15th Massachusetts Regiment
de Kalb’s Division |
Glover’s Brigade |
15th Massachusetts Regiment
History
Organized spring 1777 at Boston from Worchester, Middlesex, Cumberland, Essex, Berkshire, and Bristol Counties.
Entered Valley Forge with 410 men assigned 222 fit for duty.
Left Valley Forge with 322 assigned and 197 fit for duty.
Previous Engagements: Saratoga, Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth
Field Officers
- Colonel Timothy Bigelow
- Lt. Colonel Henry Haskell
- Major Hugh Maxwell
- Major David Bradish
Company Commanders
- Captain Daniel Barnes
- Captain Joshua Brown
- Captain Paul Ellis
- Captain William Gates
- Captain Joseph Hodgkins
- Captain Adam Martin
- Captain Edmund Munro
- Captain Silvanus Smith
Regimental Staff
- Quartermaster William MacCarthy
- Adjutant Nathaniel Nazro
- Paymaster Pheneas Bowman
- Surgeon James E.B. Finley
- Surgeon’s Mate William S. Little
- Quartermaster Sergeant Joseph Pierce
- Sergeant Major John Flowers
- Drum Major William Rice
- Fife Major Ebenezer Hudson
