David, I can answer in genral terms but don't have exact dates. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Armstrong" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 4:23 PM Subject: [AMER-REV] Ft Pitt > Hi Mark > > Yeah, I noticed "Advance " is missing. Does anyone on this list know if "Advance is on line anywhere? > > Also,. I would like to see or create a list of what units were at Pittsburgh and when. I heard that Gen. Hand han 3 units of Continentals but I don't know which three. Have you made any headway? During Hands tenure I'm only aware of the 13th VA being the only regular Army unit at Ft. Pitt. There were of course militia. The 8th PA doesn't arrive until after Valley Forge ~June/July 1778. The 13th was organized at Ft. Pitt in Feb 1777 with the exact date 5 Companies were sent east unclear. Sometime summer to early fall 1777. 4 Companies stayed at Ft. Pitt. The men sent east go into winter quarters at VF Dec - Jan when they are then sent in Feb 1778 to Lancaster PA. 2 Companies in March are sent from Lancaster back to Ft. Pitt arriving in April 1778 with the remaining men arriving in June. You mentioned your guy was from a MD rifle company so there were misc. men coming and going. One problem with the 13th order books missing is these types of movements aren't easily tracked. Unless you can find a pension app that details an individuals account of his service. By "units' are you referring to companies or regiments? He should have had 4 Companies of the 13th and I undertand 2 Independant Companies. I don't have details on the Independant Companies or headcounts on militia. > There is an undated petition from Hannastown which one of my ancestors signed (SW PA was crawling with my people) in which the petitioners were protesting a recent move of a garrison of troops from Hannastown to Kittaning which left them unmguarded. Any idea the date of this or which unit it was? Well, you have the idea of some of my line of inquiry. I know that the officer my Charles Bodkin enlisted (Capt. David Scott) under was at Kittaning in Aug 1777 and recalled to Ft. Pitt arriving Sept. I don't have a headcount. There were many militia involved at this time. I don't have anything on troop movements at Hannastown. > > Pittsburgh was for a little over a year the government center of this area in WV where I live when WV was part of the County ("District") of West Augusta. This is another reason for my interest. > > I have been fortunate to be able to reconstruct some of the troop movements in and out of here (Tygart Valley) during the 1770s and 1780s but it is like digging for dinosaur teeth in a rocky desert. You sift through a good bit of stuff then every once in a while find a gem. Put enough of the gems toghether and a picture forms. I think I have came up with a picture for West Augusta that no one else has, but I can't be sure as I lack a complete list of what everyone else has. <grin> > I've seen militia from as far away as Hampshire Co. Hope this helps. Mark