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Battle of Monmouth
The Battle of Monmouth was an American Revolutionary War battle fought on June 28, 1778 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The Continental Army under General George Washington attacked the rear of the British Army column commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton as they left Monmouth Court...
on June 28, 1778 saw a colonial American army under Major General
Major General
Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
George Washington
George Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...
fight a British army led by Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
Henry Clinton
Henry Clinton (American War of Independence)
General Sir Henry Clinton KB was a British army officer and politician, best known for his service as a general during the American War of Independence. First arriving in Boston in May 1775, from 1778 to 1782 he was the British Commander-in-Chief in North America...
. After evacuating Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
on June 18, Clinton intended to march his 13,000-man army to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. Washington sent 6,400 troops commanded by Major General Charles Lee
Charles Lee (general)
Charles Lee was a British soldier who later served as a General of the Continental Army during the American War of Independence. Lee served in the British army during the Seven Years War. After the war he sold his commission and served for a time in the Polish army of King Stanislaus II...
to attack the British column of march near Monmouth Court House, New Jersey
Freehold Borough, New Jersey
Freehold is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 12,052. It is the county seat of Monmouth County....
. When Clinton counterattacked, Lee ordered his badly-deployed troops to fall back immediately. Washington brought up 7,000 men to support Lee's withdrawing wing and held his ground against repeated British assaults. That evening Clinton retreated from the field and continued his march to Sandy Hook
Sandy Hook
Sandy Hook is a barrier spit along the Atlantic coast of New JerseySandy Hook may also refer to:-Places:United States* Sandy Hook , a village in the town of Newtown, Connecticut* Sandy Hook, Kentucky, a city in Elliott County...
where the British fleet waited to ferry his army to New York. Both armies' casualties were about even in the last major battle in the northern colonies. Lee was court martialed for his behavior during the battle.
British Army order of battle
Henry Clinton (American War of Independence)
General Sir Henry Clinton KB was a British army officer and politician, best known for his service as a general during the American War of Independence. First arriving in Boston in May 1775, from 1778 to 1782 he was the British Commander-in-Chief in North America...
(12,000-13,000)
Brigadier General Sir William Erskine, 1st Baronet
Sir William Erskine, 1st Baronet
Lieutenant-General Sir William Erskine, 1st Baronet was a British Army commander and the 1st baronet of the Erskine of Torrie creation.-Background:...
, Quartermaster General
1st Division
Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess CornwallisCharles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis KG , styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as The Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator...
- Artillery: Two 12-pound, 12 6-pound, and two 3-pound guns
- Unbrigaded:
- 16th Light Dragoons
- Queen's RangersQueen's RangersThe Queen's Rangers was a military unit who fought on the Loyalist side during the American War of Independence. After the war they moved to Nova Scotia and disbanded, but were reformed again in Upper Canada before disbanding again, in 1802, a decade prior to the War of 1812.-French and Indian...
- 1st Light Infantry Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Abercromby of AirthreyRobert Abercromby of AirthreyGeneral Sir Robert Abercromby GCB , the youngest brother of Sir Ralph Abercromby, was a general in the army, a knight of the Bath, and at one period the governor of Bombay and commander-in-chief of the British forces in India.-Military career:...
- 14 light companies of the line
- Guards Brigade: Colonel Charles O'HaraCharles O'HaraGeneral Charles O'Hara was a British military officer who served in the Seven Years War, American War of Independence, and French Revolutionary War, and later served as Governor of Gibraltar...
- Elements of 1st Foot GuardGrenadier GuardsThe Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards...
, 2nd Foot GuardColdstream GuardsHer Majesty's Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, also known officially as the Coldstream Guards , is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division or Household Division....
, and 3rd Foot GuardScots GuardsThe Scots Guards is a regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, whose origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland...
