Protecting the empire's frontier : officers of the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot during its North American service, 1767-1776

Protecting the empire's frontier : officers of the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot during its North American service, 1767-1776

Athens : Ohio University Press, 2014.

xii, 332 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

356.11 B335 2014

(OCoLC)849196397

Stories of the roughly eighty officers who served in the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot, which served British interests in America during the crucial period from 1767 through 1776. The Royal Irish was one of the most wide-ranging regiments in America, with companies serving on the Illinois frontier, at Fort Pitt, and in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, with some companies taken as far afield as Florida, Spanish Louisiana, and present-day Maine. When the regiment was returned to England in 1776, some of the officers remained in America on staff assignments. Others joined provincial regiments, and a few joined the American revolutionary army, taking up arms against their king and former colleagues.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-324) and index.
Contents: The officer corps of the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment -- Field officers -- Captains and captain lieutenants -- Lieutenants -- Ensigns and volunteers -- Staff officers -- Absentee officers -- Other officers associated with the Royal Irish in America. SOC acknowledged, p. xi.
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