Captain Wilson’s Troop Organization
as attached to LtCol Reed’s 21st Infantry Regiment for Battle of
Caulk’s Field (30 August 1814)
6th Brigade
Brig. General Benj. Chambers NOTES:
Kent Co. Queen Anne Co. 1. Regular font indicates present at
Caulk’s Field
2. Italic font indicates not present at
Caulk’s Field
3. Wilson’s Troop non-commissioned
21st Infantry 33rd Infantry Maryland Cavalry officer assignments are an estimate
Regiment Regiment based on previous musters and
LtCol Wm. Spencer unlabeled position in 30 Aug muster
LtCol Philip Reed Commanding 8th Cavalry District/Regiment 4. (xx/yy) indicates numbers present
(~180/~800) Lieutenant Colonel James Spencer compared to authorized number
Majors Wm. Wickes & Thomas Carville & regimental staff
Captain Simon Wickes’ Rifle Company (26/80)
Captain William Graves’ Company
8th Cav District Staff:
Captain Ezekiel Chambers’ Company (44/80)
Kent County Squadron Adjutant George Comegys Cecil County Squadron
Captain Edward Comegys’ Company
Major Adam Whann Qtrmaster George Richards Major Amos Reed
Captain Henry Page’s Company (33/80)
Paymaster Isaac Spencer
Lower Langford Bay Co. (Capt. Thom. Hynson) (7/80)
Surgeon Charles Tilden
Quaker Neck Co. (Capt. Samuel Griffith) (12/80)
Surg. Mate James Scanlon
Volunteer Artillery Co. (Capt. Bedingfield Hand) (27/80) Vet. Surg. Jacob Egner
Brigade Artillery (Capt. Aquila Uselton) (20/80?) Elkton Troop Captain Ford
Captain Boyer Captain Evans & Troop
Attached Cavalry Troop Captain Frederick Wilson
(45/48) & Troop
Cornet John Rutter Based on original & continuing research of Michael
Qtrmaster Sergeant – vacant? Bosworth, Maryland Light Dragoons (1812, recreated)
1st Lieutenant William Coburn Trumpeteer Samuel Filengame per 29Aug04. Ref: Dispatches (NavDocHist), Marine,
Farrier - vacant? Wright, Act 1811, Whitehorne. Bold faced indicates
2nd Lieutenant Thomas Wilson Saddler - vacant? independent rank confirmation via Ancestry.com data.
1st Sergeant Richard Frisby 2nd Sergeant Richard Lynch 3rd Sergeant James Lynch 4th Sergeant Thomas Bryan
4th Corporal Bart Etherington 3rd Corporal Wm. Maxwell 2nd Corporal Emory Edwards 1st Corporal Eli Plummer
Samuel Ringgold John Frazier Jr. James Smith William Lynch Henry Kennard James Hanson Richard Spencer Thomas Raven
George Briscoe William Keating Macall Rasin Henry Curry William Howard Robert Ussleton James Barrott William Thomas
Philip Ricketts Peregrine Cooper George Burgess Evan Lynch John Curry James Ringgold Thomas Clark Thomas Wilkens
Samuel Thomas Unit Corse William Meeks Henry Brown Joseph Cox Robert Garrett Darius Gambal John Maxwell Jr.
Some questions: (a) who was the ‘fat militia colonel’ captured and executed by the MENELAUS crew? (b) did Wilson’s Troop have assigned quartermaster sergeant,
farrier and saddler as authorized? (c) which three cavalrymen were captured by the MENELAUS crew upon their retreat? Which charged Midn Caulmier’s party?