Talk:Continental Marines

Orphaned references in Continental Marines
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Reference named "Simmons": From Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps:  From History of the United States Marine Corps:  From United States Marine Corps:  

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James Willing and his troops -- Continental Army or Continental Marines?
The raiding expedition of James Willing down the Mississippi from Fort Pitt to New Orleans, in early 1778, is credited here as being a Continental Marines expedition. I do not think that is at all clear.

He was commissioned as a “Captain in the service of the American States”, but it was never stated whether he was a Navy Captain, a Continental Marine captain, or an Army Captain. Lots of secondary sources give differing accounts – Naval Documents of the American Revolution, vol. 11, p. 6 identifies him as an Army captain, but the USMC publication “Marines in the Revolution” (author Charles R. Smith, 1975) lays claim to him as a Marine.

Corroborating primary source information should be used to support which branch of the military he and his troops belonged to.

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Branch navy
The Continental Marines were established as an independent military branch of their own. Previously, marines were part of the navy, but this was established as its own thing, with the marine corps currently pointing to this as their origin. It may be appropriate to label them as part of the navy though.Friedbyrd (talk) 15:43, 31 January 2023 (UTC)