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About John Burgess, Quartermaster with the Green Mountain Boys
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John Burgess (1753-1837) served as quartermaster with the Green Mountain Boys in Arnold's expedition, 1775. He was born in Gloucester, R. I.; died in Winfield, N. Y.
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Quartermaster is a military occupation. In land armies, it refers to an individual soldier who specializes in distributing supplies and provisions to troops.
In the British Army today, the Quartermaster (QM) is the officer in a battalion or regiment responsible for supply. By longstanding tradition, he or she is always commissioned from the ranks (and is usually a former Regimental Sergeant Major) and holds the rank of captain or major. From at least the English Civil War period until 1813, the Quartermaster was the senior NCO in a British cavalry troop (in which context he had nothing to do with supply). In that year, the position was replaced by the new appointment of Troop Sergeant Major, with the cavalry adopting commissioned, regimental Quartermasters as described above.
Source: Adapted April 2011 from Wikipedia's article on quartermaster at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartermaster
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John Burgess, Quartermaster with the Green Mountain Boys's Timeline
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1753
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Gloucester, RI
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| 1775 |
December 17, 1775
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Foster, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
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1779
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| 1827 |
April 24, 1827
Age 74
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Winfield, NY, United States
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1827
Age 74
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Burgess Farm Cemetery, Herkimer, NY, United States
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