Regiments - 1st Battalion
- Grenadier company, Lieutenant Colonel Sir George Osborn
- Hyde's company
- Wrottesley's company
- Cox's company
- Garth's company
- 2nd Battalion
- Stephen's company
- Murray's company
- O'Hara's company
- Martin's company
- Light company
- Elements of 1st Foot Guard
- Grenadiers:
- 1st Grenadier Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel William Medows
- 16 grenadier companies of the line
- 2nd Grenadier Battalion, Colonel Henry Monckton
- 15 grenadier companies of the line
- 1st Grenadier Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel William Medows
- 3rd Brigade: General Charles Grey, 1st Earl GreyCharles Grey, 1st Earl GreyCharles Grey, 1st Earl Grey, KB PC was one of the most important British generals of the 18th century. He was the fourth son of Sir Henry Grey, 1st Baronet, of Howick in Northumberland. He served in the Seven Years' War, American War of Independence and French Revolutionary War...
- 15th Foot
- 17th Foot
- 42nd Foot
- 44th Foot
- 4th Brigade: Commander unknown
- 33rd Foot
- 37th Foot
- 46th Foot
- 64th Foot
- 5th Brigade: Brigadier General Alexander Leslie
- 7th Foot
- 26th Foot
- 63rd Foot
- Hessian Brigade: Colonel Johann August von Loos
- Linsing Grenadier Battalion
- Minningerode Grenadier Battalion
- Lengerke Grenadier Battalion
2nd Division
Wilhelm von Knyphausen
Wilhelm Reichsfreiherr zu Innhausen und Knyphausen was a general from Hesse-Cassel. He fought in the American Revolutionary War, during which he led Hessian mercenaries on behalf of the British Empire.-Biography:His father was colonel in a German regiment under the Duke of Marlborough...
(not engaged)
- Unbrigaded:
- 17th Light Dragoons
- 2nd Light Infantry Battalion, Major John Maitland
- 14 light companies of the line
- Hessian JägerJäger (military)Jäger is a term that was adopted in the Enlightenment era in German-speaking states and others influenced by German military practice to describe a kind of light infantry, and it has continued in that use since then....
: Lieutenant Colonel Ludwig von WurmbLudwig von WurmbLudwig von Wurmb was a lieutenant general in the army of Hesse-Kassel during the Napoleonic Wars. In the English-speaking world he is probably best known for his service for the British in North America during the War of American Independence, when, as a lieutenant colonel, he commanded the...
- Foot Jäger company, Captain Johann EwaldJohann EwaldJohann von Ewald was a German military officer from Hesse-Kassel. After first serving in the Seven Years' War, he was the commander of the jäger corps of the Hessian Leib Infantry Regiment attached to British forces in the American Revolutionary War. He arrived with his troops, first serving in...
- Foot Jäger company, Captain Carl Wreden
- Mounted Jäger company, Captain Richard Lorey
- Foot Jäger company, Captain Johann Ewald
- Maryland loyalists
- Pennsylvania loyalists
- West Jersey loyalists
- 1st Brigade: Major General James Grant
- 4th Foot
- 28th Foot
- 49th Foot
- 2nd Brigade: Major General Grant
- 5th Foot
- 27th Foot
- 55th Foot
- Hessian Brigade: Major General Johann Daniel Stirn
- Erbprinz Infantry Regiment
- Donop Infantry Regiment
- Mirbach Infantry Regiment
American Army order of battle
George Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...
(11,000)
Advanced Guard
Major General Charles LeeCharles Lee (general)
Charles Lee was a British soldier who later served as a General of the Continental Army during the American War of Independence. Lee served in the British army during the Seven Years War. After the war he sold his commission and served for a time in the Polish army of King Stanislaus II...
- Artillery: Four 3-pound guns, eight 6-pound guns
- Advance Guard: Brigadier General Anthony WayneAnthony WayneAnthony Wayne was a United States Army general and statesman. Wayne adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, where his military exploits and fiery personality quickly earned him a promotion to the rank of brigadier general and the sobriquet of Mad Anthony.-Early...
- Varnum's Brigade: Brigadier General James Mitchell VarnumJames Mitchell VarnumJames Mitchell Varnum was an American legislator, lawyer and a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.-Early life:James Mitchell Varnum was born in Dracut, Massachusetts...
(300-600)- 1st Rhode Island Regiment1st Rhode Island RegimentThe 1st Rhode Island Regiment was a Continental Army regiment from Rhode Island during the American Revolutionary War . Like most regiments of the Continental Army, the unit went through several incarnations and name changes. It became well-known as the "Black Regiment" because, for a time, it had...
