History of the United States of America, Volume 8 (of 9) : $b During the second administration of James MadisonAdams, Henry
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History of the United States of America, Volume 8 (of 9) : $b During the second administration of James Madison
Adams, Henry
United States -- History -- 1801-1809; United States -- History -- 1809-1817
So famous did Brown’s little army become, that the details of its force
and organization retained an interest equalled only by that which
attached to the frigates and sloops-of-war. Although the existence
of the regiments ceased with the peace, and their achievements were
limited to a single campaign of three or four months, their fame
would have insured them in any other service extraordinary honors and
sedulous preservation of their identity. Two small brigades of regular
troops, and one still smaller brigade of Pennsylvania volunteers, with
a corps of artillery, composed the entire force. The first brigade was
commanded by Brigadier-General Winfield Scott, and its monthly return
of June 30,1814, reported its organization and force as follows:[47]--
_Strength of the First, or Scott’s, Brigade._
PRESENT FOR DUTY. AGGREGATE.
/--------------^-------------\
Non-com. Officers, Officers. Present and
rank-and-file. absent.
Ninth Regiment 332 16 642
Eleventh Regiment 416 17 577
Twenty-second Regiment 217 12 287
Twenty-fifth Regiment 354 16 619
General Staff 4 4
---- -- ----
Total 1319 65 2129
The Ninth regiment came from Massachusetts, and in this campaign was
usually commanded by its lieutenant-colonel, Thomas Aspinwall, or
by Major Henry Leavenworth. The Eleventh was raised in Vermont, and
was led by Major John McNeil. The Twenty-second was a Pennsylvania
regiment, commanded by its colonel, Hugh Brady. The Twenty-fifth was
enlisted in Connecticut, and identified by the name of T. S. Jesup,
one of its majors. The whole brigade, officers and privates, numbered
thirteen hundred and eighty-four men present for duty on the first day
of July, 1814.
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