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At the battle of Brandywine, the regiment was led by Colonel James Chambers and assigned to Colonel Thomas Hartley's 1st Pennsylvania Brigade. Under the direction of the division's action commander, Brigadier General Anthony Wayne , the regiment fought near Chadds Ford where it held the "post of honor", the far right flank of the division. [ 2 ]
The Middle Department was created on February 27, 1776, [4] as a military administrative district embracing New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. When the Main Army moved from Boston to New York in April 1776 and Washington opened his headquarters in New York City, he assumed direct command of the department.
His unit was known as Thompson's Pennsylvania Rifle Battalion, or the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment. After Thompson's company of Pennsylvania sharpshooters drove back a British landing-party on November 9, 1775, he was made a brigadier-general, to the displeasure of George Washington , who had reservations about Thompson's abilities.
Artillery Battalion, Pennsylvania Militia {Artillery Batteries of the Associated Regiment of Foot of Philadelphia}, 1747; 1st Battalion Flying Camp, 1776 [8] 1st Battalion of Bedford County Militia, 1777 [8] 1st Battalion of Chester County Militia, 1776–77 [8] 1st Battalion of Cumberland County Militia, 1776–77 [8]
The Continental Army was the army raised by the Second Continental Congress to oppose the British Army during the American Revolutionary War.The army went through three major establishments: the first in 1775, the second in 1776, and the third from 1777 until after the end of the war.
The American Battlefield Trust is working with various organizations and governments in Pennsylvania to preserve battlefields of the American Revolution, including Brandywine battlefield. [26] As of the 2010s, Chester County 's government is working with the local municipalities at the sites of the Battles of Brandywine, Paoli and the Clouds ...
1st Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot Guards (two companies of grenadiers, as opposed to one) [2] 1st Consolidated Battalion; 2nd Consolidated Battalion; Light Infantry Brigade commanded by Lt. Col. Robert Abercromby. 1st Battalion (Light companies from the 4th, 7th, 15th, 17th, 23rd, 27th, 33rd, and 38th Foot)
When permanent brigades were formed in May 1777, the regiment was transferred to the 1st Pennsylvania Brigade. Hartley's Regiment fought at Brandywine , Paoli , and Germantown in 1777. The unit helped defend the Pennsylvania frontier against indigenous raids in the Summer and early Fall of 1778.