Estimates are that 92,000 American and French troops fought 314,000 British troops, Hessian mercenaries and loyalists during the American Revolutionary War. Of that number 25,000 Americans died in the war and an estimated 25,000 more were wounded.
Their stories were told in America’s newspapers – especially in the veterans’ obituaries, such as this one for 89-year-old Lynus Lounsbury: “He truly possessed the spirit of ’76 as long as he lived.”
Here are just some of their stories that you can find in GenealogyBank’s Historical Newspaper Archives. We’ve included the name of the newspaper and the exact page where you can find an article about that veteran.
Leather, John (1754-1831)
Battles fought in: Trenton, Monmouth and Germantown
United States’ Telegraph (Washington, D.C.), 20 September 1831, page 3
Leathers, Joseph (1760-1843)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette (Concord, New Hampshire), 9 February 1843, page 3
Leavenworth, Jesse (1740-1826)
New York
New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, New Hampshire), 12 December 1826, page 1
Lee, Henry (-1818)
Virginia
Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, Pennsylvania), 18 April 1818, page 3
Carolina Federal Republican (New Bern, North Carolina), 18 May 1825, page 3
Concord Gazette (Concord, New Hampshire), 21 April 1818, page 3
Dedham Gazette (Dedham, Massachusetts), 24 April 1818, page 1
Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, Maine), 22 April 1818, page 3
Hampden Federalist (Springfield, Massachusetts), 30 April 1818, page 2
Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, Massachusetts), 15 April 1818, page 3
Newburyport Herald (Newburyport, Massachusetts), 17 April 1818, page 5
Patriot (Utica, New York), 21 April 1818, page 2
Spirit of the Times (Carlisle, Pennsylvania), 20 April 1818, page 1
Village Record (West Chester, Pennsylvania), 15 April 1818, page 2
Weekly Recorder (Chillicothe, Ohio), 24 April 1818, page 301
Legare, Sol (1754-1834)
South Carolina
Boston Traveler (Boston, Massachusetts), 1 July 1834, page 3
Lewis, Morgan (1754-1844)
New York, Ohio
Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana), 18 April 1844, page 2
Lockwood, Noah (1754-1845)
Connecticut
Battles fought in: Lexington, Bunker Hill, Concord and Yorktown
Boston Recorder (Boston, Massachusetts), 17 July 1845, page 115
Centinel of Freedom (Newark, New Jersey), 8 July 1845, page 2
Norwich Courier (Norwich, Connecticut), 16 July 1845, page 2
Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 9 July 1845, page 2
Weekly Messenger (Boston, Massachusetts), 16 July 1845, page 4
Lounsbury, Lynus (1747-1836)
Connecticut, New York
Battles fought in: St. Johns and White Plains
Columbian Register (New Haven, Connecticut), 23 July 1836, page 3
Lyons, Williams (1755-1818)
Louisiana, South Carolina
Middlesex Gazette (Concord, Massachusetts), 28 February 1818, page 3
National Advocate (New York, New York), 23 February 1818, page 2
M’Carty, Daniel (1753-1844)
Massachusetts, New York
Battles fought in: Bunker Hill, Trenton, New Jersey, Princeton and Saratoga
Poughkeepsie Journal (Poughkeepsie, New York), 20 April 1844, page 3
M’Clary, Michael (1752-1824)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette (Concord, New Hampshire), 29 March 1824, page 3
M’Clean, Moses (1737-1810)
Ohio, Pennsylvania
Federal Gazette (Baltimore, Maryland), 20 September 1810, page 3
McDonogh, John (1734-1809)
Maryland
Battles fought in: Brandywine
American and Commercial Daily Advertiser (Baltimore, Maryland), 22 March 1809, page 2
McFarland, Andrew (1738-1829)
Pennsylvania
Baltimore Republican (Baltimore, Maryland), 18 November 1829, page 2
M’Glattary, Isaac (1748-1834)
Pennsylvania
Columbian Centinel (Boston, Massachusetts), 6 August 1834, page 4
M’Intosh, John (1756-1826)
Georgia
American Mercury (Hartford, Connecticut), 5 December 1826, page 2
Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, Georgia), 22 November 1826, page 3
City Gazette (Charleston, South Carolina), 17 November 1826, page 2
Enquirer (Richmond, Virginia), 28 November 1826, page 2
Georgian (Savannah, Georgia), 15 November 1826, page 2
Raleigh Register and North-Carolina Gazette (Raleigh, North Carolina), 28 November 1826, page 3
M’Kean, Thomas (1733-1817)
Delaware, Pennsylvania
Franklin Herald (Greenfield, Massachusetts), 8 July 1817, page 3
Reporter (Brattleboro, Vermont), 8 July 1817, page 3
M’Lane, Allen (1746-1829)
Delaware, Maine, North Carolina, South Carolina
Baltimore Patriot (Baltimore, Maryland), 27 May 1829, page 2
Bangor Weekly Register (Bangor, Maine), 16 June 1829, page 1
City Gazette (Charleston, South Carolina), 2 June 1829, page 2
