4TH PENNSYLVANIA REGIMENT

4TH PENNSYLVANIA REGIMENT

Mifflin’s Division | 2nd Pennsylvania Brigade | 4th Pennsylvania Regiment

History

Organized January-February 1776 at Philadelphia from eastern Pennsylvania.

Entered Valley Forge with 201 men assigned and 149 fit for duty.

Left Valley Forge with 222 assigned, 157 fit for duty.

Previous engagements: New York City, Northern New Jersey, Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

  • Colonel Lambert Cadwalder
  • Lt. Colonel William Butler
  • Major Thomas Church

Company Commanders

  • Captain Edward Scull
  • Captain William Gray
  • Captain Benjamin Fishborne
  • Captain John Means
  • Captain John McGown
  • Captain William Cross
  • Captain Robert Connelly
  • Captain Benjamin Burd

Regimental Staff

  • Chaplain David Jones
  • Quartermaster James Hunter
  • Quartermaster John Davis
  • Adjutant Barnaby Owens
  • Paymaster Areurias Beatty
  • Paymaster James Hunter
  • Surgeon Samuel Kennedy
  • Surgeon’s Mate James Jones
  • Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas Pulford
  • Sergeant Major John Allison
  • Drum Major Hugh Webster
  • Fife Major James Williams