How does this artwork elucidate its People depicted?
Weir provided this list, p. 69. The people depicted are listed approximately from left to right.Major Lithgow
Colonel Joseph Cilley
Brigadier General John Stark
Captain Seymour
Major William Hull
Colonel Greaton
Major Henry Dearborn
Colonel Alexander Scammell
Colonel Lewis
Brigadier General William Phillips
Lieutenant General John Burgoyne
Lieutenant General Baron Friedrich Adolph Riedesel
Colonel James Wilkinson
Major General Horatio Gates
Colonel William Prescott
Colonel Daniel Morgan
Brigadier General Rufus Putnam
Lieutenant Colonel John Brooks
Reverend Mr. Hitchcock
Major Robert Troup
Major Haskell
Major Armstrong
Major General Philip Schuyler
Brigadier General John Glover
Brigadier General William Whipple
Major Matthew Clarkson
Major Ebenezer Stevens
Henry Dearborn Rufus Putnam John Glover William Whipple Matthew Clarkson John Burgoyne Friedrich Adolph Riedesel Ebenezer Stevens William Phillips Philip Schuyler Alexander Scammell John Brooks John Stark William Hull Joseph Cilley Horatio Gates William Prescott Daniel Morgan Robert Troup James Wilkinson