- 2nd Rhode Island Regiment2nd Rhode Island RegimentThe 2nd Rhode Island Regiment also known as Hitchcock's Regiment was authorized on 6 May 1775 under Colonel Daniel Hitchcock in the Rhode Island Army of Observation and was organized on 8 May 1775 as eight companies of volunteers from Providence County of the colony of Rhode Island...
- 4th Connecticut Regiment4th Connecticut RegimentThe 4th Connecticut Regiment was raised on April 27, 1775 at Hartford, Connecticut. The regiment would see action in the Invasion of Canada. After which the regiment was disbanded on December 20, 1775 and reformed on September 16, 1776 to fight in the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and...
- 8th Connecticut Regiment8th Connecticut RegimentThe 8th Connecticut Regiment also known as 17th Continental Regiment was raised on September 16, 1776 at Danbury, Connecticut. The regiment would see action in the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Monmouth. The regiment was merged into the 1st Connecticut Regiment on...
- 1st Rhode Island Regiment
- Jackson's Regiment: Colonel Henry JacksonHenry Jackson (general)Born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 19 October 1747, Henry Jackson was the youngest son of Joseph and Susannah Jackson. Before the War for Independence, he was an officer of the First Corps of Cadets in Boston, which was disbanded during the British occupation...
(200) - 9th Pennsylvania Regiment9th Pennsylvania RegimentThe 9th Pennsylvania Regiment was authorized 16 September 1776 and was assigned to the main Continental Army on 27 December 1776. It was organized during the spring of 1777 to consite of eight companies of volunteers from Westmoreland, Lancaster, Chester, Philadelphia and Cumberland counties of the...
(detached from 3rd Pennsylvania Brigade) - Scott's Brigade (300-600)It is not clear what Johnson meant by this unit. Scott's 4th Virginia Brigade consisted of the 4th, 8th, and 12th Regiments, which were named separately.
- Varnum's Brigade: Brigadier General James Mitchell Varnum
- La Fayette's Detachment: Major General Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La FayetteGilbert du Motier, marquis de La FayetteMarie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette , often known as simply Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and military officer born in Chavaniac, in the province of Auvergne in south central France...
(1,000)- 3rd Maryland Regiment3rd Maryland Regiment-Summary:The 3rd Maryland Regiment was organized on 27 March 1776 of eight companies from Anne Arundel, Prince George's, Talbot, Harford and Somerset counties of the colony of Maryland. The regiment was authorized on 16 September 1776 for service with the Continental Army and was assigned on 27...
(detached from 1st Maryland Brigade) - 3rd New Hampshire Regiment3rd New Hampshire RegimentThe 3rd New Hampshire Regiment, also known as the 2nd Continental Regiment, was authorized on 22 May 1775, organized 1-8 June 1775, and adopted into the Continental Army on 14 June, 1775, as the third of three regiments raised by the state of New Hampshire during the American Revolution...
(detached from Poor) - 4th New York Regiment4th New York RegimentThe 4th New York Regiment was authorized on May 25, 1775 and organized from June 28 to August 4 from Westchester, Dutchess, Kings, Queens, and Richmond counties for service with the Continental Army under the command of James Holmes...
(detached from Poor) - 4th Pennsylvania Regiment4th Pennsylvania RegimentThe 4th Pennsylvania Regiment was raised December 9, 1775 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action during the Canadian Campaign of 1775-76 , Garrison Duty at Ticonderoga 1776-77, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth...
(detached from Butler) - 13th Pennsylvania Regiment13th Pennsylvania RegimentThe 13th Pennsylvania Regiment, also known as The Pennsylvania State Rifle Regiment and Miles's Regiment, was raised March 6, 1776 as a state militia regiment and later for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action during the New York Campaign, Battle of Trenton, Battle of...
- 5th Virginia Regiment5th Virginia RegimentThe 5th Virginia Regiment was raised on December 28, 1775 at Richmond, Virginia for service with the U.S. Continental Army. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston. The regiment...
