Andrew, Hard one to call on General John Swift, as a number of the NY militia Regiments were in NYC, in 1814, where a Brig General Joseph Swift was beginning the supervision of breastwork construction on Aug 9 th. By the 31st, 6000 militia soldiers paraded through the City. Scratch the hard to call!! I went back and dug up a Lt Col. Philetus Swift, that was also listed as a Col. in the Swift/Dobbins Regiment in 1814. This regiment was comprised of New York Volunteers. It didn't seem to make the message board, but by viewing a number of pension files, military records, or autobiographies of those involved with these regiments one can put together an idea of what service there ancestor was involved in, especially if one has the service times of their ancestor. Col. Dobbin would indeed be a good start. There were two William Whites in the Swift/Dobbin Regiment; (1) William L. White (2) William S. White Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew C. White" <acwhite@taconic.net> To: <WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com>