Valley Forge Encampment (19 Dec 1777 - 19 Jun 1778)

 
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  COMMENTARY
  What is now known as Valley Forge was originally known as Mount Joy Forge. It is in the Great Valley, Chester County, PA. A large portion of the land in the Valley Forge National Park was orignally owned by Llewellyn Davis, later a Lieutenant in the Continental Army. He was also an Original Member of the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati.

Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus, Baron von Steuben, an ex-Prussian officer, taught the Continental Army three very important lessons here: a precise and quick manual of arms, discipline and camp sanitation. He was senior officer present, and therefore the Presiding Chairman when the Cincinnati was organized at Fishkill, NY on May 10, 1783.

Von Steuben was an Orignal Member of the New York Society of the Cincinnati.
 
 
Valley Forge Hut Line
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  Unit Rosters  
 
  1st Pennsylvania Regiment  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Sergeant Thomas Boyd    
  Captain Thomas Buchanan   Company Commander  
  Ensign Benjamin Chambers, Sr.     Assigned 2 Jun 1778
  Colonel James Chambers   Commander  
  First Lieutenant Edward Crawford     Grier's Company
  Second Lieutenant David Hammond     Parr's Company
  First Lieutenant John Hughes    
  Second Lieutenant John Hughes    
  Second Lieutenant Andrew Johnston   Quartermaster   Commissioned 24 Mar 1778
  Volunteer Andrew Johnston   Quartermaster   Assigned 1 Jan 1778
  Surgeon William Magaw    
  First Lieutenant John McClelan    
  Second Lieutenant William McDowell    
  Second Lieutenant James McFarlane    
  Major James Moore, Jr.    
  Captain James Parr   Company Commander   Returned To Unit
  Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Robinson    
  Second Lieutenant George Stevenson    
  Captain William Wilson   Commander, 9th Company  
  First Lieutenant David Ziegler   Regimental Adjutant   Ross's Company
 
  2nd Canadian Regiment, Hazen's  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  First Lieutenant James Duncan    
  Captain Philippe Liebert    
  Major James Randolph Reid    
 
  2nd Pennsylvania Regiment  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Captain John Bankson   Company Commander  
  Captain Joseph Howell    
  Second Lieutenant James Morris Jones     Ashmead's Company
  Captain John Patterson   Commander, 1st Company  
  First Lieutenant Henry Piercy    
  Second Lieutenant Henry D. Pursell    
  First Lieutenant John Stoy    
  Second Lieutenant John Stricker     Ashmead's Company
  Captain Samuel Tolbert   Commander, 7th Company  
 
  2nd Virginia Regiment  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Colonel Christian Febiger    
 
  3rd Pennsylvania Regiment  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  First Lieutenant James Armstrong    
  Second Lieutenant John Armstrong    
  Lieutenant Colonel Rudolph Bunner    
  Captain Thomas Butler    
  Captain James Chrystie   Commander, 3rd Company  
  Colonel Thomas Craig   Commander  
  Captain Isaac Budd Dunn    
  Second Lieutenant Matthias Lukens    
  First Lieutenant John Marchall    
  Captain George McCully    
  Captain Thomas Lloyd Moore   Commander, 8th Company  
  Ensign Peter Smith     Bunner's Company
  First Lieutenant Daniel St. Clair    
 
  4th Continental Artillery Regiment  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Captain Isaac Craig    
  First Lieutenant Thomas Douglass    
  Captain Lieutenant Worsley Emes    
  Captain Lieutenant David Fick     Assigned 1 Jun 1778
  First Lieutenant George Hofner   Regimental Adjutant  
  First Lieutenant William Martin    
  Second Lieutenant Matthew McGuire   Regimental Paymaster  
  Third Lieutenant William Newbound    
  Captain Francis Proctor, Jr.    
  Colonel Thomas Proctor   Commander  
  Second Lieutenant James Smith    
  Third Lieutenant John Stricker    
  Captain Bartholomew Von Heer    
  Sergeant John Brice Webster   Regimental Quartermaster   Courtney's Company
 
  4th Continental Light Dragoons  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Surgeon William Cathcart    
  First Lieutenant John Craig     Dorsey's Company
  Surgeon's Mate Thomas McCauley     Assigned 1 May 1778
  Colonel Stephen Moylan    
  Cornet Zebulon Pike   Regimental Adjutant   Fauntleroy's Troop
 
  4th Pennsylvania Regiment  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Second Lieutenant Erkuries Beatty    
  Second Lieutenant Wilder Bevins    
  Captain Lieutenant David Brown     Assigned 16 May 1778
  Lieutenant Colonel William Butler   de facto Commander  
  Second Lieutenant Thomas Campbell    
  Captain Benjamin Fishbourn   3rd Company Commander  
  Captain William Gray    
  Second Lieutenant William Henderson    
  First Lieutenant William Sproat    
  First Lieutenant Peter Summers   Regimental Quartermaster   Assigned 2 Jun 1778
 
