1ST MASSACHUSETTS

DIVISION:  FOURTH

BRIGADE:  2ND MA

HISTORY: ORGANIZED IN 1775 AT CAMBRIDGE, MA FROM

BERKSHIRE, HAMPSHIRE, SUFFOLK, MIDDLESEX,WORCHESTER AND YORK COUNTIES AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN CT.

Entered Valley Forge with 436 men assigned 281 fit for duty, left Valley Forge with 386assigned and 232 fit for duty.

Previous Engagements: SIEGE OF BOSTON, DEFENSE OF CANADA, LAKECHAMPLAIN, TRENTON-PRINCETON, SARATOGA, DEFENSE OF PHILADELPHIA, PHILADELPHIA-MONMOUTH.

Staff Officers
Colonel JOSEPH VOSE
Lt. Colonel ELIJAH VOSE
Major THOMAS COGSWELL
Company Officers
Captain MOSES ASHLEY
Captain NATHANIEL CUSHING
Captain ROBERT DAVIS
Captain ABRAHAM HUNT
Captain JEREMIAH MILLER
Captain GEORGE SMITH
Captain ORRINGH STODDARD
Captain ABRAHAM TUCKERMAN
Staff Officers

Chaplain

 
Quartermaster JAMES WEBB / AZARIAH EGELSTON
Adjutant  STEPHEN PEARL / ARCHALES LENIS
Paymaster BILL VOSE
Surgeon  JOHN CRAIN
Surgeon Mate  JOSEPH FISK
Quartermaster Sergeant   ASHLEY GOODRICH
Sergeant Major  ELISA GILBERT
Drum Major   JOHN DAVIS / RICHARD RYAN
Fife Major  JOHN RICHARDS