General William Maxwell's unusual career reveals a high ranking army officer who did not have the benefits of higher education or military academy. He learned his organizational skills & field tactics while serving in the British Provincial Army for twenty years rising to a rank of colonel. Serving on the frontier, Indian methods of sneaking up to the enemy & striking from a concealed position (behind rocks, trees, or brush) were noted & used by Scotch Willie against the redcoats. Significant too was Maxwell's ability to avoid being wounded or captured while fighting in the French & Indian War & the American Revolutionary War. The Jersey Brigade fought in the expedition to Canada, at Cooch's Bridge, Delaware, Brandywine Creek, Germantown, held steadfast at Valley Forge, Monmouth, Chemung, New York, Tioga & Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Ash Swamp, Short Hills, Rahway, Elizabeth Town, Connecticut Farms, Springfield, Millburn, & countless skirmishes in Pennsylvania, New Jersey & New York. Unfortunately, the family homestead was burned to the ground in 1800, four years after General Maxwell's death & all his personal papers, church records, & property were destroyed. His brothers built another house in 1800 which stands today. To order: MRY Publishing Co., Inc., P.O. Box 3793, Union, NJ 07083-1891.