svs

Not to my knowledge. I am thinking of an actual president of the United States. Of course if you have info on Sam Houston, it would be interesting.

Albany Rifles

Just something tickling the back of my mind.

May have been a marriage or something earlie rin his life in Tennessee.

What the heck...worth a shot!

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svs

He was adopted by the Cherokees. Maybe that's what you were thinking of. He had eight children of his own. Probably didn't feel the need to adopt any others.

At any rate I am looking for an adopter. Not an adoptee. You may laugh when you figure out the answer.

Cactus

Andrew Jackson?

ghost88

Could not find the answer to this.
Andy Jackson however adopted a Creek orphan.

svs

My bad. I shouldn't come up with questions off thetop of my head without checking the answer. Jackson's adopted son Lyncoya was a Creek orphan. Not a Cherokee. I think I may have confused the Sam Houston and Andrew Jackson stories in my head. A thousand apologies.

Interesting that the President responsible for so much hostility and injustice to the Native Americans was able to adopt one and raise him as his own child. Jackson had plans to send Lyncoya to West Point but unfortunately Lyncoya died of TB at age 16.

I did manage to sneak another General Jackson into the answers though.

Your question and a bit of humble pie for yours truly for confounding the Creek and the Cherokee.

ghost88

Cactus answered Jackson before me.

His ?

svs

Guess so.

Cactus

At the Battle of Long Island (and many other Revolutionary War battles), the British typically put together select flank companies to form a general's reserve in a practice known as what? Which was the first such unit to be formally institutes as a Regiment for its performance in battle?

Rifleman

Guards? Coldstream or Grenadier Guards?

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Cactus

Not Guards, but you have part of the right word and part of the right regimental name in there

Rifleman

It must be grenadiers, then.

I don't know what the grenadier regiment would be if it isn't the Grenadier Guards.

Cactus

It isn't the Grenadier Guards. The unit in question predates the First Guards' honor by more than a decade.

Albany Rifles

Now you see, I knew Jackson had adopted a Creek orphan...so I went for Sam Houston on the Cherokee. But as you recalled he was the adoptee.

Anyway, I think we've had enough Jackson's for 1 week!

Albany Rifles

Well the order of precedence for the British Foot Guards are

Grenadiers (organized in 1656)
Coldstream (organized in 1650)
Scots (organized in 1642 but not added to the English Establishment until 1686)

The Royal Scots are the oldest of the Line at 1632 but they did not fight at Long Island

The Black Watch (42d Highland Foot) were founded in 1662 but had a long history in North America and were present at Long Island.

I know the 60th Regiment (Loyal Americans) was skirmishing and scouting unit but they were not at Long Island and were raised in 1754.


So I'll say the 42d Highland Regiment of Foot