Congress had appointed the following general officers as Washington’s associates in conduct of the war.
Major-Generals.
Some of these have been already noticed.
Artemas Ward.
Charles Lee, a retired officer of the British Army, a military adventurer under many flags, a resident of Virginia, an acquaintance of Washington, and ambitious to be first in command.
Philip Schuyler, then a member of Congress; a man of rare excellence of character, who had served in the French and Indian War, and took part in Abercrombie’s Ticonderoga campaign.
Israel Putnam.
Brigadier-Generals.
Seth Pomeroy.
Richard Montgomery, who served gallantly under Wolfe before Quebec, in 1759, and in the West Indies, in 1762.