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PEP.779.001
20 Feb 1779:441, 442 (5/574)
Copy of a letter from Lieut. Col. Archibal Campbell, to his
excellency Gen. Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. &c. . . [Report of
battles in Georgia]
Return of prisoners of war taken in the action of the 29th
of Dec. 1778, by his Majesty's forces under the command of
Lieut. Col. Archbald Campbell; of the 71st reg.
First Battalion of Georgia. 1 major. 3 capt. 1 lieut. 1
serj. 1 drum, 10 rank and file.
Second ditto. 1 major. 3 capts. 4 lieuts. 1 surg. 1 mate.
12 serjs. 5 drums. 5 fifers. 105 rank and file. [14 more
lines listing prisoners from Third, Fourth, and Artillery
battalions as well as Light Dragoons, Militia, and Third and
Fifth South Carolina]
Artillery ditto. 1 serj. 1 drum. 9 rank and file.
Total 1 col. 8 majors, 11 capts. 15 lieuts. 1 chaplain; 1
quarter master, 2 surgeons, 1 mate, 2 commissaries, 1
muster-master, 33 serj. 4 drummers, 5 fifers, 370 rank and
file. Total officers and privates, 543. [followed by 43
lines of captured ordnance and ships and vessels]
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