WeRead Powered by ReaderPub
Washington the Soldier cover

Washington the Soldier

Chapter 57: APPENDIX F. ORGANIZATION OF CORNWALLIS’S ARMY.
By Henry B. Carrington
Open in WeRead

Explore more books like this:

BiographiesHistory - AmericanHistory - Warfare

About This Book

A detailed military biography traces George Washington's campaigns, orders, correspondence, and strategic choices, assessing his performance in the field and as a senior staff officer. It contextualizes operations through comparisons with earlier military systems and discussions of tactics, organization, and logistics. Throughout, the author links Washington's conduct to moral, religious, and patriotic motives and provides illustrations, maps, a chronological index, and appendices to clarify movements and decisions.

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.