Georgian Revolutionary War Archives

Nice wee bit of work.
"Records kept by accountants and bureaucrats across the Atlantic Ocean give a glimpse into the conflict and suffering seen in colonial Georgia during the American Revolution.
A trio of researchers took a fall trip to England and Scotland and spent three weeks digging through government archives for any documents that might shed new light on Georgia’s role in the Revolutionary War. They came back with digital images of roughly 2,000 records from 1771 to 1783.
“There’s an awful lot of stuff, paperwork dealing with the business of war, the logistics of funding the war, correspondence between the big wigs,” said archaeologist Dan Elliott, president of the Georgia-based LAMAR Institute, a nonprofit focused on archaeological and historical research in the Southeast.
Elliott and his team funded the research trip with $15,000 in grant money and donations in hopes of bringing back documents never seen by historians who study colonial Georgia. Others have previously combed British archives for Revolution-era records, and Elliott spent more than a week leading up to the excursion talking with historians about where he might break some new ground.
Some of the material his team brought home may sound mundane, like bookkeeping records. But they contain details that may help tell the story of Georgia during the war.
First there were records detailing plunder seized by Lt. Col. Archibald Campbell’s British troops when they captured Savannah after landing in December 1778. The crown rewarded Campbell for the spoils of war, but he dictated that the money be shared by his soldiers.
“He was basically trying to keep track of what ships they captured, how many cannons they captured. For all those things, King George gave him prize money,” Elliott said. “People would write in years after the war saying, ‘I was in the 71st regiment that captured Savannah and I haven’t gotten my money yet.’”"
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ok, i'll give a bump to this.the american rev. is still quite murky to be honest, as finding records for certain periods/ battles,of the war are almost impossable to find or decypher anymore.

 

And it's always good to see the nitty-gritty of real life, rather than just the official version.