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Seven companies of the regiment (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, and 9th) were made up of Scotch-Irish, Germans, Welsh, Manx, Free Quakers, along with loyal English whigs; from Lancaster; the 6th and 7th companies were mostly men of German and Dutch American descent, from Berks and Northampton counties.
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 ...
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]
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)
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.
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.
William Montgomery (August 3, 1736 – May 1, 1816) was a colonial-American patriot, pioneer, soldier, public servant, and abolitionist.. As a revolutionary patriot, he helped the Province of Pennsylvania declare independence from the British Empire, establish the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, [1] and save the American Revolution during the Ten Crucial Days. [2]