CROWN FORCES 28 JUNE 1778[1]

Sir Henry Clinton, Commander-in-Chief

Prepared by Dr. Garry W. Stone, Historian, Monmouth Battlefield State Park, and used with permission

Victualled at Monmouth

Men Wagoners Women[2] Child

Servants to the Commander-in-Chief 3410--

Servants to Capt. William Crosbie Aide-de-Camp 5-- -

SECOND DIVISION

(In the van with the baggage)

Lieutenant-General William Knyphausen, Commander

Gen. Knyphausen’s suite 69- 2-

Jaeger CorpsLt.-Col. Ludwig Johann Adolph von Wurmb

Hessian Jaegers—mounted 37}

Hessian Jaegers—foot664}812-

Anspach Chasseurs 921 6-

793

17th Light DragoonsLt.-Col. Samuel Birch333512-

2nd Battalion Light InfantryMaj. John Maitland 799530-

1ST BRIGADEMajor-General James Grant[3]

General Grant’s guard and suite 123--

4th Foot The King’s OwnMaj. Sir James Murray?321416 -

23rd Foot Royal Welsh FusiliersLt.-Col. Nesbitt Balfour432516-

28th FootLt.-Col. Robert Prescott313416-

49th FootLt.-Col. Sir Henry Calder372316

1,450

2ND BRIGADEMajor-General James Grant?

5th FootMaj. George Harris?367416 -

10th FootLt.-Col. Francis Smith135412-

27th Iniskilling FootLt.-Col. Edward Mitchell340516-

40th FootLt.-Col. Thomas Musgrave322315-

55th FootLt.-Col. Cornelius Cuyler268514-

1,432

STIRN'S BRIGADE Major-General Johann Daniel Stirn

Gen. Stirn’s suite 12---

Leib InfantryRegiment (du Corps)Col. Friedrich W. von Wurmb573-146

Infantry-Regiment von DonopCol. David E. von Gosen580-12-

1,165

LOOS BRIGADECol. Johann August von Loos

Fusilier Regiment von Alt Lossberg Col. Johann August von Loos276-18-

Fusilier Regiment von KnyphausenMaj. Johann Friedrich von Stein253- 8-

Grenadier Regiment von Woellwarth*257-12-

(*Divided between the Alt Lossberg and Knyphausen battalions)786

PROVINCIAL INFANTRY

Guides and PioneersCapt. Simon Fraser206- 8-

Roman Catholic VolunteersLt.-Col. Alfred Clifton207210-

Maryland LoyalistsLt.-Col. James Chambers370314-

Pennsylvania LoyalistsLt.-Col. William Allen1682 8-

New Jersey VolunteersLt.-Col. John Van Dike211- 6-

Bucks County VolunteersCapt. William Thomas76---

1,238

PROVINCIAL HORSE

Philadelphia Light DragoonsCapt. Richard Hovenden11624 -

Bucks County Light DragoonsLt. Walter Willet 60-2-

176

PROVINCIAL RECRUITS

New Jersey Volunteers (3rd Battalion?) 17---

Caledonian VolunteersCapt. William Sutherland 9 ---

Volunteers of IrelandLt.-Col. Francis Lord Rawdon 16---

Emmericks ChasseursCapt. Christian Huck? 11---

57

NON-COMBATANTS

Black PioneersCapt. Allen Stewart 49-2-

Paymaster’s guard and suite 1011-

Adjutant General Lt.-Col. Francis Lord Rawdon’s guard and suite 3-- -

Deputy Inspector General of Provincial Forces, Capt. Henry Rooke 3-- -

Quartermaster General Sir William Erskine’s Department494-- -

Engineer's Dept. 138---

Bridgemaster's Department 21---

Royal Artillery (Civil Branch), Company of Conductors & Artificers 51-- -

Surgeons & cetera 19---

Sick and attendants of general hospital 1346--

Provost Martial, guard, prisoners, and criminals 571--

Refugees 91---

1,070

(Divided between the Divisions)

Royal ArtilleryBrigadier-General James Pattison 634---

Royal Artillery drivers261-26-

2nd Battalion NJ Volunteers, 4 companys (matrosses) 129- 4-

Hessian Artillery 39- 43

1,063

1ST DIVISION

(Defending the rear)

Lieutenant-General Lord Charles Cornwallis

Queen's American Rangers*Lt.-Col. John Graves Simcoe454624-

16th Queen’s Light DragoonsLt.-Col. Hon. William Harcourt365413-

1st Battalion Light Infantry*Lt.-Col. Robert Abercromby[4]730830-

1st Battalion British GrenadiersLt.-Col. William Meadows761430-

2nd Battalion British Grenadiers Lt.-Col. Hon. Henry Monckton737530 -

(*During the afternoon, Brigadier-General Sir William Erskine commanded the Rangers and Lights)

HESSIAN GRENADIERS Col. Henrich Julius von Kospoth

LinsingLt.-Col. Otto Christian von Linsing41178-

MinnigerodeLt.-Col. Friedrich L. von Minnigerode 42769-

Lengerke Lt.-Col. Georg Emanuel Lengerke 45358-

1,291

BRIGADE OF FOOT GUARDS Brigadier-General Edward Mathew

1st Battalion Guards Col. Henry Trelawney 502

2nd BattalionGuardsLt.-Col. James Ogilvie?480

9821020-

3rd BRIGADEMajor-General Charles Grey

General Gray’s guard and suite 173--

15th Foot Lt.-Col. Joseph Shopford?352316-

17th FootLt.-Col. Charles Mawhood330316-

42nd Foot Royal HighlandersLt.-Col. Thomas Sterling639827-

44th FootLt.-Col. Henry Hope334416-

1,672

4TH BRIGADEMajor-General Charles Grey

33rd FootLt.-Col. James Webster365316-

37th Foot?386316

46th FootLt.-Col. Enoch Markham319316-

64th Foot Maj. Robert McLeroth 426316 -

1,496

5TH BRIGADEBrigadier-General Hon. Alexander Leslie

7th FootRoyal FusiliersLt.-Col. Alured Clarke333316 -

26th FootLt.-Col. Charles Stuart314316-

63rd FootLt.-Col. James Paterson305-12-

952

TOTALS 19,940 180 7099

GRAND TOTAL 20,838

[1]. State of the Forces under . . . Sir Henry Clinton, 3 July 1778 (Library of Congress, Mss. Division: PRO CO 5:96, p. 77). Return of the Number of Men, Wagoners, Women & Children victualled at Monmouth the 27 & 28th June 1778 inclusive. (Sir Henry Clinton Papers, vol. 36, No. 5, William L. Clements Library, the University of Michigan.) Edited by Todd W. Braisted, James L. Kochan, Donald M. Londahl-Smidt, and Garry Wheeler Stone.

Other sources include A List of All The Officers in the Army (London: War Office, 30 June 1780) and The Loyalist Institute at

2. This was the number of permitted women—the other women of the army were to go on the shipping to New York City. However, entries in the British orderly books make it clear that many women left the shipping and followed the army on its march. See New York Historical Society, Journals of Lieut.-Col. Stephen Kemble, 1773-1789; and British Army Orders . . .. (Boston: Gregg Press, 1972), pp. 595, 596, 598.

  1. When Lt. F. Champagne wrote a report on taking an order from Clinton to Knyphausen, he described communicating the “Substance to Major Genl Grant at the Head of the British as I passed along.” Library, Valley Forge National Park.

[4] Simcoe’s Military Journal (1844), p. 72.