Organized in between March 7- May 29, 1776 at Markus Hook, to consist of the 1st Battalion (6 companies) from Philadelphia City and Bucks, Bedford, York, Norhampton and Northumberland Counties; and the 2nd Battalion (6 companies) from Berks, Cumberland, Lancaster and Westmoreland Counties. Revolutionary War Online Records Organized in spring 1777 at Philadelphia to consist of 8 companies from York, Bucks, Northampton and Northumberland Counties. Watson was cut off from outside information, for his messengers could not break through Marions cordon. For this reason, a particular private might be listed in a different battalion in 1781 than he was in 1778 but this does not necessarily mean that he was transferred between units or changed residence. 14 cemeteries found in will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Re-designated on January 1, 1777 as the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment. The financial difficulties of the new government, difficulties that lasted into the 1790's, complicated the payment of troops. Relieved on April 29, 1776 from Sullivan's Brigade and assigned to Greene's Brigade, an element of the, Relieved on August 12, 1776 from Greene's Brigade and assigned to Nixon's Brigade, an element of the, Relieved on August 31, 1776 from assignment to Nixon's Brigade and to Mifflin's Brigade (re-designated on October 8, 1776 as Stirling's Brigade), an element of the. The resulting restructuring of the Pennsylvania Line perpetuated a 2nd Regiment among the state's six reorganized units, with Walter Stewart still in command. Search the Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files of Connecticut Veterans from The National Archives: Capt. Organized in spring 1777 at Kittanning to consist of 8 companies from Westmoreland County. Frequently no substitute was furnished, but instead a Colonel Stewart called his regiment the Thirteenth Pennsylvania Regiment in his weekly return of October 27, and it was so designated and officially added to the Continental Line by a resolution of the Continental Congress dated November 12, 1777. 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. Benjamin Church (1639-1718) of Massachusetts developed a special full-time unit mixing white colonists selected for frontier skills with friendly Indians to carry out offensive strikes against hostile Indians in terrain where normal militia units were ineffective. Pennsylvania State Navy. Pennsylvania, Following the reduction of the Pennsylvania Line in the winter of 1780-81 the unit was redesignated "the detachment of the Pennsylvania Line", and consisted of two companies. Remainder of Regiment reorganized and re-designated on January 1, 1777 as the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment, an element of the, Relieved on July 18, 1778 from the 2nd Pennsylvania Brigade and assigned to the, New York Brigade relieved on May 24, 1779 from the, Relieved on August 24, 1779 from the New York Brigade and assigned to Hand's Brigade, an element of the, Relieved on August 1, 1780 from Hand's Brigade and assigned to 1st Pennsylvania Brigade, an element of the. Overmyer has not added any memorials to this virtual cemetery. Another form of line service was with theCorps of Invalids. Organized between January 8- March 20, 1776 at Carlisle to consist of 8 companies from Cumberland and York Counties. The Pennsylvania Lineoriginated in 1775 was organized into thirteen regiments and several independent companies. In many instances, members of the militia gave no military service beyond occasional routine drill, and some escaped even that. American Revolutionary War Records - Pennsylvania - Genealogy Village Online Revolutionary War Indexes and Records - Military Indexes Resend Activation Email. The regiment was furloughed January 17, 1781 at Trenton, New Jersey and disbanded on January 1, 1783. 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. Organized spring 1777 at York, Pennsylvania, with personnel from York County. Revolutionary War Records at FamilySearch. 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. The sharpshooters were placed at the abutment where they had the clearest shot at the far end of the bridge while the remaining musketeers secured their flanks. 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. Riflemen 1775 - American Revolution 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. 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Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. August 11, 1776 The Pennsylvania troops are ordered to New York and are assigned to the brigade commanded by General William Alexander. The Regiment was authorized on January 18, 1777 in the Continental Army as an independent company to guard prisoners of war at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Militia and a chart showing how the units were organized is available. To the plantations Whig owner, Watson acknowledged he had never seen such shooting before in his life. While Watson established his headquarters in the plantation house, Marion and his men bivouacked in the woods of the ridge south of the ford. Powder Horns. The Continental Army's other light troops sprang from a relatively new European concept not the native American ranger tradition. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Military Records Pennsylvania in the Revolutionary War 1st Pennsylvania Regiment Brief History Also known as the Pennsylvania Rifle Battalion and Thompson's Rifle Battalion. Originally fielded by the French to counter Austrian irregulars recruited in the Balkans, they filled a unique niche by providing deep security around an army in the field or carried out raids behind enemy lines. It was the last regiment to leave Long Island. The Regiment was authorized on September 16, 1776 in the Continental Army as the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment. List of 10,000 Revolutionary Soldiers 1775-1783 - Fold3 HQ Realizing that he needed to clear the far bank first before his soldiers could safely enter the defile to cross the bridge, Watson emplaced his cannon. Benjamin Church and Maj. Robert Rogers both formed Ranger units to fight during the King Phillips War and the French and Indian War. Revolutionary War Records - Ancestry This account has been disabled. Armand's remained a shell during 1781, but Lee had great success in the Carolinas carrying out those specific missions for which the 3-3 mix of mounted and dismounted troops had been designed. The origin of the ranger tradition lies in the seventeenth century