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VII THE MILITARY

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~ complete story of the provincial regi-ments involved in the American Revolution cannotbe recounted here. Initially raised for local defenseonly, the provincial corps eventually served in ar-eas far from home. Loyalist troops were stationedthroughout the Thirteen Colonies, in Nova Scotia,Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, andeven in the West Indies. Some Loyal Americansjoined the British navy, while others worked in thebateaux service.

Throughout the war, the royal province of NewYork was a Loyalist stronghold and a gatheringpoint for the refugee families of soldiers and othercivilians who were forced to flee their homes. Atthe end of the war, New York became the chief portfor the evacuation of these Loyalists.

To Sir Guy Carleton, the commander-in-chief of

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British forces in North America, fell the gigantictask of turning over the former Thirteen Colonies tothe victorious rebel Americans-while at the sametime ensuring the safety and evacuation of the refu-gees and soldiers gathered in New York. BetweenApril and November 1783 five major fleets trans-ported more than 30,000 people, including Britishsoldiers and provincial corps, to various parts ofNova Scotia and what became New Brunswick.Carleton managed to evacuate the civilians by Oc-tober, and in November the last of the troops leftNew York.

The maps and charts on the following pagesshow the areas of the Maritime Provinces settled bythe main bodies of disbanded troops, although therewas much moving around during the first few yearsof relocation.

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REGIMENT COLONIAL ORIGIN ORGANIZERS AND OTHER MARITIME SETTLEMENTSIMPORTANT INDIVIDUALS

BanastreTarleton'sBritish Carolinas Major GeorgeHanger Port Mouton(Guysborough)nearLiverpool-legion destroyedby fire, May 1784-someto Chedabucto

Bay,someto Digby,othersstayednearby

BlackGuidesand Carolinas- labour Sgl.ThomasPeters,Sgt. MurphySteele BrindleyTown(Digby)AnnapolisRoyal.ManyleftPioneers ballalion of freedslaves for Sierraleone. AboveKeswickalong the SI.

John River.

BIackPioneers Carolinas- freedslaves Col.StephenBlucke Birchtown(Shelburne)manyleft for Sierraleone

Delancey'sCowboys New York Col. JamesDelancey AnnapolisValley

Delancey's Brigade New York OliverDelancey,Lt. Col. Richard . Woodstock,southof Fredericton,SaintJohnHeYAell,Col. GabrielLudlow

King'sAmericanDragoonsNewEngland,NewYork BenjaminThompson(CountRumford), PrinceWilliamParishbetweenlongCreekandtheMajorJonathanOdell,Major Joshua Pokiok RiverUpham,Dr.Adino Paddock

King'sAmericanRegimentNew York CaptainAbrahamdePeyster FromthePokiokto the EelRiver

King'sOrangeRangers garrisonduty at Quaco-St.Martin's,eastendof SaintJohn,PrinceCornwallis EdwardIsland,CapeBretonIsland:Parrsborough

loyal Americanlegion MajorThomasMenzies PenniacR., N.B.

loyal AmericanRegimentNew York Col. BeverlyRobinson,sonJohn.Rev. Along the St. John River,Maugerville.SaintJohn,John Beardsley,Dr. PeterHuggeford, Fredericton,Wilmot (AnnapolisValley)Ll JohnWard,Col.Thor,nasBarclay

3rd NewJersey NewJerseyand New Ll Col.AbrahamVanBuskirk,II Col. Shelburne,AnnapolisRoyal,Kingsclear,Volunteers(Skinner's York StephenDelancey,Gen.Cortlandt KennebecasisR.Cowboys) Skinner,Xenophonlovet Rev.Charles

InglisNewYork Volunteers New York Maj.John Coffin King'sCounty,N.B.,KeswickR. Valley

Queen'sRangers NewYork, Connecticu Col. RobertRogers, II Col. John York County,N.B.QueensburyParishlater Virginia GravesSimcoe,Capt.John Saunders,

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RoyalHighlandEmigrants recruitedas they arrived Capl Allen MacDonald,(Flora's DouglasTwp.,HantsCounty,N.S.nearWindsor.in thecoloniesfrom husband)Maj.JohnSmall Manyreturnedto ScotlandScolland-served \throughoutthesouthand

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King's(Carolina)Rangersthroughoutthesouthern Maj.JamesWrighLCaptainJohn CountryHarbour(Stormont)RoyalNorthCarolina colonies LeggettRegiment,SouthCarolinaRoyalists

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