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| The Gorham family had a distinguished history in the colonial military. Serving alongside the early colonial military innovator ], John Gorham I died while fighting in the famous ] during ]. Joseph's grandfather, John Gorham II, also served with Church during the fourth Eastward Expedition into Acadia, which involved the ] during ] and again during ]. His father Shubael Gorham was also a provincial military officer in Queen Anne's War and again in King George's War. Joseph and his brother ] III fought as ] in ]/] throughout the 1740s as well as at the ] as officers in the Massachusetts provincal forces. <ref>Brian D. Carroll, ""Savages" in the Service of Empire: Native American Soldiers in Gorham's Rangers, 1744-1762," New England Quarterly (September 2012), pp. 383-429.</ref> | The Gorham family had a distinguished history in the colonial military. Serving alongside the early colonial military innovator ], John Gorham I died while fighting in the famous ] during ]. Joseph's grandfather, John Gorham II, also served with Church during the fourth Eastward Expedition into Acadia, which involved the ] during ] and again during ]. His father Shubael Gorham was also a provincial military officer in Queen Anne's War and again in King George's War. Joseph and his brother ] III fought as ] in ]/] throughout the 1740s as well as at the ] as officers in the Massachusetts provincal forces. <ref>Brian D. Carroll, ""Savages" in the Service of Empire: Native American Soldiers in Gorham's Rangers, 1744-1762," ''New England Quarterly'' (September 2012), pp. 383-429.</ref> | ||
| == Career == | == Career == | ||
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Joseph Gorham (sometimes recorded as Goreham, 1725 – 1790) was an American colonial military officer during King George's War and later a British army commander during the Seven Years War and the American Revolutionary War.
Family
The Gorham family had a distinguished history in the colonial military. Serving alongside the early colonial military innovator Benjamin Church, John Gorham I died while fighting in the famous Great Swamp Fight during King Philip's War. Joseph's grandfather, John Gorham II, also served with Church during the fourth Eastward Expedition into Acadia, which involved the Raid on Chignecto (1696) during King William's War and again during Queen Anne's War. His father Shubael Gorham was also a provincial military officer in Queen Anne's War and again in King George's War. Joseph and his brother John Gorham III fought as Rangers in Acadia/Nova Scotia throughout the 1740s as well as at the Siege of Louisbourg (1745) as officers in the Massachusetts provincal forces.
Career
He was in the Battle at Canso during Father Le Loutre's War. During the French and Indian War he participated in the Expulsion of the Acadians in both the Battle of Petitcodiac, where he was wounded, and the St. John River Campaign.
Having led "Goreham's Rangers" in Havana and Quebec in the former, he spent the interim as a civilian in Nova Scotia. In the latter he is noted as the commander of British forces victorious at Fort Cumberland.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
He also fought in the American Revolution, leading the Royal Fencible American Regiment.
Notes
- Brian D. Carroll, ""Savages" in the Service of Empire: Native American Soldiers in Gorham's Rangers, 1744-1762," New England Quarterly (September 2012), pp. 383-429.
- The William Pote Journal, p. 176
- Scott, K (1945). "Major General Sullivan and Colonel Stephen Holland". New England Quarterly1.
References
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Gorham's Rangers
- Origins of Gorham's Rangers