Return of the officers and soldiers quartered in Baltimore Town the 14th day of April 1777 under the command of Col. Gist (Mary.d State)

Return of the officers and soldiers quartered in Baltimore Town the 14th day of April 1777 under the command of Col. Gist (Mary.d State)

Baltimore 1777

[1] p. ; 19 x 31 cm.

MSS L1993.202

In an unidentified hand, possibly Gist's.
Lists by rank 160 officers and men fit for duty, sick, or furloughed. Report notes expectation of "about 100 men in 3 days, and 63 of Col. Halls [ 4th Maryland] Bat. "now in their march ...; 56 Virginians march in 2 days" for a total of 228 expected reenforcements. [Math is suspect.]
Lists without names 2 Lt. colonels, 1 major, 5 captains; 3 [i.e., 4?] lieutenants, 1 ensign, 7 serjeants, 3 drummers & fifters. Totals 69 fit for duty, 10 sick but present; 1 sick absent; 1 on command; 8 on furlough, and 46 under "Enoculation."
The 3rd and 4th Maryland regiments were authorized 16 Sept. 1776 and organized 27 March 1777 to consist of 8 companies each.
Both Gist and Hall were original members of the Maryland Society of the Cincinnati.
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