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Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
General return of the North Carolina Continental Army troops [Extract]
Scammell, Alexander, 1747-1781
March 1779
Volume 14, Page 362

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EXTRACT FROM—Monthly Return of the Continental Army, under the Command of His Excellency, George Washington, Esquire, General and Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the Independent States of America.
[Pension Bureau, Vol. 102, p. 10.

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March, 1779.
Officers Present Fit for Duty.
Rank and File.
Wanting to Complete.
Alterations since the last.
Field. Commissioned. Staff. Non-Commissioned.
Joined
Brigades and Corps.
Colonels.
Lieut. Colonels.
Majors.
Captains.
First Lieutenants.
Sec. Lieutenants.
Ensigns.
Chaplain.
Adjutants.
Pay Masters.
Quarter Masters.
Surgeons.
Mates.
Sergeant Majors.
Qr. Mr. Sergeants.
Drum Majors.
Fife Majors.
Sergeants.
Drum'r & Fifers.
Present Fit for Duty.
Sick Present.
Sick Absent.
On Command.
On Furlough.
Total.
Sergeants.
Drumm's & Fifers.
Rank and File.
Dead.
Discharged.
Deserted.
Transferred.
Promoted.
Sergeants.
Drum's & Fif'rs.
Rank & File.
N. C. Brigade.
1
1
1
2
7
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
15
18
246
30
26
574
1
877
23
5
3
2
2
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In New Jersey.
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ALEXANDER SCAMMELL, Adjt. Genl.