(detached from Muhlenberg)
- 3rd Maryland Regiment
- Scott's Brigade: Brigadier General Charles Scott (1,440)
- 4th Virginia Regiment4th Virginia RegimentThe 4th Virginia Regiment was raised on December 28, 1775 at Suffolk Court House, Virginia for service with the Continental Army. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston...
- 8th Virginia Regiment8th Virginia RegimentThe 8th Virginia Regiment was raised on January 11, 1776 at Suffolk Court House, Virginia for service with the Continental Army under the command of Peter Muhlenberg. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine, the Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Monmouth...
- 11th Virginia Regiment11th Virginia RegimentThe 11th Virginia Regiment was a Continental Army regiment that fought in the American Revolutionary War.Authorized by the Second Continental Congress on 16 September 1776, it was organized on 3 February 1777 and consisted of four companies from the Virginia counties of Loudoun, Frederick, Prince...
(detached from Woodford) - 12th Virginia Regiment12th Virginia RegimentThe 12th Virginia Regiment was raised on September 16, 1776 at Williamsburg, Virginia for service with the Continental Army. The regiment saw action in the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston...
- 4th Maryland Regiment4th Maryland RegimentThe 4th Maryland Regiment was organized on 27 March 1776 with eight companies from Baltimore, Anne Arundel and Somerset counties in the colony of Maryland. It was authorized on 16 September 1776 for service with the Continental Army and assigned to the main on 27 December 1776. It was assigned to...
(detached from 2nd Maryland Brigade) - 14th Massachusetts Regiment14th Massachusetts RegimentThe 14th Massachusetts Regiment was raised on September 16, 1776 under Colonel Gamaliel Bradford at Boston, Massachusetts. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Saratoga and the Battle of Monmouth. The regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1781 at West Point, New York.-External links:*...
(detached from Patterson) - 1st New Hampshire Regiment1st New Hampshire RegimentThe 1st New Hampshire Regiment was an infantry unit that came into existence on 22 May 1775 at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. John Stark was the regiment's first commander. The unit fought at Chelsea Creek and Bunker Hill in 1775. On 1 January 1776, while engaged in the Siege of...
(detached from Poor)
- 4th Virginia Regiment
- New Jersey Brigade: Brigadier General William Maxwell (900-1,000)
- 1st New Jersey Regiment1st New Jersey RegimentThe 1st New Jersey Regiment was the first organized militia regiment in New Jersey, formed in 1673 in Piscataway "to repel foreign Indians who come down from upper Pennsylvania and western New York to our shores and fill with fishes and clams and on the way back make a general nuisance of...
- 2nd New Jersey Regiment2nd New Jersey RegimentThe 2nd New Jersey Regiment was raised, on 9 October 1775, at Trenton, New Jersey, for service with the Continental Army under the command of Colonel William Maxwell...
- 3rd New Jersey Regiment3rd New Jersey RegimentThe 3rd New Jersey Regiment was raised, on January 1, 1776, at Elizabethtown, New Jersey for service with the Continental Army. One of the captains of this regiment was Jonathan Dayton, the youngest signer of the Constitution...
- 4th New Jersey Regiment4th New Jersey RegimentThe 4th New Jersey Regiment from the revolution as followed by the 4th NJ in the Civil War.The originalwas raised on September 16, 1776 at Elizabethtown, New Jersey for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and the Battle...
- 1st New Jersey Regiment
- New Jersey Militia Brigade: Brigadier General Philemon DickinsonPhilemon DickinsonPhilemon Dickinson was an American lawyer and politician from Trenton, New Jersey. As a brigadier general of the New Jersey militia, he was one of the most effective militia officers of the American Revolutionary War. He was also a Continental Congressman from Delaware and a United States Senator...
(800)
Right Wing
Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene was a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. When the war began, Greene was a militia private, the lowest rank possible; he emerged from the war with a reputation as George Washington's most gifted and dependable officer. Many places in the United...
- Artillery: Four 3-pound guns, two 6-pound guns
- 1st Virginia Brigade: Brigadier General Peter MuhlenbergPeter MuhlenbergJohn Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg was an American clergyman, Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and political figure in the newly-independent United States...
