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zkx14 said

Anything in there on Brooklyn? There was a Conrad Bloss on that battle who most info says was my immigrant ancestor. But by my research was more likely his nephew or son of same name. Problem is no record of him or nephew afterward. Although ‘new’ info keeps coming out in bits and pieces. Recently found another misplaced Conrad in Nova Scotia...

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No. I don't think so anyway. I saw one of the chapters mentions Calver and Bolton but I think just as a comparison. Calver and Bolton went around the New York City area investigating and recording encampment sites around 1900 - just before new streets or construction destroyed the sites.

Probably the way to find to the most about where Bloss served is to try to find records of who he enlisted with. Start with where he lived before enlisting - almost all soldier's served with companies raised locally. That's true regardless of whether it was a local militia unit, state service, or Continental. Very likely he signed up more than once. For the first couple years of the war, enlistment terms were short.