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Maine Militia, War of 1812: Maj. T. McCrate's Cavalry Battalion

Source: Records of the Massachusetts volunteer militia called out by the Governor of Massachusetts to suppress a threatened invasion during the war of 1812-14 (Boston, Mass.: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1913).

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Maj. Thomas McCrate's Battalion of Cavalry.
From Sept. 10 to Oct. 5, 1814. Stationed at Wiscasset.
Field and Staff.
Thomas McCrate, Major, Wiscasset
Charles Spofford, Adjutant, Thomaston
Samuel E. Smith, Quartermaster, Wiscasset

Capt. I. Bernard's Company, Maj. T. McCrate's Battalion of Cavalry.
From Sept. 4 to Sept. 9, 1814. Raised at Thomaston. Service at Thomaston, Wiscasset and vicinity.
Rank and Name.
Benjamin Barnes
Edmund Barnes
Benjamin Brewster
George B. Cooper
Lawrence Crawford
James Fales, 3d
Waterman Fales
Adonijah Flagg
Rufus B. Gerrish
John Godding
Samuel Hewett
John K. Killsa
Henry Perry
Samuel Rankin
Abiather Smith
Josiah Tolman
William Walsh, Jr.

Capt. J. Chism's Company, Maj. T. McCrate's Battalion of Cavalry.
From Sept. 5 to Sept. 6, 1814. Raised at Alna. Service at Wiscasset.
Rank and Name.
John Chism, Jr., Captain
Charles Rundlet, Lieutenant
George Rundlett, Lieutenant
James Hodge, Cornet

Charles Hondlett, Sergeant
Snow Baker, Sergeant
Briggs Turner, Sergeant
Turner Barker, Sergeant
Enoch Heath, Musician

Privates.
Phineas Ames
Edward Austin
George Bickford
Nathan Blanchard
Nathan Call
Benjamin Carlton
Jonathan Carlton
Ephraim Chism
William Chism
James Clark
Samuel or Saul Clough
Jonathan Gilman
Samuel or Saul Goodwin
Daniel Gould
Aaron Heath
Andrew Hilton
Francis Hondlett
James Hondlett
Philip Hondlett
James Jewett
John Jewett


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John Johnson
Alfred Lithgow
John Mayors or Moyer
John Plummer
John Poltusky
Daniel Potter
Smith Richardson
Philip Rondlett
Robert Simpson
George Theobald
Jonathan Trask
Joseph White
Hodge Woodbridge

Capt. J. Chism's Company, Maj. T. McCrate's Battalion of Cavalry.
From Sept. 10 to Sept. 24, 1814. Raised at Alna. Service at Wiscasset.
Rank and Name.
John Chism, Jr., Captain
Charles Rundlett, Lieutenant
George Hondlett, Lieutenant
James Hodge, Cornet

Charles Hondlett, Sergeant
Snow Baker, Sergeant
Briggs Turner, Sergeant
Turner Barker, Sergeant
Enoch Heath, Musician

Privates.
Phineas Ames
Nathan Blanchard
Benjamin Carlton
William Chism
James Clark
John Heath
Andrew Hilton
James Jewett
John Jewett
John Johnson
Robert Simpson
Hodge Woodbridge

Sergt. C. Hoadlett's Guard, Maj. T. McCrate's Battalion of Cavalry.
From Sept. 25 to Oct. 4, 1814. Raised at Alna. Service at Wiscasset.
Rank and Name.
Charles Hoadlett, Sergeant

Privates.
Edward Austin
Turner Barker
George Bickford
Nathan Call
Jonathan Carlton
Samuel Clough
Samuel Goodwin
Daniel Gould
Aaron Heath
Andrew Hilton
Francis Hondlett
James Jewett
John Johnson
John Mayers or Moyer
John Plummer
George Theobald
Joseph White

Sergt. C. Tolman's Guard, Maj. T. McCrate's Battalion of Cavalry.
From Sept. 25 to Oct. 5, 1814. Service at Wiscasset.
Rank and Name.
Calvin Tolman, Sergeant

Privates.
Edward Barnes
Waterman Fales
Charles Harrington
Josiah Johnson
Luther Lincoln
Josiah Ruth

Sergt. Snow Baker's Guard, Maj. T. McCrate's Battalion of Cavalry.
From Oct. 3 to Oct. 25, 1814. Raised at Alna. Service at Wiscasset.
Rank and Name.
Snow Baker, Sergeant

Privates.
Phineas Ames
Edward Barnard
Nathan Blanchard
William Chism
James Clark
Rufus H. Gerrish
Enoch Heath
John Heath
James Hondlett
John Jewett
John Johnson
Alfred Lithgow
John Poltusky
Daniel Potter
Smith Richardson
Robert Simpson
Hodge Woodbridge