page_title: John Maitland (British Army officer)
hierarchical_section_title: John Maitland (British Army officer)
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: remainsofmajorge01rhod (find matches) Title: The remains of Major-General Nathanael Greene Year: 1903 (1900s) Authors: Rhode Island. General Assembly. Joint Special Committee on the Remains of Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene Field, Edward, 1858-1928 Gardiner, Asa Bird, 1839-1919 Rhode Island. General Assembly, 1903 Subjects: Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 Publisher: Providence, E. L. Freeman &amp; Sons, printers Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: urrounded thegrounds, and it contained many substantial brick tombs wherein were deposited the remains of the honored dead of Savannah. In time, however, it fell into disuse, for burialsthere were prohibited by the city. It becameovergrown with weeds, and its graves were entirely neglected. Many tombs had fallen down from decay, and others had been brokeninto by boys and desecrated, in some instances bones being thrown around the orround. Grave-stones were prostrated and broken, and in many cases the dates upon them changed. The entire burial ground bore evidence of long neglect. Those laying claim to the ground wereevidently averse to expending any money in its care; and the city denied the right of owner-ship, likewise refrained from the expenditure ofany money on the Gods acre Where the dustof the colonists and their descendants lay. ^ During the War of the Rebellion, when Shermans army occupied Savannah after the ^ History of the City Government of Savannah, Thomas Gamble, Jr., p. 3S7. Text Appearing After Image: Tomb within which the Remains of Gen. Greene were found, Colonial Park, Savannah, Ga. (Savannah's Colonial Park Cemetery) Photograph by Peter G. Leist. ^ NATHANAEL GREENE. 97 march to the sea, this tract of land, as well as the various parks and squares in the city,were used as camping grounds for a portion ofShermans army. Tents and rough shelters were set up, and even the tombs in this buryingground were occupied by the soldiers.Gen. Sherman, in his memoirs, says: ^ Mr. Stanton (Edwin M.) staid in Savannah several days, and seemed very curious aboutmatters and things in general. I walked withhim through the city, especially the bivouacs of the several regiments that occupied thevacant squares, and he seemed particularly pleased at the ingenuity of the men in constructing their temporary huts. Four of the dog tents, or teiites aabi^i, buttoned together,served for a roof, and the sides were made ofclapboards or rough boards brought from demolished houses or fences. I remember his marked admiration for the hut of a soldier wh Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: Lieutenant-Colonel John Maitland was a British Marine and Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1779.
  Maitland was the eighth surviving son of Charles Maitland, 6th Earl of Lauderdale, and his wife Lady Elizabeth Ogilvy, daughter of James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater. He was a Captain in the Royal Marines in 1757 and served in the Seven Years' War, losing his right arm in action. When peace came in 1763 he went onto half-pay.
  In 1768 Maitland stood for Parliament at Haddington Burghs when there was a double return, but decided not to contest the matter. He was appointed Clerk of the Pipe in Scottish Exchequer in 1769. He returned to the active list in 1770 and became a major in 1775. Meanwhile he was returned at the 1774 general election as Member of Parliament for Haddington Burghs. Little is known of his parliamentary career and from 1777 he was away serving in America.
  In May 1778 Maitland was commanding marines against vessels in the Delaware during the American Revolutionary War and became Lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Battalion, 71st Regiment of Foot, Fraser's Highlanders in October 1778.
context_section_description: Lieutenant-Colonel John Maitland (1732 – 25 October 1779) was a British Marine and Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1779.
  Maitland was the eighth surviving son  of Charles Maitland, 6th Earl of Lauderdale, and his wife Lady Elizabeth Ogilvy, daughter of James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater. He was a Captain in the Royal Marines in 1757 and served in the Seven Years' War, losing his right arm in action. When peace came in 1763 he went onto half-pay.
  In 1768 Maitland stood for Parliament at Haddington Burghs when there was a double return, but decided not to contest the matter. He was appointed Clerk of the Pipe in Scottish Exchequer in 1769. He returned to the active list in 1770 and became a major in 1775. Meanwhile he was returned at the 1774 general election as Member of Parliament for Haddington Burghs. Little is known of his parliamentary career and from 1777 he was away serving in America.
  In May 1778 Maitland was commanding marines against vessels in the Delaware during the American Revolutionary War and became Lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Battalion, 71st Regiment of Foot, Fraser's Highlanders in October 1778. He fought at the Battle of Stono Ferry, where he commanded the British redoubt, and helped lift the Siege of Savannah. He died of malaria on 22 October 1779 shortly after the siege was lifted. For over a century, he was interred in a tomb in Savannah's Colonial Park Cemetery, alongside his rival Nathanael Greene. In 1981, Dr. Preston Russell gained permission from the city to enter the tomb. He took Maitland's bones back to his native Scotland.
caption: The Graham Vault where Maitland was interred till 1981
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