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Continental Army Staff — valley forge

Commander-in-Chief
General George Washington
Aides de Camp to the Commander-In-Chief
Lieutenant Colonel John Fitzgerald
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison
Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Meade
Dr. James McHenry
Tench Tilghman
Adjutant General
Colonel Timothy Pickering (also served on Board of War)
Colonel Alexander Scammell (appointed January 5, 1778)
Inspector General
Major General Thomas Conway
Major General Friedrich von Steuben (appointed March 28, 1778)
Commander, Corps of Engineers
Brigadier General Louis Lebeque Duportail
Quartermaster General
Major General Nathanael Greene (appointed March 1778)
Assistant Quartermaster Generals
Charles Pettit
John Cox
Commissary General of Purchases
William Buchanan (August 1777 – April 1778)
Jeremiah Wadsworth (appointed April 1778)
Commissary General of Issues
Colonel Charles Stewart
Commissary General of Forage
Clement Biddle
Commissary General of Musters
Joseph Ward
Deputy Muster Master General
William Bradford
Assistant Director, General Hospital Department at Valley Forge
Dr. James Craik
Judge Advocate General
John Laurance
Paymaster General
William Palfrey
Baker General
Christopher Ludwick

Collection photographs courtesy of Michael Ticcino, www.mjticcinoimages.com
George C. Neumann Collection, Valley Forge National Historical Park

Muskets: Variety was the term for firearms of the Revolutionary War, but of all the types of firearms available the most important weapon for the infantry soldier was the smoothbore musket.
Muskets: Variety was the term for firearms of the Revolutionary War, but of all the types of firearms available the most important weapon for the infantry soldier was the smoothbore musket.