Before you make an inquiry,
please be advised that the Brigade is an association of Revolutionary
War living historians and reenactor units. We are not a research service.
If you are looking
for information on a descendant whom served in a Revolutionary War unit, we
don't have it. Muster rolls and probate records in that person's home town
might be of help. Also there are pension records in the US National Archives
for some Revolutionary War veterans. There is even less information on individual
British and German soldiers. For a start the Regimental headquarters in England
should be contacted.
If you are looking for
general information on the life of a Revolutionary War soldier we suggest
Private Yankee Doodle by Joseph Plumb Martin.
If you are looking
for unit information see if it is listed in the Brigade member unit
list and has a hyperlink. If the unit is not listed, it is not a Brigade
member. In that case the following books may help: Encyclopedia of Continental
Army Units by Fred Anderson Berg; and Encyclopedia of British, Provincial,
and German Army Units 1775-1783 by Phillip R.N. Katcher. For militia and
state units the best source would be state and community archives. This should
seem obvious but you will not find any information if the unit didn't serve
in the American Revolution, like the Washington State Coastal Artillery or
U.S. Air Force.
If your request is
"Tell me everything you know about the Revolutionary War" (You would
be amazed how many people make that request), please see the over 1,000 printed
books on subject, and countless unprinted records in archives in the U.S.,
Canada, and England.
Cheers,
Debra Najecki Brigade Webmistress
The members of the Brigade of the
American Revolution (BAR) are all volunteers. So please be patient with our
replies.
