A List of the General Officers of the Revolutionary Army

And Dates of their Appointment by the Continental
Congress, from June 17, 1775, to the close of the war.

I.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, Commander-in-Chief,
Appointed June 17, 1775.

II. MAJOR-GENERALS.
(Ranked in order as given below.)

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George Washington	11
Artemas Ward	20	Mass.	June 17, 1775		Resigned Apr. 23, 1776.
Charles Lee	21	Va.	„ „ „		Dismissed Jan. 10, 1780.
John Philip Schuyler	23	N. Y.	„ 19, „		Resigned Apr. 19, 1779.
Israel Putnam	26	Conn.	„ „ „		Served to close of war.
(First Brig.-Gens., then Maj.-Gens.)
			Brig.-Gen.	Maj.-Gen.
Rich. Montgomery	28	N. Y.	June 22, 1775	Dec. 9, 1775	Killed Dec. 31, 1776.
John Thomas	31	Mass.	„ „ „	Mar. 6, 1776	Died June 2, 1776.
Horatio Gates	32	Va.	„ 17, „	May 16, „	Suspended Oct. 5, 1780.‡
William Heath	36	Mass.	„ 22, „	Aug. 9, „	Served to close of war.
*Joseph Spencer	37	Conn.	„ „ „	„ „ „	Resigned Jan. 13, 1778.
John Sullivan	38	N. H.	„ „ „	„ „ „	Resigned Nov. 30, 1779.
Nathaniel Greene	39	R. I.	„ „ „	„ „ „	Served to close of war.
Lord Stirling	42	N. J.	Mar. 1, 1776	Feb. 19, 1777	Died Jan. 15, 1783.
Thomas Mifflin	43	Penn.	May 16, „	„ „ „	Resigned Feb. 25, 1779.
Arthur St. Clair	45	Penn.	Aug. 9, „	„ „ „	Served to close of war.
*Adam Stephen	47	Va.	Sept. 4, „	„ „ „	Cashiered Oct. —, 1777.
Benjamin Lincoln	48	Mass.	†	„ „ „	Served to close of war.
Benedict Arnold	49	Conn.	Jan. 10, 1776	May 2, „	Deserted Sept. 25, 1780.
Mar. de Lafayette	53	France	†	July 31, „	Served to close of war.
Baron de Kalb	56	Germany	†	Sept. 15, „	Killed Aug. 16, 1780.
Du Coudray	57	France	†	Aug. 11, „	Died Sept. 16, 1777.
*Robert Howe	58	N. C.	Mar. 1, 1776	Oct. 20, „	Served to close of war.
Alex. McDougal	60	N. Y.	Aug. 9, „	„ „ „	Served to close of war.
*Thomas Conway	61	Ireland	May 13, 1777	Dec. 13, „	Resigned Apr. 28, 1778.
Baron Steuben	64	Prussia	†	May 5, 1778	Served to close of war.
William Smallwood	68	Maryland	Oct. 23, 1776	Sept. 15, 1780	Served to close of war.
*Samuel H. Parsons	70	Conn.	Aug. 9, „	Oct. 23, „	Retired July 22, 1782.
Chevalier Duportail	71	France	Nov. 17, 1777	Nov. 16, 1781	Resigned Oct. 10, 1783.
Henry Knox	72	Mass.	Dec. 27, 1776	Mar. 22, 1782	Served to close of war.
William Moultrie	75	S. C.	Sept. 16, „	Oct. 15, „	Served to close of war.
* No engraving exists.
† Original appointment as Major-General.
‡ Restored Aug. 14, 1782, but did not serve.

