USA, Somerset, This arrangement represents more of a means of organizing manpower from specific geographical localities rather than reflecting the activity of acting military units that were drawn from this manpower pool. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. The 5th Pennsylvania Regiment was raised December 9, 1775 at Chester, Pennsylvania for service with the Continental Army. At some point, the settlers at Hannastown erected a stockade, fashioned of logs placed upright in the ground, around a spring and a blockhouse at the edge of town. You may be trying to access this site from a secured browser on the server. A Chronology Of The American Revolutionary War An Ordinance For Regulating The Cloathing Department For The Armies Of The United States The Attempt To Win Over The Hessians The Mutiny Of The Pennsylvania Line The Pox: Ten Times More Terrible Than Britons, Canadians And Indians Together Col. DeHaas was promoted to a brigadier general in February and was replaced by Col. James Irvine, who resigned in June. The 1st Pennsylvania was considered an elite unit and was given the post of honor on the right of the line. It was assigned on December 1, 1776 to the, It was assigned on May 22, 1777 to the 3rd Pennsylvania Brigade, an element of the. Captured by one of Rogers scouting units and personally escorted to confinement by Rogers, himself, the great American patriot Hale would be tried and hung from the gallows shortly thereafter, as a traitor, but not before uttering his immortal declaration, I only regret that I have one life to lose for my country.. The Pennsylvania State Regiment of Foot was organized at the end of April, 1777, from the men and officers of Miles's rifle battalion and Atlee's musketry battalion. In Pennsylvania, the Associators once again stepped up to fill these roles, but the cost and commitment of their near continuous service were growing burdensome. Baffled about what to do next, Watson waited on the bluff until evening, when he withdrew to a plantation a mile north of the bridge. Pennsylvania was assigned to provide 12 of these "Continental" regiments and decided to use the battalions created in 1775 as the foundation for the state's quota. Most of the Associators now disbanded. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Before daybreak, Marion roused his men and deployed his troops. August 25-27, 1776 The Battle of Long Island. Relieved on May 22, 1777 from Stirling's Brigade and assigned to the 1st Pennsylvania Brigade, an element of the. The majority of the Regiment fought with the main army at Brandywine, covered the American retreat at Paoli, attacked at Germantown, and skirmished at Whitemarsh. The 1st Continentals also participated in the battles at Fort Washington, Harlem Heights, and White Plains. In the spring of 1777, the Regiment was assigned to Brig. At Mount Hope Swamp, Marion had his men disassemble the bridge. After exchanging fire in the area of Chadd's Ford, The PSR, as part of General Greene's division move to meet the main British assault. By March 30, four of the companies had arrived at the American lines in front of Quebec, but before the remainder could come up the attack on the city was abandoned and the battalion started the slow retreat back to New York. The 11th Pennsylvania's total losses during the whole campaign were substantial, for by November 1, 1777, it had present for duty only eight officers and eighty enlisted men. Only Elisha Sheldon's 2d Legionary Corps (a Connecticut unit serving in 1781 in the West Point-Westchester County zone) fully exploited the possibilities of the combined arms structure. 1st Battalion, 1777-1780 . List of regimental, company and militia units from Pennsylvania in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1782, including infantry, cavalry and artillery units. Search above to list available cemeteries. The regiment was organized June 1775 as Maj. Timothy Bedel's Corps of Rangers . Associators patterned essentially upon groups which had existed briefly in 1747-1748 and again after Braddock's defeat in 1755. Though titled Rangers by Washington and a grateful American people, Morgans Rangers were not, in essence, Rangers in the sense of the uniquely trained, motivated, and challenged soldier. The Regiment then marched to Tappan to bolster the Garrison at Ticonderoga after Arnold's defection. After spending the winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge with the other regiments of the Pennsylvania Line, the 11th Pennsylvania took part in the campaign across New Jersey which followed. November 16, 1776 The fall of Fort Washington. For the 2nd Class, the colonel of the 2nd Battalion, lieutenant colonel of the First Battalion, and major of the 4th Battalion entered service in command of the 2nd Class active-duty battalion. Re-designated the 7th Pennsylvania Regiment and with such a large number of re-enlisting veterans, the unit was ready for duty in a very short time. