Adams' Rangers

Adams' Rangers
A woodcut of Dr. Samuel Adams, the future British Loyalist and American Revolutionary War military leader of Adams' Rangers, who was publicly humiliated in 1774 by being tied to a chair and hung from the sign of the Catamount Tavern in Arlington, New Hampshire Grants, in present-day Vermont, for falling out of favor with his enemies, the Green Mountain Boys, over land dealings in early Vermont
Active1777-1780
Country Great Britain
Allegiance Great Britain
BranchLoyalist local volunteer corps
Typeinfantry (auxiliary troops)
Rolescouting
Sizecompany (70 men) and officers
Part ofBritish Army under generals John Burgoyne, Simon Fraser, Baron Riedesel
Garrison/HQProvince of Quebec
Nickname(s)Adams’ Company of Rangers
EngagementsAmerican Revolutionary War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Captain Samuel Adams

Captain Jeptha Hawley
Lieutenant Simpson Jenne

Ensign Gideon Adams

Adams' Rangers, also known as Adams’ Company of Rangers, were a British Loyalist local volunteer corps and independent military company raised to support the British Army during the American Revolutionary War. Led by Dr. Samuel Adams of Arlington, New Hampshire Grants (now Vermont), the Rangers made their most significant contribution to the British war effort by serving with the ill-fated Burgoyne Expedition in the Saratoga campaign of 1777.