wars between colonists and Native American tribes. In fact, his memoirs published in 1716 by a son are the first American military manual. Participating in a part of the left wing under Nathaniel Green, the Pennsylvanians assist in the defeat of the Hessians under Colonel Rall. Organized between February 7- March 17, 1776 at Reading, Pennsylvania, with personnel from Berks County. Watson and his men remained where they were, subsisting off the plantation, gathering from those homes around them anything else they needed. The original commander, Col. John Bull, got into trouble selling furloughs to the men "and other degrading conduct" and was compelled by the other officers to resign. Minute Men, on call for special duty at short notice, but no evidence of the existence of such a corps in Pennsylvania survives. Volume Reel 0822 American Revolutionary War Service Records; Soldiers--United States--Registers Pennsylvania, Seventh Battalion (Cumberland County Militia), Seventh Regiment: A -F For Northumberland County, the number of militiamen serving in each company of the 1776 Associator Battalions and for the 1778 3rd and 4th Militia Battalions is provided. In the original concept rangers were full-time soldiers employed by the colonial governments to "range" between fixed frontier fortifications as a reconnaissance system to provide early warning of hostile raids. There they remained until the 6th Pennsylvania was mustered out on March 15, 1777. The two dismounted troops armed and equipped as light infantry provided a defensive element to protect the camp from enemy surprise attack, and also provided a base of fire around which the mounted elements could maneuver. The 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment had its origins in a unit established on October 12, 1775, and designated "The First Pennsylvania Battalion." 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. Deleting this Virtual Cemetery cannot be undone. Colonel John Bull was appointed colonel on May 2, 1777, but was succeeded on June 17 by Colonel Walter Stewart. For example, men listed on the permanent roll as belonging to the 2nd Class of the 7th Company of the 6th Battalion would in the active duty battalion be automatically placed in the 6th Company of the 2nd (Active Duty) Battalion. 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. USA. Relieved on May 19, 1778 from the 2nd Pennsylvania Brigade and assigned to the. The men elected new officers at this time and the militia battalions were renumbered according to the relative seniority of their commanders. Colonels Colonel William Thompson, Colonel Edward Hand, Colonel James Chambers Companies That evening both sides encamped, though Marion did order his night patrols to take shots at Watsons sentinels. In this contest "Lord Sterling's Division & particularly Conway's Brigade" were seen to have "remarkably distinguished themselves." August 25-27, 1776 The Battle of Long Island. William Hendrick's and Mathew Smith's companies each additionally served in: On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress passed a resolution calling for the raising of six companies of expert riflemen from Pennsylvania, two from Maryland, and two from Virginia. Westmoreland County Revolutionary War Militia 1st Battalion, 1777 Commanding Officers: Col. Alexander Barr Lt. Col. John Pomery Major James Wilkins 2nd Battalion, 1777 Commanding Officers: Col. John Perry Lt. Col. John Shields Major Christopher Lavengair 3rd Battalion, 1778 Commanding Officers: Col. James Smith Lt. Col. Providence Mounts Queen's Rangers - Wikipedia With his cavalry defeated, Watson advanced his guards. Mifflinburg, Rangers committed to prolonged enlistment periods and rather than fight the war for independence, they patrolled Pennsylvania's western frontier, often fending off Indian attacks. At the outbreak of hostilities between the Crown and the colonies in 1775 the Pennsylvania Assembly opposed any form of mandatory military service. Miscellaneous private papers relating to the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection, World War I, the Pennsylvania National Guard, and peacetime military service. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. By the end of that year, Pennsylvania had adopted a new more radical constitution that wrested control from the older conservative Assembly and in early 1777 the new Assembly passed Pennsylvania's first militia law requiring compulsory military service. Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872 from NARA microfilm publication T718. An Official Pennsylvania Government Website. Organized in spring 1777 at Philadelphia to consist of 8 companies from Westmoreland, Lancaster, Chester, Philadelphia and Cumberland Counties. There, Marion waited, knowing that Watson would eventually appear. They also fought at Bergen Neck. As his situation grew more desperate with each passing day, Watson finally decided to retreat. Samuel Morehead's Independent Company, an element of the. October 4, 1777 Battle of Germantown. For example, when the 1st Class was called up, the colonel of the 1st Battalion, the lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Battalion, and the major of the 3rd Battalion entered into service commanding the 1st Class active-duty Battalion. And, they were still separate from the militias sanctioned by Pennsylvania's Provincial Assembly. Various state governments did employ such units for local frontier security, but the Continental Army formed very few, in part because George Washington considered frontier security to be a local responsibility and focused national military forces on opposing regular British and German units in a formal battlefield context. . 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. 