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Though the act provided exemptions for members of the Continental Congress, Pennsylvania's Supreme Executive Council, Supreme Court judges, masters and teachers of colleges, ministers of the Gospel, and indentured servants, as a practical matter anyone could avoid serving either by filing an appeal to delay their service for a period of time or by paying a fine to hire a substitute. Within the formation were the wagons, periodically stopping to gather more wounded or dead. Begin Main Content Area Bedford County Revolutionary War Militia. Provision was made for recruiting from the ranks of Associators in each county a small corps of Here is an alphabetical list of Revolutionary Soldiers "compiled chiefly from The Depreciation Account books in the office of the Auditor General of . Williams led the unit in patrol actions in New Jersey during the spring and summer, including an engagement at Bound Brook on April 11 or 12 and a skirmish at Amboy on April 25 in which one officer was killed. On March 14, 1776, the 6th Pennsylvania Battalion was sent to New York City. They took part in campaigns against the Indian towns in northwest Pennsylvania in concert with the Sullivan/Clinton campaign, and again against the hostile Indians in southeast Ohio. Allen, William; lieutenant in Colonel Timothy Green's battalion, 1776; wounded at White Plains. (these are free with registration) Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 from National Archives (NARA) microfilm publication M246. They were instead the numbers of the battalions from which the men came! The regiment would see action during the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Battle of Springfield. To avoid capture, nearly all its vessels were sunk in the spring of 1778. October 28, 1776 The Battle of White Plains. Though they held military titles, these were actually civilian officers not to be confused with the military officers holding the same ranks in the Continental Army. Weve updated the security on the site. The Pennsylvanians assigned to the fort, mostly from the Musket Battalion, are among those captured. Gen. Anthony Wayne's Division. Ohio, And, they were still separate from the militias sanctioned by Pennsylvania's Provincial Assembly. The regiment lost two men wounded in this action. In January 1780, the Regiment after suffering long and hard service with pay in arrears, poorly fed, and poorly equipped, joined the other Pennsylvania regiments in a mutiny of the Pennsylvania Line at Morristown, New Jersey. Joshua Huddy, who was every bit as feared by loyalists as Tye was by patriots. A third type of militia duty was in providing guards for supply depots located in Lancaster, Lebanon and Reading and at various prisoner of war camps. Much of the information provided below was extracted by former archivist Henry James Young, and also possibly by archivist Marvin Schlegel, during the 1940s and 1950s from published entries in the various series of the Reorganized and re-designated 1 January 1, 1777 as the 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment, to consist of 8 companies. March 1, 1777 The Pennsylvania State Regiment is officially activated as a unit. Soon, though, just as Marion had expected, the guardsmen wheeled around and made their way back to the Kingstree intersection. It was Maxwell's command which fought the delaying action at Iron Hill on September 3, 1777, when Lt. Col. Francis Gurney was wounded. Reorganized and redesignated on January 1, 1777 as the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment, to consist of 8 companies. Having suffered so many casualties, by November 1, the 7th Pennsylvania only had 17 officers and 105 men fit for duty. The regiment would see action during the New York Campaign, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Sullivan Expedition. When the classes were called up, each captain would deliver a notice to each man's dwelling or place of business. To each of her line soldiers, who served to the end of the war, Pennsylvania granted This active-duty roll was therefore a completely different roll from the permanent billet roll. Certain it is no man has a better claim to the public thanks, or is more generally admired than you. On Sept. 1, 1780, Tye's brigade raided the Colts Neck home of Capt. The Regiment was authorized on March 6, 1776 in the Pennsylvania State Troops as the Pennsylvania State Rifle Regiment. The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 23 (No. Undaunted, the British Regulars held their ground, unlimbered their field cannon, and repelled the attack. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. Light infantry companies added to the regimental organization of each Continental Army infantry regiment in 1778 also had European roots. Most of Whitcomb's men came from New Hampshire and the Hampshire Grants (now Vermont). . He and Washington intended it to be the companion to the famous "Blue Book", but operational factors prevented its publication and distribution. In March 1777, this indeed occurred. Formation [ edit] The distance from bank to bank was the perfect sharpshooter distance, fifty yards. June 10, 1777 The transfer of the Pennsylvania State Regiment to the Continental service is formalized. Reorganized on January 1, 1783 at Lancaster, to consist of 7 companies in the. They were either used to augment the operations of the Continental Line such as when some of the Associators accompanied General Washington in crossing the Delaware in January 1777. