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Washington Papers Consolidated Index | D | Desertion
From Robert Stewart, 5 December 1755 [Colonial Series 2:206]+
George Mercer to Thomas Walker, 22 December 1755 [Colonial Series 2:225]+
From Adam Stephen, 29 March 1756 [Colonial Series 2:328]+
Memoranda, 13 June 1757 [Colonial Series 4:212]+
– advertisements for deserters [5 references]
– amnesty for [3 references]
– and Royal American Regiment [9 references]
– apprehension of deserters [47 references]
– bill to draft deserters [1 reference]
– charges and rewards for apprehending deserters [6 references]
– charges for [1 reference]
– court-martials for [3 references]
– court-martials of deserters [2 references]
– court-martials of deserters [5 references]
– deserters go with Cherokee [1 reference]
– deserters join Royal American Regiment [2 references]
– exhortations against [1 reference]
– fear of desertion [2 references]
– for Christmas holidays [2 references]
– for lack of clothing and provisions [1 reference]
– from British regiments [1 reference]
– from scouts [1 reference]
– immunity for deserters [1 reference]
– in Braddock campaign [1 reference]
– in Fort Necessity campaign [1 reference]
– in rangers [2 references]
– in Royal American Regiment [9 references]
– instructions regarding [5 references]
– law dealing with [1 reference]
– measures taken to prevent [4 references]
– of Cherokee [1 reference]
– of light horse [3 references]
– of Light Horse [5 references]
– of Lower Counties troops [1 reference]
– of Maryland troops [1 reference]
– of militia [10 references]
– of pardoned deserter [2 references]
– of Pennsylvania light horseman [2 references]
– of quartermaster [2 references]
– of rangers [1 reference]
– of recruits [1 reference]
– of soldiers [21 references]
– pardoned deserter deserts again [1 reference]
– pardons for [4 references]
– prevention of [8 references]
– protection of deserters [13 references]
– provision for court-martials of [1 reference]
– published list of deserters [3 references]
– punishment for [36 references]
– punishment of [11 references]
– reinlistment of deserters [2 references]
– returned deserter works on fort construction [1 reference]
– reward for reporting [1 reference]
– rewards for apprehension of deserters [11 references]
– rewards for capture [5 references]
– rewards for capture of deserters [4 references]
– to enemy [3 references]
– to North Carolina detachment [1 reference]
– Virginia Regiment reduced by [1 reference]