III. BRIGADIER-GENERALS.

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*Seth Pomeroy	77	Mass.	June 22, 1775	Died February, 1777.
David Wooster	78	Conn.	„ „ „	Died (wounds) May 2, 1777.
*Joseph Frye	80	Mass.	Jan. 10, 1776	Resigned April 23, 1776.
*John Armstrong	81	Penn.	Mar. 1, „	Resigned April 4, 1777.
*William Thompson	82	Penn.	„ „ „	Died Sept. 4, 1781.
*Andrew Lewis	83	Va.	„ „ „	Resigned April 15, 1777.
*James Moore	85	N. C.	„ „ „	Died Jan. 15, 1777.
*Baron de Woedtke	86	Prussia	„ 16, „	Died July 28, 1776.
*John Whitcomb	87	Mass.	June 5, „	Resigned shortly after.
Hugh Mercer	88	Va.	„ „ „	Died (wounds) Jan. 12, 1777.
Joseph Reed	90	N. H.	Aug. 9, „	Retired shortly after.
*John Nixon	91	Mass.	„ „ „	Resigned Sept. 12, 1780.
James Clinton	91	N. Y.	„ „ „	Served to close of war.
Christopher Gadsden	93	S. C.	Sept. 16, „	Resigned Oct. 2, 1777.
Lachlan McIntosh	95	Georgia	„ „ „	Served to close of war.
*William Maxwell	96	N. J.	Oct. 23, „	Resigned July 25, 1780.
*Roche de Fermoy	97	France	Nov. 5, „	Resigned Jan. 31, 1778.
Enoch Poor	98	N. H.	Feb. 21, 1777	Died Sept. 8, 1780.
John Glover	100	Mass.	„ „ „	Retired July 22, 1782.
*John Paterson	101	Mass.	„ „ „	Served to close of war.
James M. Varnum	102	Mass.	„ „ „	Resigned March 5, 1779.
Anthony Wayne	104	Penn.	„ „ „	Served to close of war.
*John P. de Haas	107	Penn.	„ „ „	Served to close of war.
Peter Muhlenburg	107	Penn.	„ „ „	Served to close of war.
*Francis Nash	109	N. C.	„ 5, „	Killed Oct. 4, 1777.
George Weedon	110	Va.	„ 21, „	Retired Aug. 18, 1778.
John Cadwalader	111	Penn.	„ „ „	Refused to accept.
*William Woodford	113	Va.	„ „ „	Died Nov. 13, 1780.
George Clinton	113	N. Y.	Mar. 25, „	Served to close of war.
Edward Hand	115	Penn.	April 1, „	Served to close of war.
Charles Scott	116	Va.	„ „ „	Served to close of war.
*Ebenezer Larned	117	Mass.	„ 2, „	Resigned March 24, 1778.
*Chevalier de Borre	118	France	„ 11, „	Resigned Sept. 14, 1777.
Jedediah Huntington	119	Conn.	May 12, „	Served to close of war.
*Joseph Reed	120	Penn.	„ „ „	Resigned June 7, 1777.
Count Pulaski	124	Poland	Sept. 15, „	Killed Oct. 9, 1779.
John Stark	126	N. H.	Oct. 4, „	Served to close of war.
James Wilkinson (Brevet)	129	Maryland	Nov. 6, „	Resigned March 6, 1778.
Chev. de la Neuville (Brevet*)	134	France.	Oct. 14, 1778	Resigned Dec. 4, 1778.
*Jethro Sumner	135	N.C.	Jan. 9, 1779	Served to close of war.
*James Hogan	136	N. C.	„ „ „
Isaac Huger	137	S. C.	„ „ „	Served to close of war.
Mordecai Gist	139	Maryland	„ „ „	Served to close of war.
William Irvine	140	Penn.	May 12, „	Served to close of war.
Daniel Morgan	142	Va.	Oct. 13, 1780	Retired March, 1781.
Moses Hazen (Brevet*)	145	Canada	June 29, 1781	Served to close of war.
Otho H. Williams	146	Maryland	May 9, 1782	Retired Jan. 16, 1783.
John Greaton	146	Mass.	Jan. 7, 1783	Served to close of war.
Rufus Putnam	147	Mass.	„ „ „	Served to close of war.
Elias Dayton	149	N. J.	„ „ „	Served to close of war.
*Armand (Mar. de Rouerie)	150	France	Mar. 26, „	Served to close of war.
Thaddeus Kosciusko (Brevet)	151	Poland	Oct. 13, „	Served to close of war.
*Stephen Moylan	154	Penn.	Nov. 3, „	Served to close of war.
*Samuel Elbert	155	Georgia	„ „ „	Served to close of war.
C. C. Pinckney	156	S. C.	„ „ „	Served to close of war.
*William Russell	158	Va.	„ „ „	Served to close of war.
Francis Marion	160			Non-commissioned.
Thomas Sumter	163			Non-commissioned.
* No engraving exists.

(The following-named officers of the above were Major-Generals in commission at the end of the war.)

IV. MAJOR-GENERALS AT THE CLOSE OF THE WAR.

		Date of Commission.
George Washington, Commander-in-Chief	Virginia	June 17, 1775.
Israel Putnam	Connecticut	„ 19, „
Horatio Gates	Virginia	May 16, 1776.
William Heath	Massachusetts	Aug. 9, „
Nathaniel Greene	Rhode Island	„ „ „
Arthur St. Clair	Pennsylvania	Feb. 19, 1777.
Benjamin Lincoln	Massachusetts	„ „ „
Marquis de Lafayette	France	July 31, „
Robert Howe	North Carolina	Oct. 20, „
Alexander McDougal	New York	„ „ „
Baron Steuben	Prussia	May 5, 1778.
William Smallwood	Maryland	Sept. 15, 1780.
Henry Knox	Massachusetts	Mar. 22, 1782.
William Moultrie	South Carolina	Oct. 15, 1782.
Lachlan McIntosh	Georgia(Brevet)	Sept. 30, 1783.
James Clinton	New York „	„ „ „
John Paterson	Massachusetts „	„ „ „
Anthony Wayne	Pennsylvania „	„ „ „
Peter Muhlenburg	Virginia „	„ „ „
George Clinton	New York „	„ „ „
Edward Hand	Pennsylvania „	„ „ „
Charles Scott	Virginia „	„ „ „
Jedediah Huntington	Connecticut „	„ „ „
John Stark	New Hampshire „	„ „ „

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