Oglethorpe's Regiment
Military unit
Military unit
Oglethorpe's Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed for service in North America during the War of Jenkins' Ear . It was commanded by James Oglethorpe , first Governor of Georgia .[1] [2] [3]
Service
The raising of the regiment, ranked as the 42nd Regiment of Foot , was authorised in August 1737. The unit formed at Savannah in the following year.[1] [4]
The regiment took part in the Siege of St Augustine in June and July 1740 and the Battles of Bloody Marsh and Gully Hole Creek near Fort Frederica in July 1742.[1] [2] [3]
The regiment was disbanded at the end of the conflict on 24 November 1748.[1] Some of its discharged soldiers enlisted in the South Carolina Independent Companies .[5] [6]
Organization
The regiment consisted of six companies of 100 privates each, non-commissioned officers and drummers in addition. Later a company of grenadiers was added. Oglethorpe secured commissions for gentlemen of family and character in their communities. In addition he established twenty young gentlemen of no fortune as cadets in the regiment.[7]
Officers
Officers included:[7]
James Oglethorpe, Colonel
James Cochran, Lieutenant-Colonel
William Cook, Major
Hugh Mackay, Captain
Richard Norbury, Captain
Alexander Herron, Captain
Albert Desbrisay, Captain
Philip Delegall, Sr., Lieutenant
Philip Delegall, Jr., Lieutenant
Raymond Demere, Lieutenant
George Morgan, rank not stated
George Dunbar, rank not stated
William Horton, Ensign
James Mackay, Ensign
William Folsom, Ensign
John Tanner, Ensign
John Leman, Ensign
Sandford Mace, Ensign
Hugh Mackay, Adjutant
Edward Dyson, Clerk and Chaplain
Thomas Hawkins, Surgeon
Edward Wansall, Quartermaster
Lachlan McIntosh served as a cadet in the regiment.[8]
References
Notes
Sources
Cashin, Edwar J. (2009). Guardians of the Valley. The University of South Carolina Press.
Foote, William Alfred (1966). The American Independent Companies of the British Army 1664-1764. Thesis - University of California, Los Angeles.
Hawes, Lilla Mills (2021). Lachlan McIntosh Papers in the University of Georgia Libraries. Georgia University Press.
Knight, Lucian Lamar (1914). Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials and Legends. Atlanta, Georgia, vol. 2, part 2, p. 768-769.
Regimental titles in italics indicate they were disbanded or renumbered before 1881.