Edward Mathew

rdf:langString Edward Mathew

rdf:langString Edward Mathew

rdf:langString Edward Mathew

rdf:langString Great Britain

rdf:langString * Battle of Long Island * Battle of Kip's Bay * Battle of Ft Washington * Battle of Brandywine * Battle of Germantown * Battle of White Marsh * Battle of Monmouth * Chesapeake raid * Battle of Springfield (1780)

rdf:langString Valentine Jones

rdf:langString General

rdf:langString Colonel of the 62nd Regiment of Foot

rdf:langString Edward Mathew (1729 – 25 December 1805) began his military career in the British Army as a commissioned officer. By the time of the American Revolutionary War he had risen to the rank of colonel. Promoted to brigadier general, he was assigned to command the elite Brigade of Guards in the American campaign. In 1776 he led the Guards at Long Island, Kip's Bay, and Fort Washington where he spearheaded one of the assault forces. In the Philadelphia Campaign, he commanded his brigade at Brandywine, Germantown, White Marsh, and Monmouth. As a major general, he took part in the highly successful Chesapeake raid on Virginia ports in 1779. He led one of the columns in action at Battle of Springfield in 1780. He commanded in the West Indies in 1782 and became a full general in 1797. His beloved daughter Anna predeceased him in 1795. Mathew is likely to have been the model for a character in one of Jane Austen's novels.