Gooch's American Regiment
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Gooch's American Regiment was a British Army regiment raised in the Thirteen Colonies in 1739 for service during the War of Jenkins' Ear. Formed from colonists recruited in British North America, the
William Gooch's American Marines in the attack on Fort San Lazaro at Cartagena in 1741
An illustration of the Battle of Cartagena de Indias
Lawrence Washington was a British soldier, planter, politician, and landowner in colonial Virginia. As a founding member of the Ohio Company of Virginia, and a member of the colonial legislature repre
Gooch's American Regiment
…elite, although one lieutenant and one sergeant per company was to be British. The best known regimental officer from British North America was Captain Lawrence Washington, George Washington's older half-brother. The regiment, known as Gooch's American Regiment, consisted of one colonel, four lieutenant-colonels, four…
Portrait attributed to Gustavus Hesselius, c. 1742
William Fairfax, Washington's father in law