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My Ancestor Was A Woman At War
(United Kingdom)
British Military Medals - 2nd Edition
A Guide for the Collector
and Family Historian
Tracing Your Ancestors
Through Family Photographs
Cornish Emigrants to Ontario,
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Fashionable Folks:
Bonnets and Hats 1840-1900
Poisoned by Lies & Hypocrisy,
America's First Attempt to Bring Liberty to Canada, 1775-1776
My Ancestor Was Scottish: A Guide to Sources for Family Historians
Scugog Carrying Place,
A Frontier Pathway
[Ontario, Canada]
Forgotton Hero, Alexander Fraser
[War 1812 & Perth, Ontario]
Genealogy in Ontario, Searching the Records, 30th Anniversary Edition
The Famine in Ulster
[Northern Ireland]
Montbeliard Immigration to
Nova Scotia, 1749-1752
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BOOK - The British Campaign of 1777, Volume Two - The Burgoyne Expedition: Burgoyne's Native and Loyalist Auxiliaries
By Gavin Watt. With research assistance of T.W. Braisted, and acknowledgement of Dr. P.L. Stevens' works
Published by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 2013
Hardcover Edition
8.5 X 11"
Book-on-CD Edition
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This new book is a companion piece to Volume 1, The St. Leger Expedition. Similar to the first
volume, the second will appeal to readers who enjoy the minutiae of the military campaigns of
the American Revolution. While essentially a military work, many will find the book useful for
genealogical research.
The majority of accounts about military campaigns concentrate on the big-name personalities
who directed operations or commanded large formations. Their backgrounds and characters are
minutely examined and their performances critiqued in depth, whereas the 'little' fellows who
commanded batteries, companies and platoons and the even 'littler' men who did the rowing,
heaving, carrying, digging, patrolling, guarding, fighting, bleeding and dying are rarely more than
nameless ciphers. In contrast, this book is primarily about the 'little' and 'littler' men.
As Burgoyne's army was a great deal larger than St. Leger's "light expeditionary corps," other
than a brief 'background' section about his Canadiens, the focus of Volume 2 will be on his
native and American loyalist auxiliaries. Hopefully, a third volume will cover the Canadiens in detail - his two
militia companies; body of fighting volunteers, and artificers and cart drivers.
For the loyalists - i.e. the Provincials - names, ranks, regiments and service
details are supplied and, in many cases, domicile, trade, family details, and place of
postwar settlement. Of no surprise, some men appear on unit rosters once or twice and then
disappear without a trace. In other cases, substantial military details have been found, but
nothing about a man's civilian background or later settlement.
Once again, it has proven impossible to identify more than a handful of natives, but the participating nations,
their alliances, and a detailed analysis of the Quebec Indian Department are provided.
- Contents include:
- List of Maps and Major Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- I BURGOYNE'S EXPEDITION
- Introduction
- Structure of the Army
- Chronology of the Expedition
- Cast of Important Characters
- II THE AMERICAN PROVINCIALS (LOYALISTS)
- Background
- Provincials on Campaign
- Rolls of the Provincial Units
- Using These Rolls
- Loyal Americans on the Army's Staff, in Supporting and Unaffiliated Roles
- Jessup's King's Loyal Americans
- Adams's Independent Ranging Company
- Peters's Queen's Loyal Rangers
- Hawley's Bateaux Company
- Pfister's, Mackay's & Leake's "Loyal Volunteers"
- McAlpin's "American Volunteers"
- Munro's Bateaux Company
- Van Alstine's Bateaux Company; Royal Highland Emigrants Artificers;
- Willcox's Pioneers and Carters, and KRR NY Baggage Detachment
- Sources of American Provincials' Information
- Surname Concordance
- THE CANADIENS
- THE NATIVES
- Background
- Nations and Alliances that Supported Burgoyne
- Quebec Indian Department
- Natives on Campaign
- A Few Native Names
- Bibiography
- Index (read or print complete Index, pdf)
This volume will be a treasured addition to your personal library, bound in a deeply grained dark burgundy Tanotex with gilt stamping on cover and spine.
Reviews:
- ".... simply the best and most intensive study of the Loyalist Americans who served with the 1777 Army from Canada commanded by Lieutenant-General John Burgoyne ever published. It is and will always remain an essential reference book on the subject, covering the various Royalist regiment and corps unit histories, organizations, and personnel biographies The expertise and thoroughness of its author, Gavin Watt, and Todd Braisted, research assistant, are second to none". - Eric Schnitzer, Park Ranger / Historian, Saratoga National Historical Park - October 22, 2013
- "I have received volume two of "The British Campaign of 1777' and I must say that it is totally impressive. The physical quality of the book is beautiful and the research which went into the biographies of the campaign's participants is breathtaking. The result is a real genealogical treasure for anyone with an ancestor connected to Burgoyne's expedition...". - Bob Lendt, military & family history researcher
- ".... Those with Loyalist and other ancestors included are fortunate to have such a detailed reference." Read complete review - John Reid, Anglo-Celtic Connections
368 Pages
Index
8.5" x 11"
Index
Bibliography
Published by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 2013
ISBN 978-1-926797-70-0 (Hardcover)
About the author
Gavin Watt has studied Canada's role in the American Revolution for forty years and has nine books published on the subject. He pursues a life-long interest in military history and has re-enacted in four historical eras. Gavin is a honourary Vice-President of the United Empire Loyalists' Association and often speaks at historical societies' meetings. The following titles are currently in print:
- The British Campaign of 1777, Volume One - The St. Leger Expedition: The Forces of Crown and Congress, Second Edition
- The British Campaign of 1777, Volume Two, The Burgoyne Expedition: Burgoyne's Native and Loyalist Auxiliaries
- The History and Master Roll of the The King's Royal Regiment of New York, Revised Edition
- The Rebellion in the Mohawk Valley, The St. Leger Expedition of 1777
- The Flockey, 13 August 1777, The Defeat of the Tory Uprising in the Schoharie Valley
- The Burning of the Valleys, Daring Raids from Canada Against the New York Frontier in the Fall of 1780 - Revised Edition
- A dirty, trifling, piece of business, Volume I: The Revolutionary War as Waged from Canada in 1781
- I am heartily ashamed, Volume II: The Revolutionary War's Final Campaign as Waged from Canada in 1782
- Poisoned by Lies and Hypocrisy, America's First Attempt to Bring Liberty to Canada,1775-1776
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