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Oaths of Allegiance
Valley Forge, 1778
On February 3, 1778, Congress,
having taken into consideration the report of the special committee
appointed to devise effectual means to prevent persons disaffected to the
interest of the United States from being employed in any of the important
offices thereof, resolved, That every officer who held or should
thereafter hold a commission or office from Congress, should subscribe the
oath or affirmation of allegiance. These oaths or affirmations the
commander-in-chief or any major or brigadier-general was authorized and
directed to administer to all officers of the army or of any of the
departments thereof. Those mentioned in the following list (with a
few exceptions) took the oath at Valley Forge in the spring of '78 before
that encampment was broke, and who undoubtedly were members of the army
actually in camp at Valley Forge the ever memorable winter of
'77-'78. The names are given in the order in which they appear in
the volumes of original manuscripts from which they are taken.
Source: "The Army
and Navy of the United States 1776-1891", George Barrie Publisher,
Philadelphia, 1890
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George
Washington, Commander-in-Chief
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| Charles Lee, major-general |
| Nathaniel Greene, major-general |
| Benedict Arnold, major-general |
| Arthur St. Clair, major-general |
| Benjamin Lincoln,
major- general |
| The Marquis de Lafayette,
major- general |
| The Baron de
Kalb, major-general |
| The Baron de Steuben,
inspector- general |
| Lachlin McIntosh, brigadier-general |
| William Maxwell, brigadier-general |
| William Smallwood,
brigadier -general |
| Enoch Poor, brigadier-general |
| James Mitchel Varnum,
brigadier -general |
| John Patterson, brigadier-general |
| Anthony Wayne, brigadier-general |
| William
Woodford, brigadier-general |
| Peter
Muhlenberg, brigadier-general |
| Charles Scott, brigadier-general |
| Louis Chevalier Duportail, brigadier-general |
| Robert H. Harrison, Lt.-col. and secretary |
| Tench
Tilghman, assistant secretary |
| Alexander Hamilton, aide-de-camp |
| Richard K. Meade, aide-de-camp |
| James McHenry, assistant secretary |
| John Laurens, aide-de-camp |
| Matthew Clarkson, aide-de-camp |
| David S. Franks, aide-de-camp |
| Alexander
Scammell, adjutant-general |
| Caleb Gibbs, captain of the Guards |
| Henry P. Livingston, lieut. in the Guards |
| William Colfax, lieutenant in the Guards |
| Benjamin
Grymes, lieutenant in the Guards |
| Dr. James Craig, assistant director-general |
| Enoch Welsh, ensign Regiment of Invalids |
| William Palfrey,
paymaster general |
| Nathan Rice aide to General Lincoln |
| Hodijah Baylies, aide to General Lincoln |
| Benjamin Walker, captain and aide |
| Benjamin Walker, captain and aide |
| John Ternant, inspector of the army |
| Peter Stephen Du
Ponceau, captain and secretary to Steuben |
| John Lawrence, judge
advocate -general |
| John Brown Cutting, apothecary-general |
| Thomas Tillotson, surgeon-general |
Augustus Francis Des-Epiniers,
major and aide-de-camp |
| Jacob Ebrenzetter, junior surgeon |
| Thomas Edward's, adjt. col. Smith's
regt. |
| James Weems, surgeon Jackson's regiment |
| James Carew, adjutant Jackson's regiment |
| William Barber, ensign Jackson's
regt. |
| Nathaniel Thacher, ensign Jackson's
regt. |
| Edward Phelon, ensign Henley's regiment |
| James Otis, ensign Jackson's regiment |
| James Smith, ensign late Lee's regiment |
| Thomas Lamb, lieutenant Jackson's
regt. |
| Peter Castaing Lagrace, 2d lt. Jackson's
regt. |
| Charles Selden, lieutenant late Lee's
regt. |
| Samuel Rogers, lieutenant Jackson's
regt. |
| William Davis lieutenant Jackson's
regt. |
| Richard Walker, lieutenant Jackson's
regt. |
| John Holby, lieutenant Jackson's regiment |
| William Leverett, lieut. Jackson's regiment |
| David Van Hornet capt. late Lee's regiment |
| Thomas Turner, lieut. Jackson's regiment |
| James Jones, captain Jackson's regiment |
| Lemuel Trescott, captain Jackson's regiment |
| Guiven Brown, captain Jackson's regiment |
| Peter Dolliver, captain Jackson's regiment |
| Nathaniel Jarvis, captain Jackson's regt |
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