tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247010651746594799.post5136321412380975362..comments2023-10-23T13:50:16.988-07:00Comments on British Soldiers, American Revolution: William McDonald, 38th Regiment: The War's First Escapee?Don N. Hagisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07378559838757104754noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247010651746594799.post-86698647611973870682019-03-22T20:40:16.297-07:002019-03-22T20:40:16.297-07:00Some more tidbits. The Rev. William Gordon mention...Some more tidbits. The Rev. William Gordon mentioned William McDonald by name in a description of visiting British POWs in the Concord jail in May 1775. (Relevant passage quoted <a href="http://www.drjosephwarren.com/2015/02/resistance-which-the-laws-of-god-and-nature-justified-%E2%80%93-part-ii/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />A September 25 petition from the POWs in the Concord jail present their leader as Sgt. Matthew Hayes, with no other sergeant mentioned. He's therefore most likely to have been the sergeant who gave Gaul the pass with an American general's name signed on it. And as you know, Sgt. Hayes also escaped that winter and returned to the king's army. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247010651746594799.post-51884642886966888942015-10-03T20:33:08.018-07:002015-10-03T20:33:08.018-07:00There was a prisoner exchange in May 1775, and it&...There was a prisoner exchange in May 1775, and it's notable that McDonald wasn't involved. Perhaps at the time he was thinking about staying behind the American lines, as other prisoners who had not given the Yankees depositions did. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.com