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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 ]
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.
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 ...
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.
[4]: 266 It was intended only for temporary use, to defend against French or Native American attacks while the main fort was under construction. Colonel Hugh Mercer was placed in command, and the rest of the army marched back to the settlements. [5] Mercer's Fort was a square stockade with the walls formed by the backs of the interior buildings ...
1st Brigade, commanded by Brigadier General Peter Muhlenberg Colonel Joseph Vose's Battalion (8 Massachusetts light infantry companies) Lieutenant Colonel Jean-Joseph Sourbader de Gimat 's Battalion (5 Connecticut, 2 Massachusetts, and 1 Rhode Island light infantry companies)
During World War II, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion — nicknamed the Six Triple Eight — was the first and only unit of color in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) stationed in Europe.
The Birth of Pennsylvania, a portrait of William Penn (standing with document in hand), who founded the Province of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a refuge for Quakers after receiving a royal deed to it from King Charles II. The history of Pennsylvania stems back thousands of years when the first indigenous peoples occupied the area of what is now ...