01/03/07

Contents

1782 - The War Moves to Savannah with the KAR

Key Events of 1782

Interesting Additional Information

1782 - The Siege of Savannah, Georgia

Philip Long‘s name appears on the Muster roll for Captain Attwood‘s Company at least once in 1782 at Savannah, Georgia, from April 25, 1782 to June 24 1782 (61 days inclusive).

The complete Muster can be found by clicking here.

However, we have recently discovered another Muster where Philip Long‘s name appears for part of 1782 and the early part of 1783. This Muster roll was for the Lieutenant Colonel’s Company, George Campbell, commanded by Edmund Fanning of the King’s American Regiment of Foot, and taken from the 24th December, 1782 to June 24th, 1783, 182 days inclusive. We do not currently have an adequate explanation for the overlap between the last Attwood Muster and the first Campbell Muster. One plausible explanation is that the overlap is simply due to the fact that Philip Long’s transition from one Company to another was not recorded in either Muster. The January 1783 Attwood Muster indicates the location as Flushing Fly (probably near or at Flushing, Long Island) whereas Campbells Muster is registered as a “Camp on Long Island”. The turmoil of the time given that the war had been lost, that many loyalists had attempted to return to their homes and had found their properties confiscated and suffered personal public derision and attacks, and finally, that the military had already begun the massive logistical operation of shipping tens of thousands of refugees from Long Island to locations around the world, including Nova Scotia.

Key Events of 1782

Please refer to the following chronology of the year 1781.

http://www.royalprovincial.com/history/chronology/chrono.shtml

Interesting Additional Information