The Good Americans - His Majesty’s Loyal American Troops, 1775-1784

15 Market Street,Trenton NJ 08611

07 August, 2022

Description

Lieutenant General James Robertson, one of Britain’s most senior generals in America and the last royal governor of New York, famously stated it was always his intention to subdue the bad Americans with the “Good Americans.” Who was he speaking of? During the period of the war, perhaps some 50,000 Americans, both black and white, served King George in a variety of roles, often shoulder to shoulder with His Majesty’s Regulars. This presentation will serve as a guide, a scorecard if you prefer, to enable you to understand the roles and makeups of those American corps in British pay: the establishments, personnel, logistics. raising, disciplining, and history of those who served then, and who are portrayed today, on the battlefields of America.