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in 1781. After a brief time as Spanish prisoners of war in Cuba, the battalion was eventually sent back to New York City, the command center for British forces during the war.
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all lost their political power, and in many cases their land and wealth. After the war, Loyalists would have to pay triple taxes and were forced to sign the
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After the war, the soldiers of the battalion, along with many other American loyalists, were transported by the British government as refugees to
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off the Nova Scotia coast. The survivors made up the first British American citizens of the new Canadian province of
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of 1774 to 1776 saw the old Maryland elite overthrown – men like Calvert, Governor Eden and
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was an ensign in the Maryland Loyalists Battalion. In the 1790s, he became a leader of the
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in mid-October 1777 as "The First Battalion of Maryland Loyalists." The unit's commander,
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was a captain in the Maryland Loyalists Battalion. After the war, Key studied law in
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A Chesapeake Family and their Slaves: a Study in Historical Archaeology
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in 1785. He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in
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by M. Christopher New. Tidewater Publishers; Centreville, MD, 1996.
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The Maryland Loyalists saw limited action in 1778 at the
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The unit was composed primarily of colonists from the
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and a judge of the land office, remained loyal to the
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Maryland Loyalist Battalion

William Augustus Bowles
Province of Maryland
Great Britain
Provincial Corps
Infantry
battalion
Pensacola
West Florida
American Revolutionary War
Battle of Monmouth
Siege of Pensacola
James Chalmers
Loyalist infantry unit
Kingdom of Great Britain
American Revolutionary War
Loyalist
James Chalmers
battalion
Provincial Corps
Battle of Monmouth
Siege of Pensacola
Patriot
British America
American Revolution
Benedict Swingate Calvert
Calvert family
British Crown
Annapolis Convention

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