BERNARDO De GALVEZ SERVICES to the AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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BERNARDO de GALVEZ SERVICES TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION by Charles Robert Churchill President Louisiana Society Sons of the American Revolution March 4th, 1925 BERNARDO de GALVEZ SERVICES TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION by Charles Robert Churchill President Louisiana Society Sons of the American Revolution March 4th, 1925 National Society Sons of The American Revolution LIBRARY f"3-%4 17--1- 99' ° CA% Die National .crtictu of tlic llit» tif t. e American ikeuolution INSTITUTED JULY 4, 1876 ORGANIZED APRIL 30, 1889 National Headquarters • 1000 South Fourth Street • Louisville, Kentucky 40203 • (502) 589-1776 GENERAL OFFICERS 1996 - 97 President General* Reon G. Hillegass, Jr. 801 Stockley Gardens Norfolk, VA 23507 Secretary General* Carl K. Hoffmann 1291 Beach Avenue FORE WORD Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 Treasurer General* Russell D. Page This facsimile copy of the Spanish Military records pertaining to Bernardo de 5563 N. Oakland Avenue Galvez compiled by Charles Robert Churchill, President of the Louisiana Forsyth, IL 62535 Society Sons of the American Revolution and dated March 4th, 1925 is Chancellor General* available through the efforts of COL Bruce Baird Butler, Historian General, McCarthy DeMere, MD, JD 1460 Madison Avenue National Society Sons of the American Revolution (NSSAR), and Ivan Mclvor Memphis, TN 38104 Foley, Galvez soldier historian and cemetery consultant, New Orleans Archdiocese Archives. It is an exact copy of copy number five of the five Registrar General * Howard F. Horne, Jr., PhD original copies produced by compatriot Churchill in 1925. The original copy 111 Hitching Post Drive number five is in the Louisiana Collection of the Howard Tilton Memorial Wilmington, DE 19803 Library of Tulane University. Histitrian General Bruce Baird Butler, DDS In 1903 NSSAR approved eligibility for SAR membership of descendants of 3206 Napoleon Avenue Galvez soldiers. This was due to the efforts of Compatriot John Dimitry of the New Orleans, LA 70125 Louisiana Society SAR who had obtained the Galvez Army records from the Surgeon General Spanish Archives in Madrid. One of Compatriot Churchill's objectives in William N. Floyd, Jr., MD 7505 Memorial Woods Drive compiling the Spanish Military records was to obtain similar approval for Houston, TX 77024 membership in the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Chaplain General (NSDAR). This was accomplished in 1925. Rev. George A. Burns P. O. Box 1666 Historian General Butler recently met Ivan McIvor Foley at a meeting at Mr. Fernandina Beach, FL 32035 Foley's home organized by Spirit of '76 NSDAR member Mrs. Louis S. de Genealogist General Lassus to learn of Mr. Foley's Galvez soldiers research. Mr. Foley has Richard F. Locke, Jr. identified the graves of over 100 Galvez soldiers buried in the tombs of St. 1559 St. Andrews Drive Redding, CA 96003 Louis Cemetery No. 1 and St. Louis Cemetery No.2 As a result of this meeting the interest of the Historian General in Galvez and Galvez soldiers has been Librarian General * Lawrence L. Loker rekindled. Compatriot Butler and Mr. Foley have met several times and the 309 E. Moore Street association is ongoing. Blue Springs, MO 64014 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The Historian General will present this information to the President General and Genealogist General NSSAR in order to obtain SAR recognition of these FPG William C. Gist, Jr. 5608 Apache Road Galvez soldiers and to mark their graves. Descendants of these soldiers will be Louisville, KY 40207 identified with the intent of gaining their interest in applying for membership in George W. Orlon the SAR. Coordination with the DAR will be ongoing. 10618 W. Emerald Point Sun City, AZ 85351 Historian General Butler wishes to thank Mr. Ivan Mclvor Foley for his years Duane T. Sargisson of Galvez soldier research and for his great contribution to the body of 311 Main Street knowledge. His inspiration has been responsible for the reproduction of Worcester, MA 01608 Churchill's massive volume. * Member Executive Committee Olg National eutittu of tig enfle of tilt Axai ritan ileuolution INSTITUTED JULY 4, 1876 ORGANIZED APRIL 30, 1889 National Headquarters • 1000 South Fourth Street • Louisville, Kentucky 40203 • (502) 589- 1776 GENERAL OFFICERS 1996 - 97 President General* Reon G. Hillegass, Jr. 801 Stockley Gardens Norfolk, VA 23507 Secretary General* Cari K. Hoffmann 1291 Beach Avenue The Churchill volume on Galvez is the property of the Louisiana Society Sons Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 of the American Revolution. Historical and genealogical societies, historians Treasurer General* and researchers may obtain copies of this reproduction from the Historian Russell D. Page General who is a past president of the