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Scotsman Thomas Dundas joined the British army in 1766 at the youthful age of 16. He was appointed as a Cornet in the King’s Dragoon Guards. By May of...

A London native, John Watson Tadwell-Watson began his military career with the British Army in April of 1767 when he joined the Third Foot Guards. He...

Native to Ireland, Henry Johnson was born the second son of Allen and Olivia Johnson on New Year’s Day of 1748 in Dublin. Trying to outshine the...

Marion gained his first military experience fighting against the Cherokee Indians in 1760. In 1775, he received a commission in what became the 2nd...

John Harris Cruger was born on December 25, 1737, to a well-established New York merchant family in Jamaica. Cruger was likely educated at King's...

The son of Scots-Irish immigrants, Andrew Pickens was born on September 13, 1739 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. When Pickens was a teenager, his...