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- Andrew, of Lancaster, served with Captain Whitcomb's Regiment. He is listed in the Regimental Returns for 19 September 1775 at Prospect Hill, Waltham near Boston, Massachusetts.
Andrew was a Captain in Colonel Marshal's regiment; list of officers commissioned 5 July 1776.
Andrew, of Lancaster, a Lieutenant in Captain John White's company, Colonel Job Cushing's regiment; entered service July 23, 1777, service 1month 8 days, on an alarm at Bennington, mileage (130 miles) allowed.
Andrew, of Lancaster, was on a descriptive list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 9 months, as retuned by Captain Daniel Goss to Colonel Josiah Whitney, dated Lancaster, May 19 1778; Captain White's company, Colonel Whitney's regiment; age, 30 years; stature,5 ft. 10 in; complexion dark; hair, dark; eyes, black; residence, Lancaster. Also, list of men mustered to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 9 months, Colonel Whitney's regt., engaged for town of Lancaster, mustered May 13 1778.
Andrew was on a list of men raised in Worcester County for the term of 9 months from the time of their arrival in Fishkill 7 June 1778; agreeable to resolve of April 20, 1778; return as mustered by Henry Rutgers, Jr., Deputy Muster Master, dated Fishkill, Aug. 1, 1778; engaged for town of Lancaster
Also, private, Capt. Samuel King's company, Colonel Thomas Marshall's (10th) regiment; muster roll for Jan. 1779, dated West Point; enlisted June 7, 1778, enlistment, 9 months; reported on leave for 6 days by order of General Paterson. Also, same company, and regiment, muster roll for March. 1779, dated West Point; reported discharged March 7, 1779. Andrew, of Lancaster, served with Captain Whitcomb's Regiment. He is listed in the Regimental Returns for 19 September 1775 at Prospect Hill, Waltham near Boston, Massachusetts.
Andrew, Lieutenant, served with Captain L. Wilder's company of Colonel S. Denny's (3rd) regiment; engaged 27 October 1779, service to 1 December 1779, 1 month and 5 days at Claverack; travel home 9 days (180 miles) allowed; Roll dated at Albany.
Andrew is also found in descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for a term of 6 months, from 5 June 1780. He was described as: age, 33 years; stature, 5ft – 11 inches; complexion, ruddy. He was engaged for the town of Lancaster, marched to camp 13 July 1780, under the command of Captain T. Pritchard.
Also, as a Sergeant in Colonel Gamaliel Bradford's (14th) regiment; muster roll for Oct.-Dec., 1780, dated Huts, near West Point; appointed July 12, 1780; enlistment, 6 months; reported discharged Dec. 20, 1780.
Andrew, of Lancaster, Sergeant, was on payroll for 4 months; men belonging to the town of Lancaster mustered for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched from home to West Point 12 July 1780; discharged 30 December 1780, service 5 months and 18 days, travel 10 days (200 miles) allowed.
Reference
The Haskell Family in the Armed Forces, Volume 2
Editor: Peter P. Haskell, 2004
Pages 32, 48, 53, 55, 62, 63
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The following is a description of the campaign that resulted in the death of Andrew and his brother Abijah.
St. Clair's Defeat also known as the Battle of the Wabash, the Battle of Wabash River or the Battle of a Thousand Slain, was fought on November 4, 1791 in the Northwest Territory between the United States and the Western Confederacy of American Indians, as part of the Northwest Indian War. It was a major American Indian victory and remains the greatest defeat of the United States Army by American Indians.
The American Indians were led by Little Turtle of the Miamis, Blue Jacket of the Shawnees and Buckongahelas of the Delawares (Lenape). The war party numbered more than one thousand warriors, including a large number of Potawatomis from eastern Michigan and the Saint Joseph. The opposing force of about 1,000 Americans was led by General Arthur St. Clair, who had proved to be an able commander during the American Revolutionary War. The American Indian confederacy was overwhelmingly victorious. In proportional terms of losses to strength, it was the worst defeat that United States forces have ever suffered in battle— of the 1,000 officers and men that St. Clair led into battle, only 48 escaped unharmed. As a result, President George Washington forced St. Clair to resign his post and Congress initiated its first investigation of the executive branch.
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