American Revolution
He served in General George Washington's army during the American Revolution, as an adjutant of the Delaware militia with Caesar Rodney. His used most of his fortune he inherited after his father died to fund his own company as far as payment and equipment for the troops. It was very successful in the Valley Forge campaign. They earned the nickname "Market Stoppers". Mclane warned General Washington of his suspicion of Benedict Arnold's loyalty prematurely. McLane had trouble working with Henry Lee III so Washington sent him down to Charleston, South Carolina.
Allan McLane lead foraging parties for the Continental army while they were encamped at Valley Forge. He and his men cut off British expeditions and took their cattle. "He was Captain of an independent corps, now a small group of horsemen, now a hundred men, mounted and on foot, including sometimes a contingent of Oneida Indians, he was at once forager, scout, and raider everywhere about Philadelphia and even, at times, in that city in disguise." p. 547, The War of the Revolution, Volume II, Christopher Ward, published 1952, MacMillan Co, NY, NY.
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