| 词条 | James Moncrief |
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During the American Revolution Moncrief served in various campaigns throughout the colonies. In 1776 he served as guide to the 4th Regiment of Foot (now King's Own Royal Border Regiment) during a river crossing on the march to Philadelphia and participated in the Battle of Brandywine.[3] From the journal of Captain John Montresor, concerning action at Fort Mifflin:[4] Captain James Moncrief Engineer and 50 Hessians, recovered the gun unspiked and all the detachment except 2 subalterns, 5 grenadiers and 2 artillery men. During this day the Rebels fired 3,000 Cannon Shot at this battery from the instant day broke. The Troops being few and harassed no work this night. This morning cold and white frost. Moncrief latter became Chief Engineer responsible for the defenses during the Siege of Savannah by combined American and French forces in 1779 [5] and took part in the Battle of Stono Ferry in South Carolina. [6] In 1780 he took part in the successful Siege of Charleston by the British Army which resulted in the capture of 5,000 troops of the Continental Army.[7] Moncrief took command of the Black Pioneers a black Loyalist force, and had strong faith in the African American's ability to fight. After Lord Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown he wrote General Clinton in New York to remind him of the invaluable service to Britain performed by those under his command while building the defenses at Savannah and Charleston and offered to continue the war with a brigade of African American soldiers.[8] After the American Revolution Moncrief was placed in command of a company at Gosport from 1785-1787.[9] He then served under the Duke of York and Albany in the Low Countries during the War of the First Coalition against Revolutionary France and took part in the Siege of Valenciennes in 1792. He was wounded during the unsuccessful Siege of Dunkirk on 6 September 1793 and died a few days later at Ostend.[10][11] References1. ^The Scots magazine, Volume 52 By James Boswell p. 623 {{DEFAULTSORT:Moncrief, James}}2. ^Johnson, Alex. The First Mapping of America: The General Survey of British North America. I.B. Taurus, 2017. 3. ^Benson. 4. ^ Journal of Captain John Montresor, July 1, 1777 to July 1, 1778. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1882, page 48 5. ^Benson, John Lossing. Harpers' Popular Cyclopaedia of United States History from the Aboriginal Period: Containing Brief Sketches of Important Events and Conspicuous Actors, Volume 2. Harper, 1893, page 1252. 6. ^Leslie, Stephen. Directory of National Biography. Smith, Elder & Co., 1894, page 170. 7. ^The southern strategy: Britain's conquest of South Carolina and Georgia By David K. Wils p. 214 8. ^Death or liberty: African Americans and revolutionary America By Douglas R. Egerton 9. ^The history of the Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners, Volume 1 p. 61 10. ^House of Moncrief p. 13 11. ^History of the Wars of the French Revolution, from the Breaking Out of the War, in 1792, to the Restoration of a General Peace in 1815: Volume 2 by Edward Baines p. 85 7 : British Army personnel of the American Revolutionary War|British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars|British military personnel killed in the French Revolutionary Wars|Royal Engineers officers|Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich|1793 deaths|1741 births |
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