. |
Then, in Canada:
| 7th Foot | Berlier’s. |
| 8th Foot | T. Armstrong’s. |
| 26th Foot | Lord Gordon’s. |
| 2 Companies | Royal Artillery. |