Louisiana Society, and whose address is 5563 N. Oakland Avenue Iocated in the listing of NSSAR officers on this letterhead. Forsyth, IL 62535 Chancellor General* Colonel Bruce Baird Butler, DDS McCarthy DeMere, MD, JD 1460 Madison Avenue Historian General, NSSAR 1996-1997 Memphis, TN 38104 December 1996 Registrar General* Howard F. Horne, Jr., PhD 111 Hitching Post Drive Wilmington, DE 19803 Historian General Bruce Baird Butler, DDS 3206 Napoleon Avenue New Orleans, LA 70125 Surgeon General William N. Floyd, Jr., MD 7505 Memorial Woods Drive Houston, TX 77024 Choplain General Rev. George A. Burns P. O. Box 1666 Fernandina Beach, FL 32035 Genealogist General Richard F. Locke, Jr: 1559 St. Andrews Drive Redding, CA 96003 Librarian General * Lawrence L. Loker 309 E. Moore Street Blue Springs, MO 64014 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FPG William C. Gist, Jr. 5608 Apache Road Louisville, KY 40207 George W. Orton 10618 W. Emerald Point Sun City, AZ 85351 Duane T. Sargisson 311 Main Street Worcester, MA 01608 * Member Executive Committee TABLE OP CONTENTS Introduction . Map of The United States Index to Names 1-82 Supplementary Index to Naines 83-107 Book of Life and Services of Infantry Regi- ment of Louisiane 1782 (A) 1-161 Index to Package No. 112 Papales Prooeden- ,.tes de Cuba, General Archive of the Indien, Seville, Spain. Illorida Occidental. Corresponden- ois y documentos ofioiales de los Gover- nadorea. Anos 1776 a 1779 162.217 Royal Legion Mixe& Ellitie of the Mississip- ' pi Service Reoords Transoribed from the originals.(1792) preserved in the Gene- ie. Archive of the Indien, SevilleSeville, -Spain. P. p. de C. 161, Seville, 1921. 218-331 Papers by Mise Wright on the Archives of the Indien Seleotions from Letters of Raymundo DuBreuil 1778-1779 ,2-15 Continuation of (A) Book of Life and Services of Infantry Regiment of La. 1782 348•.350 Morning Chroniole & London Advertiser April -a, 1780 giving detaila of Capture of Baton te Rouge 351-359 Servicee to The Revolution of Bernardo de fr Galvez by C. R. Churchill 360-376.t/ ecord.of heoruits from Spain with naines of Veseele 379-'389 u,'Militia of St. Louis 389-396 Reoruits for Louisiane Permanent Regitent 397-398 iat of Naines of Men who eerved under the Command of.Bernardo de Galvez 399-401 \,,/ Capture of Mobile and Pensacola 402404 Indiana capture St. Augustine 1752 406-409 Gifts of Plôrida Indiana 1782 409,412 Tables relating to the Army of Galvez July 15, 1781.with Dames of Ships 413-417 Iettere of Galvez respeoting Attack on Pensacola 418-419 Letters of Galvez respeoting storm in Iew Orleans August 19, 1779 420-432 Attack on Manohac 433,447 PREPACE The compilation of this volume was.really more of an accident than the result of a premeditated plan as is explained. ' somewhat against his best judgment, the writer oepted the presidency of the Louisiana Society, Sons of the Amerioan Revolution, in the apring of 1916. Hie idea was to carry it over until we could get someone to take up the work and build up the Society. In the meanwhile, the writer became very much in- terested in the work, and with assistance of a more or less indifferent nature from one or two men.bers, laid out a pro- gram which was the ground work of the present large and pros- perous Louisiana Society. At the outset, after dropping ail those who were not eeemingly interested in the work, there remained about forty five members. Sinoe that time, there has been taken into the Louisiana Society a total of five hundred and three members. Of this five hundred and three, three hundred and forty three beoame members during the writerie incumbency. It might be noted also that from January, 1911, until June, 1917, no one had been taken in. Ail S.A.R. organizations throughout the U.S.A. now know that the Louisiana Society is "on the map," ‘It was not long after the compiler got intô this work before he saw that there wae a great untouched field for membership from among the descendants of the soldiers who eerved under Galvez in campaigns against the British in 1779, 1780, and 1781. The question thon arose as to what had beoome of the rosters of the Galvez organizations - as a motter of faut, if the rosterp still actually existed, was it possible to get copies of them. Inquiriee at the Louisiana Historical So7lety and the- Libraries of this City and elsewhere developed nothing, and for a while the job was considered hopeles Later, quit a bit of information are encourage- ment along those linos was obtained through the kindness and o.ourtesy of Mr. William Beer of the Howard Library. Also a bit of information was obtained from lire. Heloise H. Cruzat‘. who was thon delving in the Archives of the Cabildo. But thia was but a more "drop in the bucket" as oompared to what later developed. A number of lettere were written to various par- ties in Spain with the hope of getting a line on the situa- tion there, but likewise nothing wae developed. It looked as if everybody was ignorant of what the writer wanted.