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« Reply #15 on: December 12, 2006, 11:25:27 AM »
With Tony and Ben, I'm not feeling quite so lonely now.  Anymore loyalists lurking out there?

Ben, make sure that your friend contributes to the site!  No invitation is required.  Grin

As for me being English, I thought I had kept that a secret due to my impartial comments.   Huh

Best wishes,

Mark
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« Reply #16 on: December 12, 2006, 04:41:07 PM »
Quote from: markpeters on December 12, 2006, 11:25:27 AM
With Tony and Ben, I'm not feeling quite so lonely now.  Anymore loyalists lurking out there?

Ben, make sure that your friend contributes to the site!  No invitation is required.  Grin

As for me being English, I thought I had kept that a secret due to my impartial comments.   Huh

Best wishes,

Mark


we get enough of you guys and we can hold a Tar and Feathering party!  Grin
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« Reply #17 on: December 13, 2006, 12:56:17 AM »
we get enough of you guys and we can hold a Tar and Feathering party!

Well, I expect most are waiting to see which side comes out on top, before declaring their allegiance.  Never happened before, of course!   Shocked

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« Reply #18 on: December 14, 2006, 09:07:54 AM »
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 I egerly await the opening of the British Commanders site. if Cornwallis was a Tory then I most likely would have been one as well. Does anyone know to which party MG William Phillips belonged?
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« Reply #19 on: December 14, 2006, 10:10:14 AM »
Ben,

Pleased to see that you're able to post again! 

Major General William Phillips of the Royal Artillery?  Other than his capture at Saratoga, I know nothing about him.  Probably too professional to be tied up in politics.   Cheesy  A look at his family history might show up something, but my guess is that he was your typical professional soldier.

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« Reply #20 on: December 16, 2006, 06:02:38 AM »
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  William Phillips held a dual commission. He was a Lt Col in the artillery and ended up a Major Gen in the army. He was instrumental in bringing up the guns at a rapid rate at Minden( while Sackville sat on his butt). In the AWI, he was second in command to Burgoyne on that illfated campaign. After exchange he commanded a small army in VA and chased Von Steuben out of Petersburg. Unfortunately he got sick and died at Petersburg. I believe he is the only artillery officer to have commanded a British army.   YMH & OS, Ben Newton Capt Lt RA(1776-1783)





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« Reply #21 on: January 31, 2007, 06:36:21 PM »
Ben,

Thanks for the information.  I agree that he may have been "the only artillery officer to have commanded a British army", and certainly cannot think of another.

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