"The Maryland Battalion distinguished itself at the Battle of Long Island by single-handedly covering the retreat of the American forces against numerically superior British and Hessian forces, with a group of men memorialized as the Maryland 400. It was organized in the spring at Baltimore, Maryland.under the command of Colonel William Smallwood consisting of eight companies and one light infantry company from the northern and western counties of the colony of Maryland. "The 1st Maryland Regiment (Smallwood's Regiment) originated with the authorization of a Maryland Battalion of the Maryland State Troops on 14 January 1776. More children were born following his service in the Revolutionary War. He was wounded at White Plains and given a discharge.
Hughes fought at Long Island and White Plains.
Hughes was a Private in "Captain Barton Lucas' 3rd Company: Smallwood's 1st Maryland Regiment." He was awarded a pension for service, #5594. John Hughes is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A059168.
0 kommentar(er)
