8TH MA DIVISION

                                                                8TH MASSACHUSETTS

DIVISION: FOURTH

BRIGADE:   4TH MA

HISTORY:   ORGANIZED SUMMER 1775 AT CAMBRIDGE, MA FRON ESSEX, BRISTOL, MIDDESEX, PLYMOUTH, WORCHESTEER, SUFFOLK AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES OF MA. HILLSBOROUGH AND CHESHIRE COUNTIES OF NH.

ENTERED VALLEY FORGE WITH 368 ASSIGNED 236 FIT FOR DUTY. LEFT VALLEY FORGE WITH 335 ASSSIGNED, 183 FIT FOR DUTY.

PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS : SIEGE OF BOSTON, NYC, NORTHERN NEW JERSEY,
TRENTON-PRINCETON, SARATOGA, DEFENSE OF PHILADELPHIA, PHILA-MONMOUTH.

*Staff Officers*
*Colonel*	*MICHAEL JACKSON*
*Lt. Colonel*	*JOHN BROOKS*
*Major*	*WILLIAM HULL*

*Company Officers*
*Captain*	*JAMES BANCROFT*
*Captain*	*JOHN BURNHAM*
*Captain*	*EBENEZER CLEAVELAND*
*Captain*	*EPHRAIM CLEAVELAND*
*Captain*	*JAMES KEITH*
*Captain*	*JAMES VARNUM*
*Captain*	*JOHN WILEY*
*Captain*	*BENJAMIN BROWN*

*Staff Officers*
*Chaplain*
*Quartermaster*	*JOHN SAWYER*
*Adjutant*	*JONATHAN ALLEN*
*Paymaster*	*SIMON JACKSON*
*Surgeon*	*WALTER HASTINGS*
*Surgeon Mate*	*CALVIN SCOTT*
*Quartermaster Sergeant*	*MICHAEL JACKSON*
*Sergeant Major*	*SAMUEL BLAZDELL*
*Drum Major*	*HENRY WOODS*
*Fife Major*	*THOMAS LAWRENCE*