10TH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT

10TH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT

De Kalb’s Division | Paterson’s Brigade | 10th Massachusetts Regiment

History

Organized in the spring of 1777 at Boston from Middlesex, Worcester, Suffolk, Hampshire, Bristol, Essex, and Plymouth Counties.

Entered Valley Forge with 351 men assigned and 202 fit for duty.

Left Valley Forge with 290 assigned and 184 present and fit for duty.

Previous Engagements: Saratoga, Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

  • Colonel Thomas Marshall
  • Lt. Colonel Joseph Thompson
  • Major Nathaniel Winslow

Company Commanders

  • Captain Benjamin Walcott
  • Captain Amasa Soper
  • Captain Josiah Smith
  • Captain William Warner
  • Captain Philip Thomas
  • Captain Samuel King
  • Captain Christopher Marshall
  • Captain Jacob Wales

Regimental Staff

  • Chaplain Enos Hitchcock
  • Adjutant Nathan Parsons
  • Paymaster Nathaniel Coit Allen
  • Surgeon John Jones
  • Surgeon James Parker
  • Surgeon’s Mate Daniel Bartlet
  • Surgeon’s Mate Elisha Skinner
  • Quartermaster Sergeant Selah Alvord
  • Sergeant Major George Stetson
  • Drum Major Elija Kelley