FYI- I noted that this book is also available for viewing online at http://www.history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ContArmy/CA-fm.htm Frank Hess -------------- Original message -------------- From: [email protected] > > It is sometimes very difficult to determine what engagements certain members of > the army during the American Revolution actually participated in. A book that > helps finding the engagements they may have served in is the following: > > >  "The Continental Army" by Robert K. Wright Jr.; Army Lineage Series; 1983 > Center of Military History U.S. Army > > [Printed by the Government Printing Office] As this is a government publication > it could be shelved in your own library in the government's documents section, > rather than the history area. > > > > I'll highlight briefly what it mentions about the participation of the city of > Lancaster and soldiers from Lancaster Co. It does not list individual > soldier's names, but if you already know what regiment your soldier was a member > of this should help: > > NJ is New Jersey and NYC New York City below. So you will see that your > soldier from Lancaster Co. may have seen active duty in NJ, NY, MA, and even > Canada in addition to Philadelphia, where the majority of their duty seems to > have been centered : >  > > 1st Continental Regiment , later the 1st PA Regiment > >  > > Organized June 25 to July 20 1775. Redesignated 1776 1 Jan. as the 1st > Continental Regiment. Assigned 1776 April 24 to Sullivan’s Brigade, an > element of the Main Army. Relieved 1776 April 29 from Sullivan’s Brigade and > assigned to Greene’s Brigade, and element of the man army, then relieved Aug > 12 and assigned to Nixon’s Brigade, and relieved A > ug 31 and assigned to Mifflin’s Brigade, which was redesignated Oct 8 as > Stirling’s Brigade. Reorganized and redesignated 1777 Jan 1 as the 1st PA > Regiment
. > >  > > Engagements: > > Siege of Boston > > NYC > > Trenton-Princeton > > Northern NJ > > Defense of Philadelphia > > Philadelphia Monmouth > > NJ 1780 > >  > >  > > 5th PA Regiment > >  > > Organized 1776 Jan 2 to Feb. 11 at Chester to consist of eight companies some of > which were from Lancaster Co. > > Engagements: > > Defense of Canada > > Lake Champlain > > Northern NJ > > Defense of Philadelphia > > Philadelphia Monmouth > > NJ 1780 > >  > >  > > 9th PA Regiment > > Authorized 1776 Sept. 16 in the Continental Army. Assigned 1776 Dec. 27 to the > main army. Organized in spring 1777at Philadelphia
 Assigned 22 May 1777 to > the 3d PA Brigade, an element of the main army. > > Engagements: > > Northern NJ > > Defense of Philadelphia > > Philadelphia Monmouth > > NJ 1780 > > 13th (PA State Regiment) > >  > > Authorized 1776 Mar. 6 in the PA State Troops as the PA State Rifle Regiment. > Organized 1776 Mar 7 to May 29 at Marcus Hook, co consist of the 1st Battalion > (six companies) from
 and the 2d Battalion from Lancaster and other counties. > Assigned 4 July 1776 to the Main army. Assigned 12 Aug. 1776 to Stirling’s > Brigade, an element of the Main Army. Relieved 1776 Aug 31 from Stirling’s > Brigade and assigned to Mifflin’s Brigade, an element of the Main Army. > >  > > Annex 1 > > Authorized 1776=2 > 0March 6 in the PA State Troops as the PA State Musketry Battalion. Organized > 1776 March 13 to May 29 at Chester to consist of eight companies from 
 > Lancaster County and other counties. > > Engagements: > > NYC > > Trenton-Princeton > > Northern NJ > > Defense of Philadelphia > > Philadelphia Monmouth > >  > >  > > Capt. John Doyle’s Independent Rifle Company > >  > > Authorized 1776 July 16 in the Continental Army as captain John Doyle’s > Independent Rifle Company. Organized 1776 S 5 at Lancaster with recruits from > central PA (though perhaps not from Lancaster Co. herself) and assigned to the > Main Army. > > Engagements: > > Northern NJ > > Defense of Philadelphia > > Philadelphia Monmouth > > This book does not just document Lancaster Co., but the other counties of the > then colony of PA, as well as covering the other 12 colonies. > > > > --Richard B. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message