3RD BRIGADE ARTILLERY

Brigade of Artillery | 3rd Artillery Regiment

History

Organized spring 1777 at Boston, Massachusetts, and Peeksville, New York. 12 Companies from Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Entered Valley Forge January 1778 with 206 fit for duty.

Left Valley Forge with 320 fit for duty.

Previous Engagements: Northern New Jersey, Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

• Colonel John Crane
• Lt. Colonel John Popkin
• Major William Perkins

Company Commanders

• Captain David Allen
• Captain Henry Burbeck
• Captain David Cook
• Captain Benjamin Eustis
• Captain Benjamin Frothingham
• Captain William Perkins
• Captain Winthrop Sargent
• Captain Thomas Seward
• Captain William Treadwell
• Captain Gibbs Jones

Regimental Staff

• Quartermaster Thomas Baker
• Adjutant James Gardner
• Paymaster Charles Knowles
• Surgeon Isaac Spofford
• Surgeon Samual Adams
• Surgeon’s Mate Benjamin Upham
• Surgeon’s Mate Josiah Watrous
• Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas Blake
• Sergeant Major William Moore
• Drum Major Joshua Hardy
• Fife Major Samuel Mallus