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection. Re-designated on June 22, 1775 as the Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment. (It should be noted, however, that a person serving as a substitute for someone else was not thereby excused from also serving in their own turn.) This account has been disabled. They marched from Hannastown, Pennsylvania, to New Jersey in the winter of 1776-77, and the following campaign season took part in a number of battles, including Paoli, Brandywine, White Marsh, Boundbrook, and Germantown as part of Brig. Mifflin' Brigade re-designated on October 8, 1776 as Stirling's Brigade. On September 20, the 7th Pennsylvania bore the brunt of the British assault at Paoli where half of the men present were either killed or wounded. Under Stewart it operated along the New York-New Jersey border and moved to Middlebrook, New Jersey, in early December for the winter of 1778-79. Some of the muster rolls provide the date when duty began, and in the case of officers, the date of their commission, and perhaps some additional comments indicating such types of information as whether they were detached on special duty or the dates of any desertions. Eight days later, Pennsylvania was directed to raise two additional companies, followed by a third. When spring came, the regiment was again actively engaged in patrols and skirmishes with British forays from New York. Under the Militia Act of 1777, the numbering of the militia units changed every three years though the composition of each unit recruited from a given area tended to remain more or less the same except for casualties and new recruits. The few present were able to man a section of the army's first line of defense at Whitemarsh in early December, before moving with the rest of Washington's forces into the legendary winter encampment at Valley Forge. Instead, it protected itself with the passage of temporary laws authorizing organized militias. Watson rode back to rally his men only to have his horse shot from under him. In contrast, however, they received uniforms and arms from the state. Thus, the Pennsylvania Rifle Battalion, being the first unit formed by the state, became the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment, The 1st Pennsylvania Battalion became the nucleus of the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment and so on. Search the Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files of Connecticut Veterans from The National Archives: Capt. The four regiments of light dragoons raised in 1777 as a reconnaissance force derived from European developments in light cavalry during the eighteenth century. Sending forth his Loyalist cavalry to cross the causeway, Marion met the charge with one of his own led by Peter Horry and his mounted men. On October 14, under pressure from the British rejoined the main force at Ticonderoga. The item Washington County, Pa., Frontier Rangers, 1781-1782 : Washington County, Pa., Rangers, Revolutionary War burials of Greene County, Pa., Revolutionary War burials of Washington County, Pa., compiled by Paul W. Myers represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library. Formed in 1780 as a result of the brutality of British General Cornwallis severe measures, this unit was commanded by Brigadier General Francis Marion, considered by many to be one of the boldest and most dashing figures of the American Revolution. The Regiment was authorized on September 16, 1776 in the Continental Army as the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment. Defense Production Act Title III Presidential Determination for Airbreathing Engines, Advanced Avionics Position Navigation and Guidance Systems, and Constituent Materials for Hypersonic Systems, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict Co-Hosts the First Irregular Warfare Medical Resiliency Working Group, Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III Message to the Force, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Message to the Force, Ranger Assessment & Selection Program How to Become a 75th Ranger, 75 Years Ago Today. The regiment would see action during the Battle of Valcour Island, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Battle of Springfield. The regiment spent the winter of 1777-78 at Valley Forge and took part in the Battle of Monmouth (28 June) the following summer. Organized in spring 1777 at Philadelphia to consist of 8 companies from Westmoreland, Lancaster, Chester, Philadelphia and Cumberland Counties. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. . Swamp to his left and right, passage blocked to the front and Marion closing in from the rear, Watson had to quickly choose whether to flee or fight. 