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REGIMENT OF LIGHT ARTILLERY 1813

REGIMENT OF LIGHT ARTILLERY

Names and Rank.  Staff appointments and Brevets.  

Colonel.

Moses Porter, March 12, 1812, Brig. General brevet, Sept 10, 1813.

Lieutenant Colonel.

J.R. Fenwick, Dec 2, 1811, Adjutant General.

Majors.

Abraham Eustis, March 15, 1810, Lieut. Colonel brevet, Sept 10, 1813.
Thomas Pitts, January 20, 1813,

Captains.

James Gibson, May 2, 1810, Inspector General
Wm. Campbell, May 30, 1810,
R.H. McPherson, July 15, 1810,
J.N. McIntosh, May 1, 1811,
Samuel Price, August 15, 1811,
Aw. McDowell, April 1, 1812,
Luther Leonard, July 6, 1812,
Benj. Branch, August 24, 1812,
G.W. Melvin, August 24, 1812,
A.W. Thornton, Jan. 20, 1813,

First Lieutenants.

Fras. Stribling, March 1, 1811,
Tho. Ketchum, Sept 1, 1811,
John R. Bell, August 24, 1812, Assist. Inspector Gen.
F.B. Murdoch, August 24, 1812,
W.F. Hobart, April 5, 1813,
W. Sumpter, May 27, 1813,
G.W. Hight, August 10, 1813
Wm. W. Smith, Oct 1, 1813
Wm. K. Beall, Oct 23, 1811
G.N. Morris, Oct. 23, 1811

Second Lieutenants.

J.H. Wilkins, March 30, 1813
John Gates, jr. April 1, 1813,  Adjutant
Nelson Freeland, April 4, 1813
J.T. McKinney, April 5, 1813
S.M. Mackay, May 27, 1813
B.F. Robb, June 30, 1813
Wm. Bazeau, August 10, 1813
G.E. Wells, October 1, 1813
Elijah Lyon, October 23, 1813
S. Washburn, October 23, 1813

Third Lieutenants.

Henry Stanton, June 29, 1813, Assist Deputy Quartermaster General
Joseph Scott, July 2, 1813
Lloyd Hilleary, Aug 1, 1813
Edm. M. Giles,  Aug 1, 1813
Rich. W Field, Aug 1, 1813

Surgeon.

Tombling, October 4, 1813

Fort Norfolk Units in 1813

Not all of the officers listed in these units where stationed at Fort Norfolk

REGIMENT OF LIGHT ARTILLERY, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865

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LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE,OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
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