In a message dated 05/26/05 6:15:04 PM, [email protected] writes: << The captains I have are Hawkins Boone, Samuel Cabell, William Henderson, James Knox, Gabriel Long, Thomas Posey and Van Swearingen. >> Morgan first organized what was known as Morgan's Rifle Corps (1777-1778) Morgan 11th VA Regiment. 1777-1778 The 11th was redesignated the 7th VA Regt in Sept 1778 to 1781 Commanders of 7th VA Regt were Morgan/Posey/Cabell in turn. Can you tell me anything about James KNOX? Best regards, Hugh <[email protected]> [DENTON, FRENCH, GOAR, GURNEY, HOFFMAN, HUFFMAN, KNOX, LEE, MIZNER, POILLON, ROSE, RUTGERS, SMOCK, THOMASON, WOOD]

Hugh -- >>> Morgan first organized what was known as Morgan's Rifle Corps >>> (1777-1778) <<< Morgan was at Cambridge Msss in the summer of 1775, just after Washington arrived. I have his commission dated 22 June 1775 after which he raised a company of 96 men in Virginia and marched to Boston arriving the last week in July. Morgan's company of riflemen went with Arnold on his "March to Quebec" up the Jennebec River in Maine and over the Height of the Land and down the R. Chaudier in the autumn of 1775. Morgan was captured at Quebec, paroled in the summer, but not "exchanged" until the fall of 1776. On 12 Nov 1776 he was Commissioned Colonel of the 11th Virginia Regiment. In the spring of 1777 he was serving in operations in NJ preceeding the British Philadelphia Campaign then in mid-summer, his "Corps of Rangers" was sent by Washington to reinforce Gates who was facing the advance of Burgoyne's army. I find no evidence that Morgan went to Ft Pitt. Bob Brooks