Thomas Ewing (American Revolution) Explained

Honorific Prefix:Colonel
Thomas Ewing
Birth Date:1730[1]
Death Date:1790
Allegiance:United States
Commands:3rd Battalion of the Maryland Flying Camp
Battles:Battle of Harlem Heights
Battle of Trenton[2]
Battle of Princeton
American Revolutionary War
Spouse:Margaret

Colonel Thomas Ewing (1730-1790)[1] was a commander of the 3rd Battalion of the Maryland Flying Camp under the command of Brigadier General Rezin Beall during the American Revolutionary War.[3] [4] Under Ewing's command were 12 companies of infantry with 864 men and 2 companies of artillery.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Howard H. McCall. Ettie Tidwell McCall. Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia. July 2010. Genealogical Publishing Com. 978-0-8063-0219-5. 73–.
  2. Book: William Scudder Stryker. The Battles of Trenton and Princeton. 1898. Houghton, Mifflin. 309–.
  3. Bowie. Lucy Leigh. Maryland Troops in the Battle of Harlem Heights. Maryland Historical Magazine. March 1948. XLIII. 1. 7. 22 July 2016.
  4. Steuart, Rieman (1969). A History of the Maryland Line in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783. Society of the Cincinnati of Maryland. p. 6-8.