Talk:Corps of Colonial Marines

message: test, to get a ToC box Keith H99 (talk) 11:56, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Test 

message: Liberty afar of fight for the British". The Virginian Pilot: p. HR3. Art LaPella (talk) 22:16, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Typo? 

message: The organisation of the Corps in 1814 is ambiguous in some areas prior to 03 September 1814.
Nicholas advises that three companies of Colonial Marines were to join with three companies of Royal Marines, to form a reconstituted third battalion. Pay records, compiled by the paymaster of the Battalion have survived and can be viewed at The National Archives, Kew, Greater London, UK. The names and enlistment dates from the document ADM 96/341 have been transcribed, and are hosted on the web pages of The National Archives: [ http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Corps_of_Colonial_Marines_muster_in_1814 ]
During the August 1814 actions of the Chesapeake campaign, the Royal Marines, for the most part, were in the Third Brigade. The exceptions, whom were in the First Brigade, were Lt John Lawrence's rocket detachment, Lt Athelstan Stevens's company, and a company of Colonial Marines. (This has been mentioned already on Talk:Battle_of_Bladensburg)
The strength of the Corps of Colonial Marines was 200 men. Gleig's eyewitness account mentions a company of about 100 men at Bladensburg.
If the Colonial Marines were in three companies prior to 03 September 1814, then the use of basic arithmetic tells us that if one company was at Bladensburg, then the remaining two companies must have been at Washington, where two fatalities were sufferred. 
There was sufficient evidence that Lewis Agassiz took part in the burning of Washington, enough evidence to justify a coat of arms using a flaming torch. The big question is: when did he become a company commander with the Corps of Colonial Marines? Keith H99 (talk) 11:56, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Cockburn's letter dated 17 July 1814 states ' I think we have about 120 Men in the Corps', which is in line with Gleig's eyewitness account mentioning a company of about 100 men. The presence of the British must have resulted in a steady increase of emancipated African Americans, and with it more recruits for the corps, with the result that in Autumn 1814 there are about 200 men on Tangier Island. The enlistment dates in 1814 are recorded on the transcribed muster sheets, and these have been in the public domain since 2012 Keith H99 (talk) 22:02, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colonial Marines in 1814 

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