I think Valley Forge was the winter of 77-78. Speaking of Wars in which ancestors participated, My Martin Calvert is mentioned in the book Behind Enemy Lines (Civil War) as being killed in a skirmish on the road to Fayette. MO. I have not yet seen the paragraph but will look it up next time I'm at library. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, January 31, 2000 8:05 PM Subject: Re: [CALVERT-L] Calverts: Martin, Elijah, and Reuben? Dwight Stewart writes, > George, as you often do, you post helpful information for all of us. Thanks > again for your contributions to this list. > A question about your message below: O'Gorman states the year of his > death as 1778. Did you mean to type 1778 or are you correcting O'Gorman at > that point? When was the encampment at Valley Forge? O'Gorman says Reuben > may have died there. > ... Dwight Stewart Dwight, Turn to page 87 and you will find the following letter from Major General E. T. Conley: The records of the War Department show that one Reuben Calvert served in the Revolutionary War as a sergeant in Captain John Peyton's, Company. 3rd Virginia Regiment, commanded successively by Colonel George Weedon and Colonel Thomas Marshall. The date of entry into service is not shown. His name first appears on a company pay roll covering the period from October 8 (1776) to January 1, 1777. The company pay roll covering the period from January 1 to March 1, 1777, shows that the time of his service was fifteen days, and this roll also bears the remark: "Dead." (Signed) E. T. Conley, Major General The Adjutant General. War Department, Washington, D.C. I understand that O'Gorman's original notes and correspondence are at the archives of the Library of Virginia in Richmond. The only way to truly verify the above is to examine the original records of the U. S. Army. It would probably take an act of Congress to gain access the payroll records of 3rd Virginia (assuming they haven't been lost or destroyed). Major General E. T. Conley is wrong about George Weedon. Weedon assumed command of the 3rd Virginia in Feb. 1777 (after Trenton and Princeton). At Trenton and Princeton the 3rd was a part of Stirling's Brigade under the command of Hugh Mercer. Mercer had the lead detachment on the Pennington Road followed by Lord Stirling and Major George Greene. Other actions of the 3rd Virginia include: Charge on King Street: Captain William Washington and Lt. James Monroe of the 3rd lead charge that captures the enemy's cannon on King Street in Trenton. Holding of Assumpsick Bridge: An engagement on 2nd January, 1777 at Assumpsick Bridge near Trenton, where the Americans held against superior British forces. (I believe the bridge was held by a company under Mercer's command.) The Death of Hugh Mercer: At dawn, Colonel. Mawhood has begun to follow in the wake of Cornwallis to Trenton, with his 17th Foot of the 4th Brigade followed by the 55th, and the 40th regiment ordered to remain in Princeton. Now the Americans under General Mercer who had been sent to guard the left flank and the 17th under Mawhood discover each other at the same time, and move to attack. The 55th moves back into Princeton. Mercer and Mawhood each believe they have encountered a patrol. Mawhood has about 276 men, and Mercer 120 with 200 following. Both race to the high ground now called Mercer heights. Mercer is surprised to run into Mawhood's men deployed in line. Captain Willie Leslie of the 17th, and nephew of General Alexander Leslie, is killed in the first fire. After exchanging fires, Mawhood's regiment charges with the bayonet. Only 20 of Mercers men have muskets and bayonets, most being slow reloading riflemen whose guns can not use bayonets. Mercer is mortally wounded and his troops fall back, but Cadwalader's 600 men of the Pennsylvania militia arrive. They fire and then start to fall back, even though they greatly outnumber the 17th. (Mawhood and the 17th regiment put up a terrific defense, still remembered and honored in Great Britain.) Dwight, the pages you are looking at refer to George and Zealy Calvert, nephews of Reuben. They enlisted in 1778. Also, Rueben's estate was not inventoried until May 26, 1778. I suspect O'Gorman received the Conley's letter in the latter stages of her work and did not revise her earlier writings. The woman was past 80 when the book was published. Perhaps some of the DAR members can shed more light on the engagements of the 3rd Virginia, or let me know if the above is an accurate accounting. George Calvert [email protected] ==== CALVERT Mailing List ==== No copyrighted materials are permitted on this list unless by the copyright owner themselves.