Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Amherst” in entry gridley-richard of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...the service, as colonel of infantry, in 1755; was in the expedition to Crown Point, under General Winslow, planned the fortifications at Lake George (Fort George and Fort William Henry); served under Amherst ; and was with Wolfe at Quebec.
He retired as a British officer on half-pay for life.
Espousing the cause of the patriots, he was appointed chief engineer of the army that gathered at Cambridge; p...
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| † | Jeffrey Amherst | 94 | 63 | 4 | 3 | 0 user votes | |
| Amherst | 76 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Jeffery Amherst | 35 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| J. Amherst | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Sir Jeffrey Amherst | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 user votes | ||
| D. D. Amherst | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Signed Jefferson Amherst | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Nelson Amherst | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
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