Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution
Battalions and Line, 1775–1783, Vol. 2
Edited by John Blair Linn, and William Henry Egle
Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution
Battalions and Line, 1775–1783, Vol. 2
Edited by John Blair Linn, and William Henry Egle
This is the second of two volumes detailing Pennsylvania’s battalions and line during the American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1783.
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Volume 2 contains brief histories, rosters of field and staff officers, and rolls of enlisted Pennsylvanians and their ranks for each of several independent and non–state specific regiments. It also features a lengthy section composed of excerpts from orderly books and diaries of the Pennsylvania line, ranging from 1778 to 1782.
This volume includes the following chapters:
The New Eleventh
The German Regiment
The Corps of Count Von Ottendorff
Pennsylvanians in Col. Hazen’s Regiment
The Wyoming Valley Companies
Pennsylvanians in Commander-in-Chief’s Guards
Col. Moylan’s Cavalry Regiment
Armand’s First Partisan Legion
Pennsylvanians in Pulaski’s Legion
Pennsylvanians in Lee’s Partisan Corps
Von Heer’s Light Dragoons
The Pennsylvania Artillery
Capt. Coren’s Independent Company of Artillery
Artillery Artificers
The Invalid Regiment
The Orderly Books of the Pennsylvania Line
This volume contains a comprehensive index for both volumes 1 and 2.
John Blair Linn (1831–1899) was a Pennsylvania lawyer, historian, and author of numerous Pennsylvania local histories.
William Henry Egle (1830–1901) was a Pennsylvania physician and author of numerous Pennsylvania local histories. He served as the Pennsylvania state librarian from 1887 to 1898.
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