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. On 22 July 1778 the regiment was re-assigned to the 2d Pennsylvania Brigade. Military Association, a civilian reserve designed to repel invasion. The term "Pennsylvania Line" referred to the quota of numbered infantry regiments assigned to Pennsylvania at various times by theContinental Congress. Some elements of the 11th Pennsylvania saw action in the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777. Brinkerhoff, Jacob; ensign, Captain Williams' company, Colonel Michael Swope's battalion of the flying camp; in service, 1776. Watsons Buffs were considered to be one of the finest regiments in the British army. 3, 1964): 161-230 was well as the historical background section below. The "Act to Regulate the Militia of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" passed 17 March 1777, and the the subsequent Militia Act passed March 20, 1780, together with their amendments, required all white men between the ages of 18 and 53 capable of bearing arms to serve two months of militia duty on a rotating basis. Some of its troops were detached to serve with the special task force (the "light infantry corps") under Brig. Strafford County, American Revolutionary War Concurrent with the establishment of county militias was the creation of five companies of Rangers. As Marions men turned back from the fires, Watson loaded two wagons with wounded. Revolutionary War: Black loyalists sought freedom at Sandy Hook NJ The battle took place in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania on July 3, 1778 in what is now Luzerne County. In the mid 1700s, Capt. The 1781 reorganization of the Continental resolved the issue of light troops by bringing greater centralized control. 23, No. Whitcomb's Rangers started as a similar provisional unit on the Lake Champlain front in 1776. January to June 1777 - During this period the unit was reorganized as the 6th Regiment with Colonel Henry Bicker as its commander. An online listing of officers in the Gen. Anthony Wayne's division. November 16, 1776 The fall of Fort Washington. USA, Winfield, An attempt to move the cannon and depress the muzzles led to the crews being run off by the highly accurate fire of the sharpshooters. The 1st Partisan Corps under the Frenchman "Colonel Armand" (the marquis de la Rouerie) and the 2d under Lee both drew assignments in Major General Nathanael Greene's Southern Department. Unfortunately, when redemption came many of the original holders had long since sold their certificates at heavy discounts. Many of the Invalids were subsequently pensioned. They required six-month enlistments. 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.. 3, The Pennsylvania Line: Regimental Organization and Operations, 17751783. L.G. 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. In 1782, John Alton served as a Private in the Pennsylvania Rangers on the Frontier in Captain John Dean's Company in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, with his brother Benjamin during Colonel Crawford's disastrous expedition against the Indians at Sandusky. 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. The regiment was disbanded on January 17, 1781 at Trenton, New Jersey. 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. Veterans of this corps played a major role in the Continental Army during the Revolution, including Major General Israel Putnam and Brigadier Generals John Stark and Moses Hazen. Eighty years after becoming the United States of America, the nation suffered a Civil War. 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. As such, they were subject to the orders of the Provincial Assembly. Pleased with James deployment, Marion reinforced him with an additional company and moved to a reserve position to the rear and out of sight. 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. These groups assisted state-controlled - yet still temporary - militias. You can always change this later in your Account settings. The west bank was a high bluff with the roadway passing down through a ravine to the bridge. It halted the British attack but was itself compelled to retire under subsequent artillery fire. 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. Under the provisions of the Militia Law, the men called up for active duty were automatically assigned to companies whose numbers were different from their own company numbers on the permanent billet rolls. After this, the 7th Pennsylvania spent time in New York and New Jersey watching the British. The men in each battalion elected their own field officers who carried the rank of colonel, lieutenant colonel and major and these officers were then commissioned by the state and expected to serve for three years. It performed excellently in a light infantry role at the battle of Harlem Heights on 16 September 1776, but Knowlton suffered a mortal wound. Revolutionary War General. Rogers wrote the 19 standing orders that are still in use today. March 1, 1777 The Pennsylvania State Regiment is officially activated as a unit. This Revolutionary War Militia Arrangement provides a breakdown of the battalions and companies raised in each county and the names of the commanding officers. When one considers those parameters, there truly was only one group of American revolutionaries who could be considered an excellent example of early American Ranger prowess. During the winter of 1776-1777 the Association collapsed, and the Assembly replaced it with a militia system which, though imperfect, proved better adapted to Pennsylvania's needs. United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 FamilySearch 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. In 1779, a detachment accompanied light infantry troops in the storming of Stoney Point. John Nelson's Independent Rifle Company and assigned to the. 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 Morgan would continue to fight in support of the American Revolution in a number of significant battles, including the battle at Cowpens, South Carolina, on 17 January 1781. The Regiment was authorized on December 9, 1775 in the Continental Army as the 5th Pennsylvania Battalion. July to August 1777 - With the rest of Washington's army the 6th Regiment marched back and forth across New Jersey and into New York and Pennsylvania while trying to ascertain the destination of General Howe's army, which had embarked on the British fleet. 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. During this time, Congress realized a more substantial national army with enlistments longer than 12 months would be needed to fight the war successfully. Pennsylvania Long Rifles. Marion knew that an engagement with them would not be easy and he could expect no support from the American army. Trussell, Jr. (Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1977). In pursuit was Peter Horry, firing on the retreating forms from every bush and thicket. Within the formation were the wagons, periodically stopping to gather more wounded or dead. Washington wanted to use it as a vehicle for insuring tribal support--its Native American members would become hostages for the good behavior of the rest of the tribe--as well as a combat element. Depreciation Pay Certificates, which were both interest bearing and negotiable, like bonds of the present day.