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1st Pennsylvania Regiment; Active: 1775 – 1783: Allegiance: Continental Congress of the United States: Type: Infantry: Part of: Pennsylvania Line: Nickname(s) Thompsons Rifle Regiment Hand's PA Rifle Regiment P.M.I.R.(PA militia I Regiment) 1st Continental Regiment: Motto(s) I Refuse To Be Subjugated: Colors
The 13th Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Army had its beginnings in the Pennsylvania State Regiment, which was formed via the merging of the Pennsylvania State Battalion of Musketry and the Pennsylvania State Rifle Regiment (also known as "Miles's Regiment"), which had been "formed for the defense of Pennsylvania proper," according to historian John B. B. Trussell.
There are gaps in the numbering of infantry regiments because Pennsylvania numbered all volunteer regiments, regardless of branch, in sequence depending on when the regiment was raised. For example, the 6th Cavalry was also numbered the 70th Volunteer Regiment since it was raised between the 69th Infantry and the 71st Infantry, so there is no ...
12th Pennsylvania Regiment (Authorized August 23, 1776. Consolidated with 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment, July 1, 1778). 13th Pennsylvania Regiment (Formerly the Pennsylvania State Regiment. Allotted to Pennsylvania Line, November 12, 1777. Consolidated with 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment, July 1, 1778).
11th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment (40th Penna. Volunteer Infantry) 12th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment (41st Penna. Volunteer Infantry) 13th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment (42nd Penna. Volunteer Infantry—1st Pennsylvania Rifles, the "Bucktails") 14th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment (43rd Penna. Volunteers—1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery)
The regiment was initially issued .69 caliber smoothbore muskets, but some of the men would not accept them, insisting that they were a rifle regiment. They eventually received .58 caliber rifles and used these weapons through August 1862. The 13th Reserves were first assigned to garrison duty in Maryland.
In 1776, Patton had commanded a battalion of the Pennsylvania State Rifle Regiment. Half of Malcolm's Additional Continental Regiment was drawn from New York and half from Pennsylvania. Still other Continental infantry regiments and smaller units, also unrelated to a state quota, were raised as needed for special or temporary service.
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. The 1st Pennsylvania Rifles, being the first unit formed by the state, became the First Pennsylvania Regiment, while the 1st Pennsylvania Battalion became the nucleus of the 2nd ...