Assigned to the defense of the Chesapeake Bay, fought throughout the New York Campaign, Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth Court House, and Greenes Southern Campaign. 4th Pennsylvania Regiment (Revolutionary War) Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Military Records Pennsylvania in the Revolutionary War 4th Pennsylvania Regiment Contents 1 7 Brief History Colonels Companies Company A - Captain Edward Scull of Berks County, Captain William Henderson Company B - Captain William Gray of Northumberland County 9th Massachusetts Regiment: April of 1775. Elements of this corps fought at Brandywine, Germantown, Newtown; other elements served as independent troops during the Iroquois Campaign and in the New Jersey Campaign. Woodbridges Regiment: April of 1775. The regiment was assigned to Thomas Mifflin 's brigade in the main army on June 26, 1776. 5th Maryland Regiment: September of 1776. Although this issue was the last bargaining chip for the mutineers, the agents were provided, thus keeping to their promise of the 4th, in six days for to complete and settle every such demand.(33) The agents were later hanged. The soldiers' grievances were founded upon a violation of the literal enlistment contracts between themselves and the Pennsylvania government, a parallel to the rebels' conflict . He was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army upon the formation of the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment on October 25, 1776. New York Campaign, Saratoga, Philadelphia Campaign, Monmouth Court House, and the Iroquois Campaign (also known as Sullivans Expedition). During the withdrawal, the British captured Haussegger and some of his men near the lower fords of Assunpink Creek. Expanded with the addition of Steven's Rhode Island Train of Artillery Jan. 1776, Authorized June 1776 in Virginia State Troops as Troops of Light Horse, Redesignated June 1776 as Virginia Light Horse, Adopted Nov 1776 into the Continental Army (see also, The regiment was organized Dec 1776-June 1777 (see also, Authorized Apr 1776 in the North Carolina State Troops, The regiment was organized in spring and summer 1776, Authorized Dec 1776 Major Nicholas Dietrich, Baron de Ottendorf's, Corp, The regiment was organized Dec 1776 -June 1777 (see also, Authorized in Jan 1776 as 1st & 2d Troop of Georgia Horse, Adopted July 1776 in Continental Army, concurrently Redesignated (see also. [22] On 22 May 1777, Washington assigned the German Battalion to the 2nd Maryland Brigade, then he quickly changed his mind and reassigned it to the 1st Virginia Brigade two days later. Virginia Continental Artillery Company: March of 1776. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! The unit defended Connecticut in 1777, then fought at Hudson Highlands, Rhode Island, and was reorganized in 1780 into other units. Ottendorfs Corps: December of 1776. The Philadelphia Campaign, Charleston, and Greenes Southern Campaign. Many personnel had previously served in the 4th Pennsylvania Battalion. [3] Henry Dearborn's journal listed the "German Regt" under Weltner in Hand's Brigade, together with Lieutenant Colonel Adam Hubley's 11th Pennsylvania Regiment and independent companies led by Captains John Paul Schott and Simon Spaulding. [33], At the Battle of Monmouth on 28 June 1778, Weltner commanded the German Battalion. [3] Brigadier General Peter Muhlenberg was the commander of the brigade,[23] which also included the 1st, 5th, 9th, and 13th Virginia Regiments. To expedite the move, Muhlenberg's brigade was ordered to take a different route. The regiment was assigned to Thomas Mifflin's brigade in the main army on June 26, 1776. This independently organized unit participated in the Siege of Boston. Reorganized in 1779. East Florida Expeditions, Savannah, and Sunbury. This page is not available in other languages. American Revolution German Battalion - RevWarTalk Cottons Regiment: April of 1775. The Siege of Boston, New York Campaign, Saratoga, Philadelphia Campaign, Monmouth Court House, Rhode Island, and the Siege of Yorktown. Each regiment was to be reduced from ten to eight companies. There are no rolls for this battalion under the 1777 arrangement, and no clues to the origen of the companies other than the captain's names. Reorganized, and one company fought in the invasion of Canada. 2nd Georgia Regiment: July of 1776. The Pennsylvania Line Mutiny, its Origins and Patriotism Fermoy's brigade marched with the left column which was accompanied by George Washington.
