Revolutionary War military records
Abstract
Artificial collection of military documents of the American Revolution, primarily troop rolls and accounts for pay and provisions.
Dates
- 1776-1824
Creator
- Maryland. Militia (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
6.38 Linear Feet (8 boxes and 3 oversize folders)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Items within each series are arranged by date.
Provenance
The items in this collection were acquired from a variety of sources, mainly from the Maryland Line Papers, purchases, and the Manuscript Vertical File. Some of these items, it is suspected, are originally from the Scharf Collection, MS 1999.
Scope and Contents
The collection is divided into five series: Militia Enlistments; Maryland Line Enlistments; Accounts of Provisions; Pay Accounts and Payrolls; and Miscellaneous Records.
Series I: Militia Enlistments
Maryland militia papers including enlistments, muster rolls, and rosters.
Series II: Maryland Line Enlistments
Enlistments, muster rolls, and rosters pertaining to the seven Maryland regiments, the Maryland Artillery, and other regiments attached to the Maryland Line e.g., the German Regiment. Also included in this section are enlistments, rosters, and muster rolls pertaining to the Flying Camp and the Independent Companies of Maryland. These items were added to this section because the Flying Camp, the Independent Companies, and Smallwood's Regiment were the nucleus around which the Maryland Line was formed in December 1776.
Series III: Accounts of Provisions
Consists of records of provisions and clothing that were issued to the Maryland Line mainly between 1779 and the end of the war. The regiments mentioned are the seven Maryland regiments, the Maryland Artillery, Rawling's Regiment, the German Regiment, and detachments of the Maryland Line at Annapolis and Frederick.
Series IV: Pay Accounts and Payrolls
Includes documents concerning money transactions from the beginning of the war to the last settlements of pay disputes in the late 1780s. Most of these items concern the payment of Maryland Continental Troops during and after the war.
Series V: Miscellaneous Records
Consists of documents that did not fit comfortably within any of the other series defined above.
Creator
- Maryland. Militia (Organization)
- United States. Continental Army. Maryland German Regiment (Organization)
- United States. Continental Army. Maryland Regiment, 1st (1777-1780) (Organization)
- United States. Continental Army. Maryland Regiment, 6th (Organization)
- United States. Continental Army (General subdivision: Recruiting, enlistment, etc..) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Revolutionary War military records
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Calendar created by Robert S. Coale
- Date
- 1979-03
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2019-09-27: Manually entered into ArchivesSpace by Mallory Herberger.
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
specialcollections@mdhistory.org