United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns; Washington, George, 1732-1799
In the American Civil War of 1861–’65, the same rule followed. Nine Ohio
regiments, for example, and those militia, marched to West Virginia for
three months, reënlisted for three years, and then reënlisted for the
war. Several “One Hundred Day” regiments, including the Sixtieth
Massachusetts, and many in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, became credits
to their respective States. The same men were sometimes counted three
times—that is, for each reënlistment.
The contributions of the States, during the Revolutionary War, on this
basis, were as follows:
New Hampshire 12,497
Massachusetts 69,907
Rhode Island 5,908
Connecticut 31,939
New York 17,781
New Jersey 10,726
Pennsylvania 25,678
Delaware 2,386
Maryland 13,912
Virginia 26,678
North Carolina 7,263
South Carolina 6,417
Georgia 2,679
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Total 233,771
Also, see Index, “American Army.”
APPENDIX B.
AMERICAN NAVY AND ITS CAREER.
The original organization of the American Navy is noticed on pages 59–60
of the text.
On the thirteenth of December, 1775, several frigates, were authorized,
the annexed figures indicating their _rate_, by _guns_:
_Alliance_ (32), twice identified with Lafayette (pp. 253, 361), and
sold after the war.
_Andrea Doria_ (32), burned in the Delaware to prevent capture 1777
_Boston_ (28), captured at Charleston 1780
[8]_CONGRESS_, burned in the Hudson, to prevent capture 1777
_Delaware_ (24), captured by the British, in the Delaware 1777
_Effingham_ (28), destroyed by the British, in the Delaware 1777
_Hancock_ (32), taken by British ships _Rainbow_ (44) and _Victor_
(16) 1777
[8]_Montgomery_ (24), burned in the Hudson to prevent capture 1777
_Providence_ (28), captured at Charleston 1780
_Queen of France_ (18), captured at Charleston 1780
_Raleigh_ (32), captured by the British ships _Experiment_ (50)
and _Unicorn_ (16) 1777
_Randolph_ (32), blown up in action with the _Yarmouth_ (64) 1778
_The Confederacy_ (32), taken by a British ship-of-the-line, off
the Virginia coast 1781
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