Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-113) and index.
Contents
A grand view -- "Spirits form the vastly deep" -- Delaware --- Maryland -- Pennsylvania -- New Jersey -- From North and South -- Glory forgotten.
Introduction -- A grand view -- "Spirits from the vastly deep" -- Delaware -- Maryland -- Pennsylvania -- New Jersey -- From North and South -- Glory forgotten.
Summary
"The "Flying Camp" is a vaguely understood episode of the American Revolution. In May 1776 the Continental Congress authorized the formation of a force of 10,000 militia, conceived by General George Washington as a "mobile reserve" that would both defend the army's garrisons in the Middle States and spread alarm amongst the British. Most, but not all, of the putative organization was to come from the states of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland. In point of fact, the Flying Camp as an idea and actuality barely survived the year. In the wake of the New York and New Jersey campaigns of 1776 it became abundantly clear that what Washington needed was a reliable and substantial Continental Army, not short-term, undersubscribed militia haphazardly organized under the chimera of a "Flying Camp." Despite its unsustainability as a military concept, the officers and noncommissioned members of the various elements of the Flying Camp rendered important service to the Nation in the campaigns of Long Island, Trenton, and Princeton, among others. Drawing on original sources, particularly the correspondence of the Continental Congress, state committees of safety, the George Washington papers, and more, Baker fills in the gaps in the history of the Flying Camp that have eluded historians until now. In his able hands, we trace the Flying Camp from its beginnings in Washington's imagination, to the dispatches of the new Congress enjoining the Middle States to commit specified numbers of militiamen to this important cause, to the logistical difficulties in achieving the objectives in General Washington's master plan, and to the actual service of Flying Camp militia in the campaigns of 1776." -- Publisher.
The Engle history and family records of Dauphin and Lancaster counties. The numerous lineal descendants of Ulrich Engel. Short sketches of Engle families not related. A sketch of the arrival and record of the origin of the brethren in Christ church of which a large number of these descendants are menbers
Harrisburg, PA (R.D. 4, Box 925, Harrisburg 17112)
Publisher
O.H. Stroh,
Date of Publication
c1980-c1984.
Physical Description
2 v. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes indexes.
v. 1 (File 11) includes: Amityville Lutheran Church cemetery, Amity Township, Berks County (p. 47 - 50); Bauerman's Church cemetery, Wayne Township, Dauphin County (p. 26); Belleview United Brethren Church cemetery, North Annville Township, Lebanon Count y.; Bern Church cemetery, Berks County (p. 1 - 6); Bernville cemetery, Berks County (p. 7 - 11); Bindnagle graveyard, North Londonderry Township, Lebanon County (p. 32 - 35); Chambers Hill cemetery, Swatara Township, Dauphin County (p. 36 - 37); Church of the Brethren (Dunkard) cemetery, Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County (p. 50 - 54); Dunkard cemetery, Derry Township, Dauphin County (p. 36); Ebersole farm graveyard, South Hanover Township. Dauphin County (p. 30); Ephrata community graveyard, Ephrata Borough (p. 43 - 47); Fetterhoff Church cemetery, Halifax Township, Dauphin County (p. 24 - 25); Fox cemetery, Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County (p. 62 - 64); Greiner farm cemetery, Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin County (p. 42); Hoover farm cemetery, Derry Township, Dauphin County (p. 35).
v. 2 (File 11) includes: Bashore family cemetery, Bethel Township, Berks County (p. 67); Baumgardner cemetery, West Hanover Township, Dauphin County (p. 47); Bittenbender cemetery, Hereford Township, Berks County (p. 45); Church of God cemetery, Halifax Township, Dauphin County (p. 47); Crum's cemetery, Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County (p. 52); Enders cemetery, Jackson Township, Dauphin County (p. 51); Esterton cemetery, Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County (p. 39); Fisherville cemetery, Jackson Township, Dauphin County (p. 53); Huff cemetery, Hereford Township, Berks County (p. 46); Huff's Union Church, Hereford Township, Berks County (p. 43); Klinger's cemetery, Lykens Township, Dauphin County (p. 91); Masteller cemetery, Hereford Township, Berks County (p. 46); Mount Laurel Church of God cemetery, Piketown, Dauphin County (p. 35); Muddy Creek Union cemetery, East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County (p. 61); Pleasant Hill cemetery, West Donegal Township, Lancaster County (p. 64); Rutt graveyard, West Donegal Township, Lancaster County (p. 64); St. John's (Host's) Reformed Church, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County (p. 1).
