To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 28 November 1808
War Department
November 28th. 180.8
Sir,
I have the honor of proposing for your approbation the following appointments in the troops to be raised by virtue of an act entitled “An Act to raise for a limited time an additional military force” passed on the 12th. day of April 1808.—
Names | Rank | Corps | |
New Hampshire | Benjamin Hill | Second Lieutenant | Infantry |
" | John L. Eastman | ditto. | ditto. |
" | Leonard Jarvis | Surgeons Mate. | |
Massachusetts | John Binney. | Captain. | Infantry. |
" | George Gooding. | Ensign. | Ditto. |
" | Samuel Newman. | Second Lieutenant | Light Artillery |
" | Horace S. White | Second Lieutenant | Riflemen. |
" | Edmond Foster | Ensign | Ditto |
" | Josiah D Foster | Surgeon. | |
Vermont | John Fuller | Major | Riflemen |
" | William Campbell. | First Lieutenant | Light Artillery |
" | Luther Leonard. | Second Lieutenant | ditto. |
" | Enos Lewis | Surgeons Mate. | |
New York. | Ferdinand Ludlow. | Second Lieutenant. | Light Dragoons |
John Walworth. | First Lieutenant | Infantry. | |
Abraham Sands. | Ensign. | ditto. | |
Smith Cutler | Surgeon | ||
New Jersey. | Lewis Dunham. | Surgeon | |
Pennsylvania. | William Bennett. | Captain | Infantry. |
" | P. Muhlenburg | First Lieutenant | ditto. |
" | John Suter | Ensign. | ditto |
" | Robert H. McPherson | First Lieutenant | Light Artillery |
" | Alpheus Roberts. | Second Lieutenant. | Ditto. |
" | George Birch. | Cornet | Light Dragoons |
" | Isaac Davis. | Surgeon | |
Maryland. | William D. Beall | Lieut Colonel. | Infantry |
" | John R. Fenwick. | Captain. | Light Dragoons |
" | James Gibson | First Lieutenant | Light Artillery |
" | Samuel H Holley. | Second Lieutenant | Ditto |
" | Joseph Owens | Ensign. | Infantry. |
" | James Johnston | Ensign. | Riflemen. |
" | Dennis Claude. | Surgeon. | |
Virginia | Benjamin Branch. | Second Lieutenant. | Light Artillery |
" | Thomas A Patterson. | Second Lieutenant | Riflemen. |
" | Elias Edmonds | Second Lieutenant | Infantry |
" | Daniel Ward. | Ensign. | Ditto. |
" | Jeremiah Yancy | Ensign | Ditto. |
North Carolina | James Moore | First Lieutenant | Infantry |
" | Edward Mason | Second Lieutenant | Ditto |
" | Sterling Anderson | Ensign. | ditto |
" | Benjamin Robinson | Surgeon. | |
South Carolina | George Haig | Second Lieutenant | Light Dragoons |
" | Robert P. McKelsey | Cornet | ditto |
" | Henry Lenud. | Second Lieutenant | Light Artillery |
" | Holleway James. | Second Lieutenant | Infantry. |
" | Benjamin Harvey Jr. | Ensign | Infantry. |
" | William Lavall | Ensign | Infantry |
" | James Langley | Surgeons Mate. | |
Georgia. | Joseph Woodruff. | Captain. | Infantry. |
" | John N. McIntosh | First Lieutenant | Light Artillery |
" | George W. Melvin. | Second Lieutenant | ditto |
" | John Gerdine. | Surgeons Mate. | |
Kentucky. | Samuel Price. | First Lieutenant | Light Artillery. |
" | Peter Dudley. | Second Lieutenant | Ditto. |
" | George Morrison. | First Lieutenant | Riflemen. |
" | Alexander Smith. | Second Lieutenant | Infantry |
" | Jesse Jennings. | Ditto. | Ditto. |
" | Duff Green. | Second Lieutenant. | |
" | Elijah Montgomery | Ensign | ditto |
" | Adam Goodlit | Surgeons Mate | |
Tennessee | James Desha | Captain | Infantry |
Jeoffry Robertson | Second Lieutenant | ditto | |
Archibald Greer | Second Lieutenant | ditto | |
Joseph Philips | Ensign | ditto | |
David McClellan | Ensign | ditto | |
Tennessee | George C Allen | Ensign | Infantry |
" | David Moss | First Lieutenant | Riflemen |
" | Lewis Weir | Second Lieutenant | ditto |
" | William Jones | Ensign | ditto |
" | Alfred Thruston | Surgeon | |
Orleans Territory | Narcissus Brontin | Second Lieutenant | Infantry |
Lewis P. Ducros | Ensign | ditto | |
Connecticut | William E. Lee | Surgeons Mate | |
Rhode Island | Peter Turner | Surgeons Mate | |
Missisippi Territory | Thomas Beall | Captain | Infantry |
" | Alexander Calvit | First Lieutenant | ditto |
" | William Pope | Second Lieutenant | ditto |
Accept, Sir, assurances of my high respect & consideration
H Dearborn
DNA: RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.