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1st Pennsylvania Regiment

History

Organized June-July 1775 from Cumberland, Lancaster, Northumberland, Northampton, Bedford, York and Berks counties.

Entered Valley Forge with 385 men assigned and 122 fit for duty.

Left Valley Forge with 344 assigned 221 fit for duty.

Previous engagements: Siege of Boston, New York City, Trenton-Princeton, Northern New Jersey, Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth.

Field Officers

  • Colonel James Chambers
  • Lt. Colonel Thomas Robinson
  • Major James Moore

Company Commanders

  • Captain Thomas Buchanan
  • Captain James Wilson
  • Captain James Parr
  • Captain Samuel Parr
  • Captain William Wilson
  • Captain David Ziegler
  • Captain John Holliday
  • Captain John Mcclellan
  • Captain Samuel Craig

Regimental Staff

  • Quartermaster Joseph Conn
  • Quartermaster Andrew Johnston
  • Adjutant Robert Ralston
  • Adjutant Henry Mccarmick
  • Surgeon Francis O'Neal
  • Surgeon William Magaw
  • Surgeon’s Mate John Rague
  • Quartermaster Sergeant David Marshall
  • Sergeant Major John Mcmurtrey