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Revolutionary War Officers
Source: Ancestry.com
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Description:
The result of an act of Congress, this collection of
Revolutionary War officers constitutes one of the most
complete databases of its kind. With over 14,000
listings, this collection includes not only those who
served in the Continental Army, but also many who served
in the various state militias during the war. The men are
organized by rank, with the signers of the Declaration of
Independence also included. Each name is shown with the
state in which they were born and the state in which they
died, with dates showing each event respectively.
Source Information:
Heitman, Francis B. Historical Register of Officers of
the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution.
Rev. ed. Washington, D.C.: The Rare Book Shop Pub. Co.,
1914.
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List of Officers of the Continental Army
Fifteenth Virginia -- page 269
Halsey, Elias Henry (Conn).
Captain Connecticut Militia, —; killed at Groton
Heights, 6th September, 1781.
Fifteenth Virginia -- page 269
Halsey, Jeremiah (Conn).
Sergeant in the Lexington Alarm, April, 1775; 2d
Lieutenant 6th Connecticut, 1st May, 1775; discharged on
account of sickness, 13th November, 1775; Captain
Connecticut Militia Regiment, 1776 and 1777.
Fifteenth Virginia -- page 269
Halsey, Luther (N. J.).
Sergeant 2d New Jersey, November, 1775; Regimental
Adjutant 2d New Jersey, 28th November, 1776; Lieutenant,
9th November, 1777; retained in New Jersey Battalion,
April, 1783; Brevet Captain, 30th September, 1783, and
served to 3d November, 1783. (Died 27th February, 1830.)
Fifteenth Virginia -- page 269
Halstead, Benjamin (N. Y.).
Lieutenant New York Militia; taken prisoner at Fort
Montgomery, 6th October, 1777.
Fifteenth Virginia -- page 269
Halstead, Caleb (N. J.).
Hospital Physician and Surgeon, 1779–1781. (Died
1827.)
Fifteenth Virginia -- page 269
Halsted, John (—).
Appointed Commissary for the Army before Quebec, 17th
February, 1776, and served to —.
Fifteenth Virginia -- page 269
Halsted, Mathias (N. J.).
Regimental Quartermaster, 1st New Jersey, 20th December,
1775; resigned 25th August, 1776; served subsequently as
Brigade Major and Aide-de-Camp to General Dickinson.
Fifteenth Virginia -- page 269
Halsted, Robert (N. J.).
Surgeon New Jersey Militia; taken prisoner at Fort Lee,
New Jersey, 18th November, 1776. (Died 1825.)
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