Rezin Beall Explained

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

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.

Notes and References

1. Bowie. Lucy Leigh. Maryland Troops in the Battle of Harlem Heights. Maryland Historical Magazine. March 1948. XLIII. 1. 7. 22 July 2016.
2. Book: William Scudder Stryker. The Battles of Trenton and Princeton. 1898. Houghton, Mifflin. 309–.
3. Book: Harrison Dwight Cavanagh. Colonial Chesapeake Families: British Origins and Descendants. 2 May 2014. Xlibris Corporation. 978-1-4931-8807-9. 115–116.
4. Book: Patrick O'Donnell. Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution. 1 March 2016. Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated. 978-0-8021-9071-0. 68.
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. RM-673. 3 August 2016. Maryland Historical Trust, Maryland State Highway Administration.