Rolls of the Provincial (Loyalist) Corps, Canadian Command American Revolutionary Period; INTRODUCTION; THE ROYAL HIGHLAND EMIGRANTS 84th FOOT; A LIST OF THE COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, KING'S ROYAL REGIMENT OF NEW YORK; BUTLER'S RANGERS; THE LOYAL RANGERS; THE KING'S RANGERS
Summary
These published rolls are intended to provide a fairly comprehensive list of the loyal colonials who joined the Provincial Corps of the British Army, 1775-1784, that werepart of the Northern, or Canadian, command during the American Revolution. The name "Provincial corpos of the British Army" applied to regiments established for loyal residents of Britain's colonies. To conduct the war against the rebels in the Thirteen colonies, the British government organized military departments at key points which the army could control. The central department was the occupied zone around New York City
