I represent Joseph Garnett. I was the Quartermaster of the Maryland Loyalists Regiment. In an 18th century army regiment, the Quartermaster oversaw the acquisition of materials and supplies for the soldiers, as well as making sure they all got where they needed to go. The regiment was 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. We arrived in late December 1778 exhausted and sick. Those of us who survived until the surrender of Pensacola in May 1781 were sent to New York with the rest of the prisoners of war. After the end of the American Revolution, many of us moved on to Canada.
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