Poulson’s American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 26 May 1829, page 3
Raleigh Register and North-Carolina Gazette (Raleigh, North Carolina), 16 June 1829, page 3
Southern Patriot (Charleston, South Carolina), 2 June 1829, page 2
United States Telegraph (Washington, D.C.), 26 May 1829, page 3
Macomber, Ebenezer (1753-1829)
Massachusetts, New York
National Aegis (Worcester, Massachusetts), 15 April 1829, page 3
Rhode Island American (Providence, Rhode Island), 14 April 1829, page 2
Madison, James (1751-1836)
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Virginia
Gloucester Telegraph (Gloucester, Massachusetts), 6 July 1836, page 2
Nantucket Inquirer (Nantucket, Massachusetts), 6 July 1836, page 2
Patriot and Eagle (Hartford, Connecticut), 9 July 1836, page 3
Portland Weekly Advertiser (Portland, Maine), 12 July 1836, page 4
Madison, William (1761-1843)
Virginia
Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, Georgia), 17 August 1843, page 3
Charleston Courier (Charleston, South Carolina), 14 August 1843, page 2
Marsh, Noah (1755-1830)
Maine, New Hampshire
American Advocate (Hallowell, Maine), 13 November 1830, page 3
Marshall, Joseph (1757-1844)
New York
Auburn Journal and Advertiser (Auburn, New York), 19 June 1844, page 3
Martin, John (1738-1843)
Georgia, South Carolina
Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, Georgia), 15 February 1843, page 2
Charleston Courier (Charleston, South Carolina), 17 February 1843, page 2
Mason, Johnathan (1765-1839)
New Hampshire
Charleston Courier (Charleston, South Carolina), 29 July 1839, page 2
Connecticut Courant (Hartford, Connecticut), 20 July 1839, page 1
Easton Gazette (Easton, Maryland), 10 August 1839, page 2
New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette (Concord, New Hampshire), 13 May 1839, page 3
Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana), 22 June 1839, page 2
Weekly Houston Telegraph (Houston, Texas), 4 September 1839, page 1
Wisconsin Enquirer (Madison, Wisconsin), 24 August 1839, page 4
Matthews, George (-1812)
Georgia
Savannah Republican (Savannah, Georgia), 1 October 1812, page 2
Mattoon, Ebenezer (1755-1843)
New Hampshire
Daily Herald (New Haven, Connecticut), 14 September 1843, page 2
Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, Massachusetts), 12 September 1843, page 3
McDowell, William (-1835)
Battles fought in: Stony Point
Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, D.C.), 29 June 1835, page 3
McGee, Robert (1743-1821)
Virginia
Enquirer (Richmond, Virginia), 20 April 1821, page 2
McIntosh, John (1756-1826)
Georgia
Ariel (Natchez, Mississippi), 26 January 1827, page 8
Boston Traveler (Boston, Massachusetts), 8 December 1826, page 3
Columbian Centinel (Boston, Massachusetts), 29 November 1826, page 2
New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, New Hampshire), 12 December 1826, page 1
New Hampshire Sentinel (Keene, New Hampshire), 1 December 1826, page 3
Providence Patriot (Providence, Rhode Island), 6 December 1826, page 2
McLane, Allen (1746-1829)
Maryland
Baltimore Republican (Baltimore, Maryland), 25 May 1829, page 2
McMannus, John (1760-1843)
Maine
Battles fought in: Surrender of Burgoyne
Age (Augusta, Maine), 19 May 1843, page 3
Maine Cultivator and Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, Maine), 20 May 1843, page 3
Norfolk Democrat (Dedham, Massachusetts), 19 May 1843, page 1
Meigs, John (1751-1826)
Connecticut
Boston Traveler (Boston, Massachusetts), 8 December 1826, page 3
Merryman, Macajah (1750-1842)
Maryland
Daily Pennsylvanian (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 18 June 1842, page 2
Monroe, James (-1831)
New York
Annotator of News Politics and Literature (Salem, Indiana), 20 July 1831, page 2
Rhode Island Republican (Newport, Rhode Island), 12 July 1831, page 2
Morris, Jacob (1759-1844)
New York, Pennsylvania
Commercial Advertiser (New York, New York), 15 January 1844, page 2
Morse, Amos (1760-1854)
Massachusetts
Christian Register (Boston, Massachusetts), 9 December 1854, page 3
Moultrie, Alexander (1750-1807)
Pennsylvania
Democratic Press (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 13 August 1807, page 3
Philadelphia Gazette (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 14 August 1807, page 3
Richmond and Manchester Advertiser (Richmond, Virginia), 15 August 1807, page 2
Virginia Argus (Richmond, Virginia), 15 August 1807, page 2
Murchie, Galvin (1761-1851)
Pennsylvania
New-Orleans Commercial Bulletin (New Orleans, Louisiana), 8 August 1851, page 2
Myer, William (1741-1821)
South Carolina
Southern Evangelical Intelligencer (Charleston, South Carolina), 9 June 1821, page 78
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