8th Connecticut Regiment
Lee’s Division |
Varnum’s Brigade |
8th Connecticut Regiment
History
Organized January-April 1777 at Danbury from Fairfield, Litchfield, New Haven and New London Counties.
Entered Valley Forge with 506 assigned, 264 fit for duty.
Left Valley Forge with 346 assigned, 233 fit for duty.
Previous Engagements: Long Island 1777, Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth
Field Officers
- Colonel John Chandler
- Lt. Colonel Thomas Dyer
- Major Joseph Hait
Company Commanders
- Captain Paul Brigham
- Captain Samual Mattocks
- Captain Theophils Monson
- Captain David Smith
- Captain Silvanus Brown
- Captain Samuel Comstock
- Captain Nehemiah Rice
- Captain Samuel Sanford
Regimental Staff
- Chaplain Hazekiah Ripley
- Quartermaster Aaron Comstock
- Adjutant Nehemiah Rice
- Adjutant Asahel Hodge
- Paymaster Richard Sill
- Surgeon David Holmes
- Surgeon’s Mate Solomon Howe
- Surgeon’s Mate Gershwin Gilbert
- Quartermaster Sergeant William Beamont
- Sergeant Major Eli Curtis
- Sergeant Major James Olmsted
- Drum Major Samuel Smith
- Fife Major Miles Dunbar
