5TH
CONNECTICUT
DIVISION: FIRST
BRIGADE: 2 ND CT BRIGADE
HISTORY: ORGANIZED JANUARY 1777 AT DANBURY FROM FAIRFIELD, HARTFORD AND LITCHFIELD COUNTIES.
ENTERED VALLEY FORGE WITH 479 MEN ASSIGNED, 277 FIT FOR DUTY, LEFT VALLEY FORGE COMBINED WITH 2ND CT.
PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS : CONN 1777, DEFENSE OF PHILADELPHIA, PHILA-MONMOUTH.
| Staff Officers | |
| Colonel | PHILIP BRADLEY |
| Lt. Colonel | MATHEW MEAD |
| Major | JONATHAN JOHNSON |
| Company Officers | |
| Captain | JOSIAH CHILD |
| Captain | ELI CATLIN |
| Captain | SAMUEL HAIT |
| Captain | JOSIAH LACEY |
| Captain | ABNER PRIOR |
| Captain | EZEKIEL SANFORD |
| Captain | SOLOMAN STRONG |
| Captain | JOSEPH A WRIGHT |
| Staff Officers | |
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Chaplain |
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| Quartermaster | JAMES WHELPLEY |
| Adjutant | HEZEKIAH ROGERS |
| Paymaster | JOB SMITH |
| Surgeon | BENJAMIN PUTMAN |
| Surgeon Mate | JABEZ SMITH |
| Quartermaster Sergeant | JASPER MEAD / DANIEL BROWN |
| Sergeant Major | JOSEPH OGDEN / SAMUEL DEFORIAT |
| Drum Major | EZRA WILLIAMS |
| Fife Major | ALLYN PRIOR |