(575)- 1st Virginia Regiment1st Virginia RegimentThe 1st Virginia Regiment was raised, on July 17, 1775, at Williamsburg, Virginia as a state militia unit and later for service with the Continental Army. Its origins go back to the Charles City-Henrico County Regiment of Militia founded in 1652. During the French and Indian War it was the...
- 9th Virginia Regiment9th Virginia RegimentThe 9th Virginia Regiment was authorized in the Virginia State Troops on January 11, 1776. It was subsequently organized between February 5 and March 16, 1776 and comprised seven companies of troops from easternmost Virginia. The unit was adopted into the Continental Army on May 31, 1776. The...
- 13th Virginia Regiment13th Virginia RegimentThe 13th Virginia Regiment was a United States infantry regiment during the American Revolutionary War.-Summary:The 13th Virginia Regiment was authorized on 16 September 1776 by the Continental Congress for service with the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War...
- Hausegger's German Battalion
- 1st Virginia Regiment
- 2nd Virginia Brigade: Brigadier General George WeedonGeorge WeedonGeorge Weedon was an American soldier during the Revolutionary War from Fredericksburg, Virginia.He served as a Brigadier General in the Continental Army and later in the Virginia militia....
(449)- 2nd Virginia Regiment2nd Virginia RegimentThe 2d Virginia Regiment was authorized by the Virginia Convention, July 17, 1775, as a force of regular troops for the Commonwealth's defense. It consisted of seven companies, 476 privates and the usual regimental officers...
- 6th Virginia Regiment6th Virginia RegimentThe 6th Virginia Regiment was raised on December 28, 1775 at Williamsburg, Virginia for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston...
- 10th Virginia Regiment10th Virginia Regiment-History:The 10th Virginia Regiment was raised on December 28, 1775 in western Virginia for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston...
- 14th Virginia Regiment14th Virginia RegimentThe 14th Virginia Regiment was raised on September 16, 1776 in western Virginia for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth, and Siege of Charleston. Most of the regiment was captured at Charlestown,...
- 2nd Virginia Regiment
- 3rd Virginia Brigade: Brigadier General William WoodfordWilliam WoodfordWilliam Woodford was an American Revolutionary War general from Virginia.He was born in Caroline County, Virginia, in a town now known as Woodford. He served in the French and Indian War as an ensign in Colonel George Washington's Virginia Regiment, and was promoted to lieutenant in 1761...
(385)- 3rd Virginia Regiment3rd Virginia RegimentThe 3rd Virginia Regiment was raised on December 28, 1775 at Alexandria, Virginia for service with the Continental Army. The 3d Virginia's initial commander was Colonel Hugh Mercer, who was quickly promoted to brigadier general. Its second commander, George Weedon, was also promoted to brigadier...
- 7th Virginia Regiment7th Virginia RegimentThe 7th Virginia Regiment was raised on January 11, 1776 at Gloucester, Virginia for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown , Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston...
- 15th Virginia Regiment15th Virginia RegimentThe 15th Virginia Regiment was raised on December 28, 1775 in eastern, Virginia for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston...
- 3rd Virginia Regiment
- Maryland Brigades: Brigadier General William SmallwoodWilliam SmallwoodWilliam Smallwood was an American planter, soldier and politician from Charles County, Maryland. He served in the American Revolutionary War, rising to the rank of major general...
- 1st Maryland Brigade: Unknown commander (657)
- 1st Maryland Regiment1st Maryland RegimentThe 1st Maryland Regiment originated with the authorization of a Maryland Battalion of the Maryland State Troops on 14 January 1776...
- 5th Maryland Regiment5th Maryland RegimentThe designation "5th Maryland" has been held by several units over the years, not all of which necessarily share the same lineage and honors. The first such unit, the 5th Maryland Regiment was organized on 27 March 1776 composing of eight companies of volunteers from the counties of Queen Anne's,...
- 7th Maryland Regiment7th Maryland RegimentThe 7th Maryland Regiment was authorized on 16 September 1776, for service with the Continental Army and was assigned on 27 December 1776. The regiment was composed of eight companies of volunteers organized from Frederick and Baltimore counties of the colony of Maryland. On 22 May 1777, it was...
