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James Abercrombie | |
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| Born | (1732-01-01)1 January 1732 |
| Died | 23 June 1775(1775-06-23) (aged 43) |
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| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Branch | British Army |
| Service years | 1744–1775 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
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| Relations | James Abercrombie (father) Mary Duff (mother) Ralph Abercrombie (brother) |
Lieutenant ColonelJames Abercrombie (1 January 1732 – 23 June 1775) was aBritish Army officer who died during theAmerican Revolutionary War.
There is much uncertainty about Abercrombie's family. He may have been related to the much better known GeneralJames Abercrombie, as described inAppletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, but theDictionary of Canadian Biography states that the common identification of him as the general's son or nephew is probably erroneous.
On 11 June 1744 Abercrombie was listed as a newly promoted Lieutenant of the1st Foot. On 16 February 1756, he was promoted to the rank ofCaptain in the42nd Foot. With this rank, he served in theFrench and Indian War, notably as one of General Abercrombie's aides in theBattle of Fort Carillon at Ticonderoga in 1758 before being madeaide-de-camp to his successorJeffrey Amherst in 1759. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1770 and joined British forces assigned to the American colonies under the command of GeneralThomas Gage.
On 17 June 1775, Abercrombie led hisgrenadier battalion in their charge of theredoubt on the Americans' left wing at theBattle of Bunker Hill. During the assault onBreed's Hill, he reportedly sustained a large gunshot wound on his right thigh from a black militiaman namedSalem Poor, although there is a high probability that friendly fire caused the wound.[citation needed] Abercrombie was evacuated back toBoston and treated in the city's army hospital. He succumbed to his wound a week later while being cared for in the home of one of Gage's staff officers,military engineerJohn Montresor.
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