Rezin Beall

Rezin Beall
Born
Rezin Beall

1723 (1723)
Died1809 (aged 85–86)
AllegianceUnited States
Rank
Brigadier General
CommandsFlying Camp
Conflicts
Battle of Harlem Heights[1]
Battle of Trenton[2]
Battle of Princeton[2]
American Revolutionary War

Brigadier General Rezin Beall (1723–1809)[3][self-published source] was appointed commander of Maryland's Flying Camp militia by the United States Congress.[4][5]

Career

On 17 July 1776, Captain Beall was wounded in action on St. George Island, Maryland in a battle resisting efforts of British forces under the command of John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore to land on the mainland in Maryland.[6]

He is buried at St. John's Episcopal Church in Beltsville, Maryland.

References

  1. ^ Bowie, Lucy Leigh (March 1948). "Maryland Troops in the Battle of Harlem Heights" (PDF). Maryland Historical Magazine. XLIII (1): 7. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b William Scudder Stryker (1898). The Battles of Trenton and Princeton. Houghton, Mifflin. pp. 309–.
  3. ^ Harrison Dwight Cavanagh (2 May 2014). Colonial Chesapeake Families: British Origins and Descendants. Xlibris Corporation. pp. 115–116. ISBN 978-1-4931-8807-9.
  4. ^ Patrick O'Donnell (1 March 2016). Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution. Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-8021-9071-0.
  5. ^ Steuart, Rieman (1969). A History of the Maryland Line in the Revolutionary War, 1775–1783. Society of the Cincinnati of Maryland. p. 54.
  6. ^ "British Landing Prevented". Maryland Historical Marker (RM-673). Maryland Historical Trust, Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 3 August 2016.

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