- 1st Delaware Regiment1st Delaware RegimentThe 1st Delaware Regiment was raised on December 9, 1775 for service with the continental army under the command of Colonel John Haslet. The regiment would see action during the New York Campaign, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and the Battle of...
- 1st Maryland Regiment
- 2nd Maryland Brigade: Unknown commander (529)
- 2nd Maryland Regiment2nd Maryland RegimentFor the American Civil War regiment, see 2nd Maryland Infantry.-Summary:The 2nd Maryland Regiment origins were authorized on 14 January 1776 in the Maryland State Troops as seven independent companies.From 7 to 14 March 1776 the companies were organized from various counties from the eastern region...
- 6th Maryland Regiment6th Maryland RegimentThe 6th Maryland Regiment was organized on 27 March 1776 composed of eight companies of volunteers from Prince Georges, Queen Anne's, Frederick, Cecil, Harford, and Anne Arundel counties in the colony of Maryland.It was authorized on 16 September 1776 for service with the Continental Army and was...
- 2nd Maryland Regiment
- 1st Maryland Brigade: Unknown commander (657)
- New Hampshire Brigade: Brigadier General Enoch PoorEnoch PoorEnoch Poor was a brigadier general in the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. He was a ship builder and merchant from Exeter, New Hampshire.-Biography:...
(639)- 2nd New Hampshire Regiment2nd New Hampshire RegimentThe 2nd New Hampshire Regiment, also known as the 8th Continental Regiment, was formed in early May of 1775, as the second of three Continental Army regiments raised by the state of New Hampshire during the American Revolutionary War. Its first commander was Colonel Enoch Poor, with Joseph Cilley...
- 2nd New York Regiment2nd New York RegimentThe 2nd New York Regiment was authorized on May 25, 1775, and formed at Albany from June 28 to August 4 for service with the Continental Army under the command of Colonel Goose Van Schaick...
- 2nd New Hampshire Regiment
- North Carolina Brigade: Brigadier General Lachlan McIntoshLachlan McIntoshLachlan McIntosh was a British-born American military and political leader during the American Revolution and the early United States. In a 1777 duel, he shot dead Button Gwinnett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.-Arrival in Georgia:Lachlan McIntosh was born near Raits, Badenoch,...
(369)- 1st North Carolina Regiment1st North Carolina RegimentThe 1st North Carolina Regiment was raised on September 1, 1775, at Wilmington, North Carolina, for service with the Continental Army. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston. The regiment was captured by the British...
- 2nd North Carolina Regiment2nd North Carolina RegimentThe 2nd North Carolina Regiment was raised on September 1, 1775 at New Bern, North Carolina for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston. The regiment would be captured by the...
- 3rd North Carolina Regiment3rd North Carolina RegimentThe 3rd North Carolina Regiment was raised, on January 16, 1776, at Wilmington, North Carolina for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston. The regiment would be captured by...
- 4th North Carolina Regiment4th North Carolina RegimentThe 4th North Carolina Regiment was raised on January 16, 1776 at Wilmington, North Carolina for service with the Continental Army. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston. The regiment was captured by the British...
- 5th North Carolina Regiment5th North Carolina RegimentThe 5th North Carolina Regiment was assigned on March 26, 1776 to the Continental Army in the Southern Department. It was organized in the spring of 1776 at Wilmington, North Carolina as eight companies of volunteers from the districts of Newbern, Edenton and Hillsborough of the colony of North...
- 6th North Carolina Regiment6th North Carolina RegimentThe 6th North Carolina Regiment was raised on March 26, 1776 at New Bern, North Carolina for service with the Continental Army. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Monmouth...
- 1st North Carolina Regiment
- Connecticut Brigade: Brigadier General Jedediah HuntingtonJedediah HuntingtonJedediah Huntington , also known as Jedidiah Huntington, was an American general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was born in Norwich, Connecticut, the son of Jabez Huntington . The Gen. Jedidiah Huntington House in Norwichtown, Connecticut, survives and was listed...
(509)- 1st Connecticut Regiment1st Connecticut RegimentThe 1st Connecticut Regiment was a unit of the Continental Army, and was involved in the American Revolutionary War. The regiment was initially formed in 1776, and was active in various forms until 1783.-1776–1780:...
