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British Orderly Books - Foot

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Unit	Begin Date	End Date	Location	Source/Options
BF-42 42nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Regiment) Formed as The Highland Regiment [1739] Designated 42nd Regiment [1751] Arrived at New York [July 1776] New York Campaign [1776] Philadelphia Campaign [1777] Returned to New York [1778] Siege of Charlestown, SC [1780] Portsmouth, VA Raid [1780] Sent to Halifax [Sept 1783]
BF-42-01. 42d Regiment of Foot	30 Apr 1776	16 Nov 1776	New York, New Jersey	†Original: National Archives of Scotland, Cunninghamme of Thorton papers; also microfilm: Morristown, reel 363.
BC-4GR-02. Orderly Book, 42d Regiment and 4th Battalion of Grenadiers	30 Jun 1776	15 Nov 1776	Staten Island, Long Island, New York	†Original: John Peebles papers, GD 21/492, National Archives of Scotand.
BF-43 43rd Regiment of Foot Formed 1741 Designated 43rd Regiment [1751] Arrived Boston [Jul 1774] New York Campaign [1776] Rhode Island [1777-1779] Returned to New York Sent to Virginia [Apr 1781] Surrendered at Yorktown [Oct 1781]
BF-43-01. 43d Regiment of Foot	23 May 1781	25 Aug 1781	Virginia	‡Original:LOC, #954. vol. 1; Transcript: British Library, Add. Ms. 42,449.
BF-43-02. 43d Regiment of Foot	26 Aug 1781	22 Oct 1781	Virginia	‡Original: LOC, #954. vol. 2; Transcript: British Library, Add. Ms. 42,450.
Other Books of Interest
BC-MSC-01. Lt. Col. James Agnew's Grenadier Battalion Capt. John Hatfield's Grenadier Co. from 43d Regiment of Foot	7 Feb 1776	14 Mar 1776	Boston	‡Original: LOC, #951.
BB-FS-01. BG Francis Smith's Brigade	28 Nov 1776	6 Jan 1778	Rhode Island	‡Original: National Archives WO 36/2, also microfilm.
B-RS-01 Recruiting Service Chatham Garrison	20 Mar 1780	5 Aug 1780	Chatham Barracks, Elizabeth transport, Portsmouth	‡Original: West Yorkshire Archives, SH:7/A/4
BF-44 44th Regiment of Foot Formed 1741 Designated the 44th Regiment [1751] Arrived at Boston [Jul 1775] New York Campaign [1776] Philadelphia Campaign [1777] Returned to New York [1778] Sent to Canada [Sept 1779] Remained in Canada until 1786
Other Books of Interest
B-RS-01 Recruiting Service Chatham Garrison	20 Mar 1780	5 Aug 1780	Chatham Barracks, Elizabeth transport, Portsmouth	‡Original: West Yorkshire Archives, SH:7/A/4
BF-45 45th Regiment of Foot Formed 1741 Designated the 45th Regiment [1751] Arrived Boston [Jul 1775] New York Campaign [1776] Men drafted into other regiments and officers returned to England [1778]
BF-46 46th Regiment of Foot Formed [1741] Designated 46th Regiment [1751] Siege of Charleston, SC [1776] New York Campaign [1776] Philadelphia Campaign [1777] Returned to New York [1778] West Indies [Nov 1778]
Other Books of Interest
B-RS-01 Recruiting Service Chatham Garrison	20 Mar 1780	5 Aug 1780	Chatham Barracks, Elizabeth transport, Portsmouth	‡Original: West Yorkshire Archives, SH:7/A/4
BF-47 47th Regiment of Foot Formed [1741] Designated 47th Regiment [1751] Arrived New Jersey [1773] Sent to Boston [Oct 1774] Sent to Quebec [Mar 1776] Surrendered at Saratoga [Oct 1777]
BF-47-01. 47th Regiment of Foot	16 Jul 1777	6 Oct 1777	Skenesborough, Fort Edward, Fort Ann, Pitch Pine Plain, Fort Miller, Dewart's House, Jones' House, Batten Kill, Schuyler's House, Swordstown, Freeman's Farm	‡Original: Fort Ticonderoga Museum, also typescript copy: Adirondack Community College Library, Glen Falls, NY., William H. Hill Collection.
Other Books of Interest
BC-MSC-03. Major Acland's Grenadier Battalion	8 Oct 1776	4 Mar 1777	Point au Fer, Crown Point, Valcour Island, Verchere, Montreal	‡Original: Society of the Cincinnati, MSS L1996F76
BC-MSC-04. Major Acland's Grenadier Battalion Grenadier Co. from 47th Regiment of Foot	7 Jun 1777	3 Jul 1777	Point au Fer, River Bouquet, Chimney Point, Three Mile Point, Crown Point, camp before Ticonderoga	‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #46; reel 4.
