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The Riflemen of the Revolution
Elmo Scott Watson recounts Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania riflemen who joined Washington at Cambridge in 1775 led by Morgan Cresap and Jones. The corps grew into Morgan’s Riflemen later the Corps of Rangers and fought at Saratoga Stillwater Monmouth and Monmouth. Their precision and endurance earned praise and shaped frontier warfare in the Revolution.
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Massachusetts
Ley Bornie
Hiv
George Washington
General Gage
Bostontown
Socal Continental Congress
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Boston
Cambridge
Willan Thompson
Edwardland
Robert Mazaw
John Lowdon
Michael] Doudel
George Nagel
Abraham Miller
Robert Clugzagze
James Chambers
William [Kodricks
James Ross
Matthew Smith
Washington
Army of the
United States
Congress
Frederick County
Daniel Morgan
Morian
Donmere
Whitochester
Doston
3Corcan
Nickerson
Marseilles
Mediterranean
Paris
Morgan
Shenandoah Valley
Blue Ridge Mountains
Mander
the Potomac
Fred
Erick County
Dan'l Morgen
Alaryland
Michael Cresap
Thomas Cresap
Young Cresap
Redstone
Brownsville
Ohio
Dunmore
Corre
Logan
Cresap
Frederick
Cambridge Town
Irving
Linsey Woolsey
Lossilng
Beresas Graham
Patrick Henry
St John’s Church
Richmond
Tommy Gage
Thacher
Rilemen
Smith
Andendricks
Arnald Amd Montgomery
Quebec
Wrendricks
Stiflemen
Edward Vandag
Morzan
Jed
Corps of Tiremen
Corps of Rangers
Trankins Boone
Matthew Senderson
Knox
Burgeoyne
Gates
George Clinton
New York
Col. Morgan
Saratova
Burgoyne
Benedict Arnold
Freeman's Farm
Stillwater
Arnold
Timothy Murphy
Simon Fraser
Durgesne
Johnny
Saratoga
Posey
Aforris
Wagoner
Feld
Monmouth
Morgan's
Rifle Corps
George II
North
Britain
Black Watch
Sullivan
Tioga
Genesee Castle
Ballon