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Brief History
Colonels
Companies
- Company A - Captain John Patterson (perhaps of Philadelphia)
- Company B - Captain John Bankson of Philadelphia, Captain John Irwin (Irvine)
- Company C - Captain William Williams (perhaps of Berks County)
- Company D - Captain Roger Staynor of Philadelphia, Captain Peter Gosner, Captain John Bankson of Philadelphia
- Company E - Captain George Jenkins of Philadelphia, Major John Murray (of what is now Dauphin County), Major John Hamilton
- Company F - Captain Jacob Ashmead of Germantown, Philadelphia County, Captain John Cobea
- Company G - Captain Samuel Tolbert, Captain Jacob Ashmead
- Company H - (perhaps) Captain Christopher (or Christian) Staddel (or Staddle), Captain John Marshall of what is now Dauphin County, Captain Jacob Ashmead
- Company I - Lieutenant Colonel Henry Miller, Lieutenant Colonel John Murray, Captain Lieutenant John Stoy
- Sources:
- Trussell, John B.B. and Charles C. Dallas. The Pennsylvania Line; Regimental Organization and Operations, 1776-1783. Harrisburg, Pa.: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1977. Digital version at Family History Archive.
- Rosters Companies
Many of the personnel had previously served in the 1st Battalion. The company names did not necessarily transfer to the new companies organized when the 2nd Regiment was formed. Trussell concluded that the 1st Battalion recruited in Philadelphia County, Berks County, Bucks County, and possibly Northampton County.
- Company A - Captain William Allen Jr. of Philadelphia (owned land in Northampton County), Captain Benjamin Davis
- Company B - Captain Jonathan Jones of Berks County
- Company C - Captain William Williams (perhaps of Berks County)
- Company D - Captain Josiah Harmar of Philadelphia
- Company E - Captain Thomas Dorsey of Philadelphia
- Company F - Captain William Jenkins of Philadelphia, Captain Jacob Ashmead
- Company G - Captain Augustin Willet of Bucks County
- Company H - Captain Marien Lamar of Philadelphia
- Sources:
- Trussell, John B.B. and Charles C. Dallas. The Pennsylvania Line; Regimental Organization and Operations, 1776-1783. Harrisburg, Pa.: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1977. Digital version at Family History Archive.
Other Officers
Other Sources
Websites
- 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment at Valley Forge Legacy
- 2nd Pennsylvania History. Reenactment group. Includes history, events schedule.
References
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