I represent James Cummins. I was a private in the Maryland Loyalists Regiment, Captain Patrick Kearney’s Company. The Maryland Loyalists Regiment were raised in 1777. We saw action at the Battle of Monmouth in 1778 before being sent later that year to West Florida to defend Pensacola and Mobile against the Spanish. I was taken prisoner by the Spanish and I was not released to the Regiment until June 24, 1782, well after the survivors of the siege of Pensacola had been sent to New York by the Spanish. That may mean that I was ill and unable to be moved until I recovered. I died November 5, 1782.
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