- 2nd Connecticut Regiment2nd Connecticut RegimentThe 2nd Connecticut Regiment was authorized in the Continental Army on September 16, 1776. It was organized between 1 January - April 1777 at Danbury, Connecticut of eight companies from the counties of Fairfield, Windham, and Hartford in the state of Connecticut and assigned on 3 April 1777 to...
- 3rd Connecticut Regiment3rd Connecticut RegimentThe 3rd Connecticut Regiment was authorized on 16 September 1776 and was organized between 1 January - April 1777 of eight companies of volunteers from the counties of Windham and Hartford in the state of Connecticut. On 3 April 1777 it was assigned to the 1st Connecticut Brigade in the Highland's...
- 5th Connecticut Regiment5th Connecticut RegimentThe 5th Connecticut Regiment was raised on April 27, 1775 at Danbury, Connecticut under the command of David Waterbury. The Regiment was one of six formed by the Connecticut Legislature in response to the hostilities at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. The Fifth would see its first action...
- 7th Connecticut Regiment7th Connecticut RegimentThe 7th Connecticut Regiment was raised on September 16, 1776 at New Milford, Connecticut. The regiment would see action in the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Monmouth...
- 1st Connecticut Regiment
Left Wing
- Artillery: Four 3-pound guns, two 6-pound guns
- 1st Pennsylvania Brigade: Colonel James Chambers (352)
- 1st Pennsylvania Regiment1st Pennsylvania RegimentThe 1st Pennsylvania Regiment, also known as the Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment and 1st Continental Regiment, was raised under the command of Colonel William Thompson for service in the Continental Army.-History:...
, Colonel James Chambers - 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment2nd Pennsylvania RegimentThe 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment, also known as The 1st Pennsylvania Battalion, was raised, October 12, 1775, under the command of Colonel John Bull for service with the Continental Army. The regiment saw action during the Battles of Brooklyn, Valcour Island, Trenton, the Brandywine, Germantown,...
- 7th Pennsylvania Regiment7th Pennsylvania RegimentThe 7th Pennsylvania Regiment was raised January 4, 1776 at Carlisle, Pennsylvania for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action during the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Battle of Springfield...
- 10th Pennsylvania Regiment10th Pennsylvania RegimentThe 10th Pennsylvania Regiment was raised September 16, 1776 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for service with the Continental Army. The regiment saw action during the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Battle of Springfield...
- 1st Pennsylvania Regiment
- 2nd Pennsylvania Brigade: Colonel Francis Johnston (401)
- 5th Pennsylvania Regiment5th Pennsylvania RegimentThe 5th Pennsylvania Regiment was raised December 9, 1775 at Chester, Pennsylvania for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action during the Battle of Valcour Island, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Battle of Springfield...
, Colonel Francis Johnston - 8th Pennsylvania Regiment8th Pennsylvania RegimentThe 8th Pennsylvania Regiment was authorized by the Continental Congress on 11 July 1776 as part of the Continental Army for frontier defense in the Northern Department during the American Revolutionary War...
- 11th Pennsylvania Regiment11th Pennsylvania Regiment-Summary:The 11th Pennsylvania Regiment was raised September 16, 1776 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action during the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Monmouth...
- 5th Pennsylvania Regiment
- 3rd Pennsylvania Brigade: Colonel Robert MagawRobert MagawRobert Magaw was a lawyer from Carlisle, Pennsylvania who served as a colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.Robert was born in Philadelphia, PA, in 1738...
(343)- 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment3rd Pennsylvania RegimentThe 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment was raised, on December 9, 1775, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action during the Battle of Valcour Island, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Battle of Springfield...
- 6th Pennsylvania Regiment6th Pennsylvania RegimentThe 6th Pennsylvania Regiment was a unit of the United States of America Army, raised December 9, 1775 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action during the New York Campaign, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and...
- 12th Pennsylvania Regiment12th Pennsylvania RegimentThe 12th Pennsylvania Regiment also known as Northumberland Defense Battalion was raised August 23, 1776 at Sunbury, Pennsylvania as a state militia regiment and later for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action during the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and the...