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This time, the question of military service was no longer optional. At the outbreak of hostilities between the Crown and the colonies in 1775 the Pennsylvania Assembly opposed any form of mandatory military service. Immortalized in song and story, Francis Marion became a hero of the Revolution second only to the commander-in-chief and first President of the United States, George Washington. Joseph Howell became acting regimental commander and the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment numbered only 13 other officers and 74 enlisted men present for duty at the end of the month. When active service occurred, it would have been for only sixty days at a time. Despite the hardships they had endured on Arnold's forlorn expedition to Canada, about 340 of the nearly 500 men who had been with the 1st Battalion at Ticonderoga did join the Second Pennsylvania Regiment in time enough for Col. DeHaas and a portion of the unit to join Washington's army at Trenton and fight in the battle of Princeton on January 3, 1777, in a brigade of Pennsylvanians commanded by Brig. Captain Nathan Hale of this corps gained immortality as a brave but singularly inept spy. Unfortunately, neither this stick nor the carrot achieved the desired results. Northumberland County Revolutionary War Militia Upper Division Associators, 24 January 1776 Commanding Officers: Col. unknown Leaving twenty dead from the engagement, he, the wagons, and the remainder of his regiment forced the ford. Knowlton's Rangers, a provisional three-company unit of volunteers from Connecticut and Massachusetts line regiments under Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Knowlton, came into being during the late summer of 1776 at New York City. Reorganized and re-designated on January 1, 1777 as the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment, to consist of 8 companies. Here the regiment shared the sufferings of the Continental Line, trained in Von Steuben's new manual of arms and brought itself up to strength. South Carolina and Georgia each raised mounted ranger units in 1775-1776, but when they became part of the Continental Army during the summer of 1776 they transformed into mounted infantry. Two lieutenants were mortally wounded here and a number of men killed. History affords no instance wherein an officer has kept possession of a country under so many disadvantages as you have; surrounded on every side with a superior force; hunted from every quarter with veteran troops, you have found means to elude all their attempts, and to keep alive the expiring hopes of an oppressed Militia, when all succor seemed to be cut off. In fact, his memoirs published in 1716 by a son are the first American military manual. Pennsylvania Line Regiments and other Pennsylvania Units. RevWar Progressive It is notable, however, that during the summer campaign of 1776, thousands of Pennsylvania Associators saw active service in New Jersey. March 5, 1776 The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passes a resolution to establish: The Pennsylvania State Rifle Regiment, know as Miles's Regiment, was to consist of two battalions of six companies of seventy-eight enlisted men, armed with rifles: The State Battalion of Musketry, known as Atless's Battalion, was to consist of eight companies of fifty-eight enlisted men, armed with muskets. September 11, 1777 The Battle of Brandywine. To get things off to a spirited start, he dispatched a detachment of sharpshooters across the river to the plantation where Watson and his troops were housed with orders to shoot his sentries and to wreak havoc. In fact, Major General Friedrich von Steuben wrote a separate drill manual for them in late 1780. The regiment never recruited the Indian component, and changes in British operations led to the transformation of the white elements into normal infantry. Mifflinburg, Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 (M246), and other historical records. The men elected new officers at this time and the militia battalions were renumbered according to the relative seniority of their commanders. Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872 from NARA microfilm publication T718. Gen. Anthony Wayne and Washington south in August where they fought at Brandywine on September 11, 1777. At the beginning of 1775, Pennsylvania, founded under Quaker auspices, differed from other American colonies in being totally devoid of military organization. In many instances, members of the militia gave no military service beyond occasional routine drill, and some escaped even that. Please enable scripts and reload this page. Reorganized and re-designated on January 1, 1777 as the 7th Pennsylvania Regiment, to consist of 8 companies. October 4, 1777 - Possibly because of their service at Brandywine, Conway's Brigade was chosen to lead the main column of Washington's army in the attack on the British at Germantown. Such men of the Pennsylvania Line as became disabled in service but were found capable of light garrison duty were transferred to this special continental regiment. On June 19, 1778, the Continental Army left Valley Forge in pursuit and engaged the British in the Battle of Monmouth on an extremely hot June 28. To each of her line soldiers, who served to the end of the war, Pennsylvania grantedDonation Landin certain western counties, land that remained free from taxation so long as the soldier lived and retained ownership. You can always change this later in your Account settings. At Brandywine, the women of the 6th Pennsylvania were cited for their bravery under fire while bringing water to the men.