"Lewis Morrises? Lewis Morrisii?" Topic

Who's really good on the Saratoga Campaign? Do I really have one Lewis Morris who's ADC to John Sullivan and a different Lewis Morris who's ADC to Schuyler and later Clinton?

And isn't that a war crime perpetrated against military historians?

Boatner's "Encyclopedia of the American Revolution" lists Lewis Morris, Jr., son of Militia General and signer Lewis Morris, as ADC to Sullivan from 14 Aug 1776-June 1779, after which he was ADC to Greene until the end of the war.

Lewis Jr.'s brother, Jacob Morris, served as ADC to Charles Lee 76-78, ADC to Greene 81-82.

I could not find a reference to an ADC to Schuyler and Clinton named Morris.

Thank you Milgame. Lewis Morris Jr, son of the Signer, makes sense and matches with Heitman. He'll go on to be a Supreme Court Justice.

And I know about Jacob. He does five terms in the South Carolina Assembly, and one term as SC Lieutenant Governor.

But somewhere in the tangled mess of the Northern Army is a Lewis Morris who (postrev) adds a middle name of Richard. He goes on to become a US Rep from Vermont, a US Marshal and a Major General of militia. He, by every biography I can find, is wandering around the Great Warpath in various military "families." It hardly seems fair.

Robert, This is from Wikipedia on Lewis R. Morris:

Morris was born in Scarsdale in the Province of New York to Sarah Ludlow (1730–1791) and Richard Morris (1730–1810), Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1779 to 1790. Morris attended the common schools. While in his teens, Morris served as an aide to General Philip Schuyler and then to General George Clinton (vice president) during the American Revolutionary War.[1] Morris was a nephew of Gouverneur Morris and Lewis Morris.[2]