Rogers' Rock, Lake George, March 13, 1758: A Battle Fought on Snow ShoesRogers, Mary Cochrane
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Rogers' Rock, Lake George, March 13, 1758: A Battle Fought on Snow Shoes
Rogers, Mary Cochrane
Rogers' Rangers; Rogers, Robert, 1731-1795; United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763 -- Regimental histories
The number of the enemy was about 700, 600 of which were Indians. By the
best accounts we could get, we killed 150 of them, and wounded as many
more. I will not pretend to determine what we should have done had we
been 400 or more strong; but this I am obliged to say of those brave men
who attended me (most of whom are now no more) both officers and
soldiers in their respective stations behaved with uncommon resolution
and courage; nor do I know an instance during the whole action in which
I can justly impeach the prudence or good conduct of any one of them.
The following is a LIST of the Killed, Missing, &c.
The Captain and Lieutenant of His Majesty's regular troops, volunteers
in this party, were taken prisoners; the Ensign, another volunteer of
the same corps, was killed, as were two volunteers, and a Serjeant of
the said corps, and one private.
Of Capt. Rogers's Company,
Lieut. Moore Killed.
Serjeant Parnell Ditto.
Thirty-six privates Ditto.
Of Capt. Shepherd's Company,
Two Serjeants
Sixteen privates
Of Capt. James Rogers's Company,
Ensign M'Donald Killed.
Of Capt. John Starks's Company,
Two Serjeants Killed.
Fourteen privates Ditto.
Of Capt. Bulkley's Company,
Capt. Bulkley Killed.
Lieut. Pottinger Ditto.
Ensign White Ditto.
Forty-seven privates K. and Miss.
Of Capt. William Stark's Company,
Ensign Ross Killed.
Of Capt. Brewer's Company,
Lieut. Campbell Killed.
MUSTER ROLL OF CAPTAIN CHARLES BULKELEY'S COMPANY OF RANGERS
The author found this muster-roll, with other valuable papers, in an old
tea-chest in the attic of a colonial house at Littleton, Mass., now
owned by a collateral descendant of Capt. Bulkeley. In this house Major
Robert Rogers and his officers once spent the night, while the privates
were quartered in the church near by.
Captain Bulkeley served first in Phineas Osgood's Company in their
expedition to Nova Scotia, and later in Robert Rogers's Rangers. He was
killed by the Indians near Rogers Rock, on Lake George, on March 13,
1758, and forty-seven of his men with him.
This muster-roll of Captain Bulkeley's company, and other lists which I
shall include in a larger work, are the only lists of Rogers's Rangers
known to exist.
"A MUSTER ROLL OF CAPT. CHAS. BULKELEY'S COMPANY OF RANGERS FROM THE
24TH DAY OF JUNE TO THE 24TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1757, BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE."
Until what
Time of Time in the Total No.
Men's Names Quality Entrance Service of Days
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