Memorandum of American and British troops

Memorandum of American and British troops

1780-12-07

Handwritten memorandum of the state of the American and British troops during the American Revolution, dated December 7, 1780. Author unknown. States where troops are located and how many men are there.

2023-05-18

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Cox, Danielle

Butler, Collin (transcriber)

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Ms. 5, Memorandum of American and British troops, 1780.

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2 [illegible] Augusta 300 Reg. 60 [illegible] Brown
Do 96 300 do. 150 do. Col. [illegible]
no Works [illegible] 50 Mil. Kirkland
Col. Witham or Little River 200 Mil. Brig. Gen. Robt. Cunningham
Shiloh Long 200 Reg. Major McArthur
Brd. River 300 do [illegible]
no Works [illegible] 900 Reg. Cornwallis
[illegible] 60 Mil. Capt. Tullis
no Works Col. Thompson
[illegible] 200 Mil. Major Sh. Williams
[illegible] a small port of Mil.
[illegible] Camden 500 Reg. Rawdon 6th 200 Mil.
Geo. Town 80 Reg. Capt. Blake

From near Camden - a small fort [illegible] Col. Carry
[illegible] Hill
[illegible] Hill of Santee
20th Regt. [illegible] Capt. Maxwell
abt. 20 days [illegible] in Quest of Marion [illegible] take part at King's [illegible] They are [illegible] or at Lawson's [illegible]

Dec. 7 1780

Abt. 1000 [illegible] of Maryland, Delaware [illegible] at [illegible] 15th [illegible] Smallwood 16 miles below it
150 Cavalry
200 [illegible] 15th Smallwood
abt. 600 [illegible] under Gen. Steven Lawston [illegible] 8 Months [illegible] part of their [illegible] expired
154 So. Carol. Milt. under Col. [Illegible] abt. Pedee
194 No. [illegible] under Gen. Harrington at Pedee - most of them abt. to disband
500 So. Carol. & Geo. Milt./Caval. under Gen. Smythe abt. the [illegible]
260 [illegible] the Marsh Low Hills [illegible] badly cloathed - the [illegible] No. [illegible] they will soon have a No. of Milt. in the field but [illegible] when or what No.

150 [illegible] and Genl. Butler guards [illegible] at Salisbury.


The Enemy on the 15th [illegible] had not above 500 Regulars in C. Town. They were working on the Lines at the back of the Town, repairing [illegible] & it is said they were about to raise some [illegible] in [illegible] of Note Lines. The [illegible] was in the Harbour, very few Reg. in [illegible]

Dec. 7th, 1780
State of the American and British forces