Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Bound manuscript, Brigade book of the Brigade commanded by the Honorable Brigade General Poor by Brigade Major Ben Walker, 1778 January - 1779 May
Item — Box 108, Shelf: Closed Stacks
Identifier: RM-1113 ; MS-5796
Scope and Contents
Bound manuscript contains the returns kept for General Poor's Brigade, by Captain Benjamin Walker, at various camps, a few returns left unaccomplished, several general orders and records of courts-martial,and a legal docket ca. 1830. These daily inventories of soldiers and their equipment begin at Valley Forge in January 1778 and run through May 1779.
Dates:
1778 January - 1779 May
