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British Orderly Books - Foot

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Unit	Begin Date	End Date	Location	Source/Options
BF-62 62nd Regiment of Foot Formed as the 2nd Battalion of 4th Regiment of Foot Designated 62nd Regiment [1758] Arrived Quebec [May 1776] Surrended 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.
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-63 63rd Regiment of Foot Formed [1758] Arrived at Boston [Jun 1775] New York Campaign [1776] Newport [Nov 1776] Returned to New York [May 1777] Philadelphia [winter 1777-78] Returned to New York [1778] Sent ot Charlestown, SC [Dec 1779] Left United States [1782]
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-64 64th Regiment of Foot Formed [1758] Arrived at Boston [Jan 1769] New York Campaign [1776] Philadelphia Campaign [1777] Returned to New York [1778] Newport [Sept 1778] Returned to New York Sent to Charlestown, SC [Dec 1779] Left United States [Oct 1782]
Other Books of Interest
BC-2LI-01. 2d Light Infantry Bn. Light Infantry Co. from 64th Regiment of Foot.	14 Sept 1777	3 Oct 1777	Germantown	‡Original: LOC, also microfilm: Washinton Papers, ser 6B, vol 3, reel 117, also available on the web, type in "orderly book," select by date.
BC-2GR-01. 2d Grenadier Bn. Grenadier Company from 64th Regiment of Foot.	1 Jun 1778	27 Jun 1778	Philadelphia, New Jersey	†Original: LOC, also microfilm: Washington Papers, ser. 6B, Vol 5, reel 118, also available on the web, type in "orderly book," select by date.
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-65 65th Regiment of Foot Formed [1758] Arrived at Boston [Jan 1769] Understrength, men transferred, Colors returned to England [May 1776]
BF-71 71st Regiment of Foot (Fraser's Highlanders) Formed 1775 as two Battalions Arrived in New York [Jul 1776] New York Campaign [1776] Philadelphia Campaign [1777] Third Battalion added [May 1777] Returned to New York [Dec 1777] Sent to Savannah [Dec 1778] Charlestown, SC [Dec 1779] 1st Bn at Cowpens [Jan 1781] 2nd Bn at Guilford Court House, Green Spring, surrended at Yorktown [1781] 1st Bn left United States [Nov 1782]
BF-71-01. Orders for the 2d Battn of the 71st Regt on its embarkation for North America	25 April 1776		Greenock, Scotland	†Original: Concord Free Public Library, Concord, MA.\par
BF-71-02. 71st Regiment of Foot, 2d Battalion	21 Apr 1778	9 Sept 1778	Staten Island, New York	†Original: Huntington Library, HM617. Available online
BF-71-03. Standing Orders of the 71st Regiment	1 June 1778	15 August 1778	McGowan's Pass	†Original: Inverneill House, Argyll, Scotland.
BF-71-04. 71st Regiment of Foot, 2d Battalion	27 April 1779	15 June 1779	Ebenzer, Parker's Ferry, Pinkney House, Wappo Cut, St. John's Island, Stono Ferry	†Original: Huntington Library, HM72267. Available online
BF-71-yy. Orderly Book of Lt. John Ross of Achnacloich	Jun 1783	Aug 1783	New York	†Original: Ms. 1209.2, Tain & District Museum Trust.
BF-74 74th Regiment of Foot (Argyll Highlanders) Formed [Dec 1777] Arrived New York [1779] Sent to Halifax Sent to Penobscot, ME [Jul 1779] Returned to Scotland [1783]
Other Books of Interest
BB-FM-01. BG Francis McLean's Brigade	11 Jul 1779	21 Feb 1780	Maine	†Original: Massachusetts Historical Society, also microfilm: Reel 6, No. 2.
BF-76 76th Regiment of Foot (MacDonell's Highlanders) Formed [Aug 1777] Arrived New York [Aug 1779] Sent to Virginia [Apr 1781] Surrended at Yorktown [Oct 1781]
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-80 80th Regiment of Foot (Royal Edinburgh Volunteers) Formed [1778] Arrived in New York [Aug 1779]] Sent to Virginia [Apr 1781] Surrended at Yorktown [Oct 1781]
Other Books of Interest
BC-2LI-02. 2d Light Infantry Bn. Capt. John Hathorn's Light Infantry Company, from 80th Regiment.	28 Jun 1781	19 Oct 1781	Williamsburg to Yorktown	†Original: Boston Public Library, microfilm RBD 1212 MS.
BF-82 82nd Regiment of Foot Formed [1778] Arrived in New York [Aug 1779] Sent to Penobscot, ME [Jul 1779] Wilmington, NC [Apr 1781] Flank Companies surrended at Yorktown [Oct 1781] Regiment returned to Charlestown, SC, and then New York [Apr 1782] Left United States [April 1783]
Other Books of Interest
BB-FM-01. BG Francis McLean's Brigade	11 Jul 1779	21 Feb 1780	Maine	†Original: Massachusetts Historical Society, also microfilm: Reel 6, No. 2.
BF-83 83rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Glasgow Volunteers) Formed [1778] Arrived in New York [1783] Returned to Scotland [1783]
BF-84 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants) Formed in Canada [1776?] Taken on the Regular Establishment [Jan 1779] 2nd Bn sent to Charlestown, SC [Apr 1781] Returned to New York [April 1782] Disbanded in Canada [1784]
Orderly Books for the period before 1 Jan 1779 are listed on the Provincial Orderly Books page, under the Royal Highland Emigrants.
BF-84-01. 84th Regiment of Foot	16 Jul 1781	27 Sept 1781	?	†Original: Clements Library.
BF-105 105th Regiment of Foot (Volunteers of Ireland) Formed in Philadelphia as the Volunteers of Ireland [1777] {see Provincial Section for details} Taken into the Regular Establishment [Dec 1782] Departed for England [Apr 1783]
Orderly Books for the period before 25 Dec 1782 are listed on the Provincial Orderly Books page, under the Volunteers of Ireland and 2d American Regiment. .

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