BF-49 49th Regiment of Foot Formed [1744] Designated 49th Regiment [1751] Arrived at Boston [Jun 1775] New York Campaign [1776] Philadelphia Campaign [1777] Returned to New York [1778] To the West Indies [Nov 1778]
BF-49-01. 49th Regiment of Foot	25 Jun 1777	10 Sep 1777	New York, Elk Ferry	‡Original: LOC, also microfilm: Washington Papers, ser. 6B, vol 2, reel 117, also available on the web, type in "orderly book," select by date.
Other Books of Interest
B-RS-01 Recruiting Service Chatham Garrison	20 Mar 1780	5 Aug 1780	Chatham Barracks, Elizabeth transport, Portsmouth	‡Original: West Yorkshire Archives, SH:7/A/4
BF-52 52nd Regiment of Foot Formed as the 54th Regiment of Foot [1755] Renumbered 52nd Regiment [1757] Arrived at Boston [Oct 1774] New York Campaign [1776] Philadelphia Campaign [1777] Returned to New York [1778] Men drafted into other regiments and officers returned to England [Aug 1778]
BF-53 53rd Regiment of Foot Formed as the 55th Regiment of Foot [1755] Renumbered 53rd Regiment [1757] Arrived Quebec [May 1776] Surrendered at Saratoga [Oct 1777]
Other Books of Interest
BC-MSC-03. Major Acland's Grenadier Battalion	8 Oct 1776	4 Mar 1777	Point au Fer, Crown Point, Valcour Island, Verchere, Montreal	‡Original: Society of the Cincinnati, MSS L1996F76
BC-MSC-04. Major Acland's Grenadier Battalion Grenadier Co. from 47th Regiment of Foot	7 Jun 1777	3 Jul 1777	Point au Fer, River Bouquet, Chimney Point, Three Mile Point, Crown Point, camp before Ticonderoga	‡Original: NYHS, also microfilm: #46; reel 4.
BF-54 54th Regiment of Foot Formed as 56th Regiment of Foot [1755] Renumbered 54th Regiment [1757] Siege of Charlestown, SC [1776] New York Campaign [1776] Rhode Island [1777- 1779] Sent to New York [Jun 1779] Sent to Halifax [Sept 1782]
Other Books of Interest
BB-FS-01. BG Francis Smith's Brigade	28 Nov 1776	6 Jan 1778	Rhode Island	†Original: National Archives WO 36/2, also microfilm.
B-RS-01 Recruiting Service Chatham Garrison	20 Mar 1780	5 Aug 1780	Chatham Barracks, Elizabeth transport, Portsmouth	‡Original: West Yorkshire Archives, SH:7/A/4
BF-55 55th Regiment of Foot Formed as the 57th Regiment of Foot [1755] Renumbered 55th Regiment [1757] Arrived at Boston [Dec 1775] New York Campaign [1776] Philadelphia Campaign [1777] Returned to New York [1778] To West Indies [Nov 1778]
Other Books of Interest
B-RS-01 Recruiting Service Chatham Garrison	20 Mar 1780	5 Aug 1780	Chatham Barracks, Elizabeth transport, Portsmouth	‡Original: West Yorkshire Archives, SH:7/A/4
BF-57 57th Regiment of Foot Formed as the 59th Regiment of Foot [1755] Renumbered 57th Regiment [1757] Siege of Charlestown, SC [May 1776] New York Campaign [1776] Sent to Halifax [Sept 1783]
Other Books of Interest
B-RS-01 Recruiting Service Chatham Garrison	20 Mar 1780	5 Aug 1780	Chatham Barracks, Elizabeth transport, Portsmouth	‡Original: West Yorkshire Archives, SH:7/A/4
BF-JM-01. Brigadier Marsh's Brigade	4 May 1782	20 Oct 1782	Staten Island	‡Original: Newberry Library, "Craven Orderly Book", Case MS F 8326.2
BF-59 59th Regiment of Foot Formed as the 61st Regiment of Foot [1755] Renumbered 59th Regiment [1757] Arrived at Boston [1774] Men drafted into other regiments and officers returned to England [1776]
BF-60 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot Formed as the 62nd (Royal American) Regiment of Foot [1755] Renumbered as 60th Regiment [1757] Two Battalions serving in the Indies at the beginning of the war; two additional Battalions raised during the war. Arrived in Georgia from the Indies [2d, 3d and 4th Battalions, 1779] Defense of Savannah [4th Battalion, 1779] Baton Rouge [3d Battalion, 1779] Mobile [4th Battalion, 1779] Siege of Pensacola [3d and 4th Battalions, 1781]
BF-60-01. 60th Regiment	4 Nov 1771	13 Mar 1773	Niagara, New York, La Prairie, St. Johns, Antiqua, Chateaubelair	†Original: LOC, #950.
Other Books of Interest
B-RS-01 Recruiting Service Chatham Garrison	20 Mar 1780	5 Aug 1780	Chatham Barracks, Elizabeth transport, Portsmouth	‡Original: West Yorkshire Archives, SH:7/A/4

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