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Todd's Loyalist Institute website is a gold mine of info on the Civil Branches. J~ John M. Johnston Late Captn. 42d Grenr. Compy. "There is a fine line
... Jack, Other List Members, such as Don Hagist, may well be able to help you in more detail, but I have posted some basic answers below. ... Officially,
The Quartermaster himself was very much a soldier, commonly a former serjeant. Sometimes the old RSM. But definitely considered an officer in our period.
Hello everyone, Has anyone ever come across accounts of the activities of the "troops" of light infantry raised in 1776 to augment the 16th and 17th Light