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From: "Jim" <>
Subject: Abercrombie, James
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 20:22:56 -0700
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Abercrombie, James
Entered the Army and obtained a captaincy, in the 42nd or 1st =
Battalion of Royal
Highlanders, 1756. Appointed aide de camp to Major General Amerherst, =
1759, with
whom he made campaignsin Canada of that and the following year. =
Appointed Major of
the 78th or 2nd Highland Battalion 1760 and in September following, =
employed by
General Amherst in communicating to the Marquis de Vaudreuil the =
conditions
preparatory to the surrender of Montreal, and in obtaining his signature =
to them. The 78th
Regiment having been disbanded in 1763, retired on half pay. Again =
entered active service
1770 as lieutenant-colonel of the 22 Regiment, then serving in America =
under the
command of Liutenant General Gage, killed in the battle of Bunker Hill =
June 17th 1775.
Abercromby, James (1706-1781)
Entered the Army and obtained commission as Major 1742; =
Lieutenant-colonel 1744;
colonel 1746. Sent to America with the 50th Regiment 1756, superseded =
Shirley and
Webb in command of the Army; and then resigned command to Lord Loudoun. =
In
1757commanded second brigade against Louisburg. On Loudoun's recall =
became
Commander in Chief, 1758. Led expedition against Ticonderoga, with Lord =
Howe as
second in command. On Howe's death , the campaign became a dismal =
failure for the
british, Abercromby being out generaled at every point by Montcalm. =
Returned to England
and in 1772 deputy general of Stirling Castle.
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