The British Invasion From the North Author:William Digby Subtitle: The Campaigns of Generals Carleton and Burgoyne, From Canada, 1776-1777, With the Journal of Lieut. William Digby, of the 53d, or Shropshire Regiment of Foot General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1887 Original Publisher: J. Munsell's Sons Subjects: Carleton's Invasion, 1776 Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777 ... more »History / Canada / General History / United States / General History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: The line upon the next movement will encamp in order of Battle as follows, and will continue the same till Countermanded. 147 Henry Watson Powell became a lieutenant in the Forty- sixth Foot, March 10, 1753, and a captain, September 2, 1756, in the Eleventh, which afterward became the Sixty fourth Foot. In this regiment he served against the French West Indies in 1759, and in 1768 accompanied his regiment to America. June 2, 1770, he was promoted to a majority in the Thirty-eighth, and July 23,1771, to a lieutenant-colonelcy in the Fifty-third Foot. After his arrival in America in the spring of '76, General Carleton assigned him to the command of the Second Brigade with the rank of brigadier- general. Upon the evacuation by the Americans of Ticon- 148 James Inglis Hamilton. Owing to the fact that there were several of this name in the army at the same period, it is difficult to identify the subject of this note during the early part of his career. Dr. O'Callaghan supposes him to have been commissioned captain in the army, February 28, 1755, and of the Thirty-fourth Foot, August 25, 1756. In 1758 this regiment formed part of the expedition against St. Malo, and in 1760 against Belle Isle. On October 17, 1761, he-was ...« less