2nd PENNSYLVANIA



DIVISION:   SECOND

BRIGADE:    1ST PA

HISTORY:ORGANIZED OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1775 AT PHILADELPHIA FROM PHILADELPHIA CITY, PHILADELPHIA, BUCKS, BERKS AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES.

ENTERED VALLEY FORGE WITH 148 ASSIGNED AND 105 FIT FOR DUTY, LEFT VALLEY FORGE WITH 148 ASSIGNED AND 148 FIT FOR DUTY.

PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS: DEFENSE OF CANADA, LAKE CHAMPLAIN, NORTHERN NEW JERSEY, DEFENSE OF PHILADELPHIA, PHILADELPHIA-MONMOUTH.

Staff Officers
Colonel HENRY BICKER
Lt. Colonel HENRY MILLER
Lt. Colonel JOHN MURRAY
Major WILLIAM WILLIAMS
Company Officers
Captain JACOB ASHMEAD
Captain JOHN BANKSON
Captain SAMUEL TOLBERT
Captain GEORGE JENKINS
Captain JOHN PATTERSON
Captain JOSEPH HOWELL
Captain CHRISTIAN STADDEL
Captain PETER GOSNER
Captain JOHN STAYNER
Staff Officers

Chaplain

 
Quartermaster  
Adjutant  JOHN IRWIN
Paymaster JAMES JOHNSTON
Surgeon BENJAMIN PERRY
Surgeon Mate ROBERT HARRE
Quartermaster Sergeant  JOHN DOLLIS
Sergeant Major JONATHAN GUY / JOSEPH WEIDMEN
Drum Major WILLIAM HERRING
Fife Major