7TH PENNSYLVANIA REGIMENT

Mifflin’s Division | 1st Pennsylvania (Wayne’s) Brigade | 7th Pennsylvania Regiment

History

Organized January-March 1776 at Carlisle from Cumberland and York Counties.

Entered Valley Forge with 239 assigned, 105 fit for duty.

Left Valley Forge with 211 assigned, 175 fit for duty.

Previous Engagements: Defense of Canada, Lake Champlain, Northern New Jersey, Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

• Colonel David Geier
• Lt. Colonel William Irving
• Major Samuel Hay

Company Commanders

• Captain John Alexander
• Captain William Alexander
• Captain Samuel Montgomery
• Captain William Bratton
• Captain Jeremiah Talbot
• Captain Robert Wilson
• Captain Alexander Parker
• Captain John McDowe
• 1st Lieutenant John Bush

Regimental Staff

• Quartermaster James Gamble
• Adjutant Robert Elliott
• Paymaster John Morrison
• Surgeon John Rose
• Surgeon’s Mate Joseph Brown
• Quartermaster Sergeant Hugh Bradley
• Quartermaster Sergeant John Dommell
• Sergeant Major John Moreison
• Drum Major John Melton
• Fife Major Richard Stack