This might help Darrell in this design, from the Morris Journal. This is the location where the grenadier companies are best described in terms of numbers and casualities,. 44th = 70 in the grenadier company; 48th = 79 in the company. The size of the regular companies should be about the same. When in Ireland, the normal company size was closer to 35. From the Morris Journal:
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Our remains retreated all night, and got to Col. Dunbar's Camp the next day, which was near 50 miles from the field of action, and then the General ordered Col. Dunbar to prepare for a retreat, in order to which they were obliged to destroy all the Ammunition and provisions they could not possibly carry, and the reason of so much was the absolute necessity there was for a number of waggons to carry the wounded officers and men: The General's pains increased in such a manner — for he was shot through the arm into the body — together with the great uneasiness he was under, that on the 12th, at 8 at night, he departed this life, much lamented by the whole Army, and was decently, though privately, buried next morning. The number killed, wounded, and left on the Field, as appeared by the returns from the different companies, was 896, besides Officers, but cannot say any particular Company suffered more than another, except the Grenadier Companies and Carpenters; for out of Colonel Dunbar's Grenadiers, who were 79 complete that day, only 9 returned untouched, and out of 70 of Halket's, only 13. Amongst the rest, I believe I may say the Seamen did their duty, for out of 33, only 15 escaped untouched: and every Grenadier Officer either killed or wounded. Our loss that day consisted of 4 fieldpieces, 3 Howitzers, and 2 Waggons with Cohorns, together with the 51 carriages of provisions and Ammunition, etc., and Hospital stores, and the General's private chest with £1000 in it, and about 200 horses with officers' baggage.
http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.2013:7:1.lincoln
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A second useful link is the roll of Braddock's column at Wills Creek, June 8th (Pre-Battle).
http://www.archive.org/stream/militaryaffairsi00cumb#page/86/mode/2up
A third useful link is the roll of Braddock's column at Wills Creek, July 25th (Post-Battle).
http://www.archive.org/stream/militaryaffairsi00cumb#page/124/mode/2up
Very interesting tidbit is the very low casualities reported for the drummers. See the third link. Either the vast majority of the drummers were with Dunbar in the rear and not with their companies, or the French and Indians did not waste a shot on someone with a drum which suggests great care in picking a target and damm good shooting - no incidential or accidential shooting of the drummers. Apparently only 2 drummers killed (both in the 44th) and 4 drummers wounded ( 1 from the 44th, 3 from the 48th).
June 8th = 20 drummers, 44th.
June 8th = 20 drummers, 48th.
July 25th = 15 drummers fit for duty, 1 wounded, 2 sick = 18 drummers survived the expedition, 44th.
July 25th = 17 drummers fit for duty, 3 wounded = 20 drummers survived the expedition, 48th.
In conclusion, I got dibs on any extra grenadier or regular marching sets that Darrell might own --- it should be illegal for anyone to have above a full company marching. Being a fair minded man, 75 men to a marching company is the upper limit !!!