- 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment
Note that at Valley Forge, the Pennsylvania brigades were led by Colonel Thomas Hartley
Thomas Hartley
Thomas Hartley was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician from York, Pennsylvania.He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania and practiced law in York...
, Lieutenant Colonel William Butler
William Butler (colonel)
Colonel William Butler was a Pennsylvania officer during the American Revolutionary War, known for his leadership in the Battle of Monmouth, the burning of the Indian villages at Unadilla and Oquaga, and in the Sullivan-Clinton Expedition....
, and Brigadier General Thomas Conway
Thomas Conway
Thomas Conway was a French soldier from Ireland who served as a major general in the American Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He became involved with the alleged Conway Cabal. He later served with Émigré forces during the French Revolutionary War.-Early life:Conway was born...
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- 2nd Massachusetts Brigade: Brigadier General John Glover (512)
- 1st Massachusetts Regiment1st Massachusetts RegimentThe 1st Massachusetts Regiment was authorized on 23 April 1775 in the Massachusetts State Troops as Paterson's Regiment under Colonel John Paterson and was organized at Cambridge, colony of Massachusetts during the spring of 1775 constiting of eleven companies of volunteers from Berkshire,...
- 4th Massachusetts Regiment4th Massachusetts RegimentThe 4th Massachusetts Regiment also known as 3rd Continental Regiment was raised on April 23, 1775 under Colonel Ebenezer Learned outside of Boston, Massachusetts. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Bunker Hill, New York Campaign, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Battle of...
- 13th Massachusetts Regiment13th Massachusetts RegimentThe 13th Massachusetts Regiment was first raised on July 11, 1776 as the 6th Continental Regiment under Colonel Edward Wigglesworth and was manned with troops raised primarily from Essex, York, and Cumberland Counties. It was first known as Wigglesworth's State Regiment. An additional battalion was...
- 15th Massachusetts Regiment15th Massachusetts RegimentThe 15th Massachusetts Regiment was raised on September 16, 1776 under Colonel Bigelow at Boston, Massachusetts. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Monmouth and the Battle of Rhode Island. The regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1781 at West Point, New...
- 1st Massachusetts Regiment
- 3rd Massachusetts Brigade: Brigadier General John Patterson (357)
- 10th Massachusetts Regiment10th Massachusetts RegimentThe 10th Massachusetts Regiment was authorized on 16 September 1776 in the Continental Army under Colonel Marshall at Boston, Massachusetts as eight companies of volunteers from Worcester, Middlesex, Essex, Bristol, Hampshire, Plymouth, and Suffolk counties of the colony of Massachusetts and...
- 11th Massachusetts Regiment11th Massachusetts RegimentThe 11th Massachusetts Regiment was raised on September 16, 1776 under Colonel Ebenezer Francis at Boston, Massachusetts. The 11th Mass. would see action at the Battle of Hubbardton, Battle of Saratoga and the Battle of Monmouth...
- 12th Massachusetts Regiment12th Massachusetts RegimentThe 12th Massachusetts Regiment, also known as 18th Continental Regiment, was raised on April 23, 1775 under Colonel Phinney outside of Boston, Massachusetts. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of Valcour Island, Battle of Saratoga and the Battle of Monmouth...
- 10th Massachusetts Regiment
- 4th Massachusetts Brigade: Brigadier General Ebenezer LearnedEbenezer LearnedEbenezer Learned was a brigadier general in the American Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.-Early life and career:...
(294)- 2nd Massachusetts Regiment2nd Massachusetts RegimentThe 2nd Massachusetts Regiment was a unit of the Massachusetts Line in the 1777 establishment of the Continental Army. It was a successor to a number of Massachusetts provincial regiments from the army's 1775 establishment , and was known as the 23rd Continental Regiment during the 1776...
- 8th Massachusetts Regiment8th Massachusetts RegimentThe 8th Massachusetts Regiment also known as 16th Continental Regiment was raised on April 23, 1775 under Colonel Sargent at Cambridge, Massachusetts. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Bunker Hill, New York Campaign, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton and the Battle of Saratoga...
- 2nd Massachusetts Regiment