Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America

Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America
Author :
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages : 86
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780806352381
ISBN-13 : 0806352388
Rating : 4/5 (388 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America by : David Dobson

Download or read book Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America written by David Dobson and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book under consideration here marks the second in a series on Scottish colonial soldiers compiled by emigration authority David Dobson. (The first volume was published as two parts in one.) Working from manuscripts in the Acts of the Privy Council and the Calendar of British State Papers and published sources such as the Aberdeen Journal, the Edinburgh Advertiser, and the Georgia Gazette, the author has uncovered information on an additional 750 Scottish colonial solders not found in his earlier book. One such soldier was "John Wright, born in High Calton, Edinburgh, during 1728, an army sergeant who fought in the French and Indian War and in the American War of Independence, witnessed to death of Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham, died in Joppa, Edinburgh, in 1838, father of a Roman Catholic priest in Montreal."


Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America Related Books

Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America
Language: en
Pages: 86
Authors: David Dobson
Categories: Canada
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06 - Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The book under consideration here marks the second in a series on Scottish colonial soldiers compiled by emigration authority David Dobson. (The first volume wa
A Devil of a Whipping
Language: en
Pages: 264
Authors: Lawrence E. Babits
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-02-01 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The battle of Cowpens was a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War in the South and stands as perhaps the finest American tactical demonstration of the
Scottish Soldiers in Europe and America, 1600-1700
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Dobson David
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-01-18 - Publisher: Clearfield

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

David Dobson is the foremost Scottish historian on Scottish emigration to Europe, colonial North America, and the Caribbean. This work traces Scottish soldiers
Military History of Scotland
Language: en
Pages: 857
Authors: Spiers Edward M. Spiers
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-07-11 - Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Scottish soldier has been at war for over 2000 years. Until now, no reference work has attempted to examine this vast heritage of warfare.A Military History
White People, Indians, and Highlanders
Language: en
Pages: 391
Authors: Colin G. Calloway
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-07-03 - Publisher: OUP USA

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A comparative approach to the American Indians and Scottish Highlanders, this book examines the experiences of clans and tribal societies, which underwent paral