8TH PENNSYLVANIA



DIVISION:   SECOND

BRIGADE:   2ND PA

HISTORY:   ORGANIZED JULY-SEPT 1776 AT KITTANNING FROM WESTMORELAND, BEDFORD AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES.


ENTERED VALLEY FORGE WITH 410 ASSIGNED, 200 FIT FOR DUTY, LEFT VALLEY FORGE IN MARCH FOR FORT PITT. 

PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS : NORTHERN NEW JERSEY, DEFENSE OF PHILADELPHIA.

Staff Officers
Colonel DANIEL BRODHEAD
Lt. Colonel STEPHEN BAYARD
Major FREDERICK VERNON
Company Officers
Captain MICHAEL HUFNAGEL
Captain SAMUEL MILLER
Captain VAN SWEARINGEN
Captain JOHN FINLEY
Captain THOMAS T. COOKE
Captain NEHEMIAH STOKELY
Captain MATTHEW JACK
Captain JAMES MONTGOMERY
Captain SAMUEL BRADY
Captain JOHN CLARK
Staff Officers

Chaplain

Quartermaster  
Adjutant   
Paymaster JOHN KNIGHT / JOHN PARKER
Surgeon  
Surgeon Mate JOHN SAPLE
Quartermaster Sergeant  WILLIAM LEE
Sergeant Major  
Drum Major  
Fife Major