Rezin Beall

Brigadier General Rezin Beall (1723–1809)[3] was appointed commander of Maryland's Flying Camp militia by the United States Congress.[4][5]

Birth nameRezin Beall
Born1723
Died1809
AllegianceUnited States
RankBrigadier General
Commands heldFlying Camp
Battles/warsBattle of Harlem Heights[1]
Battle of Trenton[2]
Battle of Princeton[2]
American Revolutionary War

Career

On 17 July 1776, Captain Beall was wounded in action on St. George Island, Maryland in a battle resisting efforts of British forces under the command of John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore to land on the mainland in Maryland.[6]

He is buried at St. John's Episcopal Church in Beltsville, Maryland.

References
  1. Bowie, Lucy Leigh (March 1948). "Maryland Troops in the Battle of Harlem Heights" (PDF). Maryland Historical Magazine. XLIII (1): 7. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  2. William Scudder Stryker (1898). The Battles of Trenton and Princeton. Houghton, Mifflin. pp. 309–.
  3. Harrison Dwight Cavanagh (2 May 2014). Colonial Chesapeake Families: British Origins and Descendants. Xlibris Corporation. pp. 115–116. ISBN 978-1-4931-8807-9.
  4. Patrick O'Donnell (1 March 2016). Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution. Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-8021-9071-0.
  5. Steuart, Rieman (1969). A History of the Maryland Line in the Revolutionary War, 1775–1783. Society of the Cincinnati of Maryland. p. 54.
  6. "British Landing Prevented". Maryland Historical Marker. Maryland Historical Trust, Maryland State Highway Administration (RM-673). Retrieved 3 August 2016.
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