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APPENDIX C—PRINCIPAL STAFF OFFICERS
 
Office Name Dates
Adjutant General Horatio Gates 17 Jun 1775-5 Jun 1776
Joseph Reed 5 Jun 1776-13 Jan 1777
Vacant 14 Jan 1777-17 Jun 1777
Timothy Pickering 18 Jun 1777-5 Jan 1778
Alexander Scammell 5 Jan 1778-8 Jan 1781
Edward Hand 8 Jan 1781-end of war
Paymaster General James Warren 27 Jul 1775-19 Apr 1776
William Palfrey 27 Apr 1776-14 Dec 1780
John Pierce 17 Jan 1781-end of war
Mustermaster General Stephen Moylan 11 Aug 1775-7 Jun 1776
Gunning Bedford 18 Jun 1776-10 Apr 1777
Joseph Ward 10 Apr 1777-1 Mar 1780
Judge Advocate William Tudor 30 Jul 1775-10 Apr 1777
John Laurance 10 Apr 1777-3 Jun 1782
Vacant 4 Jun 1782-1 Oct 1782
Thomas Edwards 2 Oct 1782-end of war
Inspector General Thomas Conway (nominal) 13 Dec 1777-28 Apr 1778
Frederick Steuben 28 Mar 1778-end of war
Quartermaster General Thomas Mifflin 14 Aug 1775-7 Jun 1776
Stephen Moylan 7 Jun 1776-28 Sep 1776
Thomas Mifflin 28 Sep 1776-7 Nov, 1777
Vacant  8 Nov 1777-1 Mar 1778
Nathanael Greene 2 Mar 1778-5 Aug 1780
Timothy Pickering 5 Aug 1780-end of war
Commissary General of Purchases Joseph Trumbull 19 Jul 1775-18 Jun 1777
Joseph Trumbull 18 Jun 1777-5 Aug 1777
William Buchanan 5 Aug 1777-9 Apr 1778
Jeremiah Wadsworth 9 Apr 1778-2 Dec 1779
Ephraim Blaine 2 Dec 1779-Nov 1781
Commissary General of Issues Charles Stewart 18 Jun 1777-Nov 1781
Director General of Hospital Department Dr. Benjamin Church 27 Jul 1775-4 Oct 1775
Dr. John Morgan 17 Oct 1775-9 Jan 1777
Vacant 10 Jan 1777-9 Apr 1777
Dr. William Shippen 10 Apr 1777-3 Jan 1781
Dr. John Cochran 17 Jan 1781-end of war
 
 

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