Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Charles Stevens, 21st Regiment of Foot, Goes to the Dogs

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 Charles Stevens was a cordwainer from the town of Airth in County Stirling, Scotland, a few miles up the River Forth from Edinburgh. He joi...
Sunday, July 9, 2023

William Nowland, 46th Regiment of Foot, serves from 18 to 62

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 When he set foot on a sandy barrier island near Charlestown, South Carolina in the first half of 1776, William Nowland was already a season...
Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Donald McPherson, 71st Regiment, gets two stabs and a slice

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The surgeon looked over Donald McPherson's right arm. It was a bayonet wound, no doubt. There, on McPherson's left arm, was another....
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Sunday, February 12, 2023

Joseph and Mary Whitaker, 17th Regiment of Foot, make their claims

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A few miles southwest of Dublin is a village called Kill, in County Kildare. In 1736, Joseph Whitaker was born there. He grew up to pursue t...
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Saturday, September 10, 2022

John Bartley, 31st Regiment, knows the war is over

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The terms of enlistment were very clear to John Bartley: service would be over “at the end of three years, or at the end of said Rebellion, ...
Monday, August 29, 2022

What became of Sarah McPike, 62nd Regiment?

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Thomas McPike enlisted in the British army at the young age of sixteen in the year 1759. A native of Ballinderry parish in County Antrim, Ir...
Saturday, April 16, 2022

John Fletcher, 54th Regiment, far the most witty

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Various military records provide details on British soldiers' ages, places of birth, trades, and sometimes even physical attributes like...
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