  5th Pennsylvania Regiment  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Surgeon's Mate Richard Allison    
  First Lieutenant John Barckley    
  Captain Benjamin Bartholomew   Company Commander  
  Captain Thomas Boude    
  Captain John Christie   Commander, 4th Company  
  Surgeon James Davidson    
  First Lieutenant Levi Griffith     Stuart's Company
  Colonel Francis Johnston   Commander  
  First Lieutenant James McCullough    
  Captain Charles McHenry     Assigned 28 Jan 1778
  First Lieutenant George North   Regimental Quartermaster  
  Second Lieutenant Jonathan Pugh    
  Captain Isaac Seely   Company Commander  
  Captain Samuel Smith   Commander, 5th Company  
  Second Lieutenant Joseph Stanley     DIS, 10 Apr 1778
  Captain Lieutenant Job Vernon    
  First Lieutenant Job Vernon     Robinson's Company
 
  6th Pennsylvania Regiment  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Captain Jacob Bower   Commander, 2nd Company  
  Second Lieutenant Thomas Doyle, Jr.    
  First Lieutenant James Gibbon    
  Second Lieutenant James Glentworth    
  Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Harmar   de facto Commander  
  Captain Jacob Humphrey    
  Second Lieutenant James Farquhar MacPherson    
  Ensign John Markland    
  Surgeon John McDowell    
  Major Jeremiah Talbot    
  Captain Robert Wilkin   Commander, 3rd Company  
 
  7th Pennsylvania Regiment  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Captain William Alexander    
  Sergeant Robert Allison    
  First Lieutenant Samuel Bryson    
  First Lieutenant John Bush    
  Volunteer James Gamble   Regimental Quartermaster  
  Second Lieutenant John Hughes     Parker's Company
  First Lieutenant William Lusk     Parker's Company
  Second Lieutenant John McCullam   Regimental Adjutant   Bratton's Company
  Captain John McDowell   Commander, 8th Company  
  Captain Lieutenant William Miller     Promoted 2 Feb 1778
  Captain Samuel Montgomery   Company Commander  
  Captain Alexander Parker   Company Commander  
  Second Lieutenant Robert Peebles     Alexander's Company
  Surgeon John Rose    
 
  8th Maryland Regiment  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Captain Peter Bower     Assigned 28 Feb 1778
  Captain Bernard Hubley    
  First Lieutenant Philipp Christian Shrawder    
  First Lieutenant Marcus Young     Assigned 12 Mar 1778
 
  8th Pennsylvania Regiment  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Bayard    
  First Lieutenant Samuel Brady     Detachment of Doyle's Independent Company
  Colonel Daniel Brodhead, Sr.   Commander  
  Ensign Ephraim Douglas     Assigned 2 Jun 1778
  First Lieutenant Ezekiel Hickman    
  Captain Samuel Miller   Company Commander  
  First Lieutenant Gabriel Peterson    
  Major Frederick Vernon   Commander, 6th Company  
 
  9th Pennsylvania Regiment  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  First Lieutenant Joshua Bartholomew     DIS, 16 Mar 1778
  Captain Thomas Bartholomew Bowen    
  Colonel Richard Butler   Commander  
  Captain John Davis    
  First Lieutenant Joseph Davis    
  Captain George Grant    
  Second Lieutenant George Knox     Promoted Mar 1778
  Second Lieutenant John MacKinney    
  Ensign David McKnight    
  Major Francis Nichols    
  Second Lieutenant Stephen Stevenson    
  Captain William Tilton    
  First Lieutenant William Van Lear    
 
  10th Pennsylvania Regiment  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Lieutenant Joseph Banks   Quartermaster   Assigned 3 Jun 1778
  Captain George Calhoun   Commander, 4th Company  
  Sergeant Michael Everley    
  Major James Grier    
  First Lieutenant Jacob Giles Hicks     Assigned 1 Apr 1778
  First Lieutenant Robert Hooper     Assigned 1 Jun 1778
  Lieutenant Colonel Adam Hubley, Jr.    
  First Lieutenant Adam Keller     Promoted 3 Jun 1778
  Captain James Lang   Company Commander; Supply Commissioner  
  Staff Officer James McLean   Regimental Adjutant  
  Major Michael Ryan   Brigade Major  
  Captain Robert Sample   Commander, 5th Company   POW, 7 Mar 1778, near Germantown
  Captain Jacob Stake   Company Commander  
  Captain Lieutenant John Steele    
  First Lieutenant John Steele    
  Ensign Francis White     Assigned 2 Jun 1778
 
  11th Pennsylvania Regiment (Old)  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Captain Samuel Dawson    
  Captain John Doyle   Commander, Independent Company  
  First Lieutenant Jacob Fiss     Assigned 1 Feb 1778
  Second Lieutenant Benjamin Hammond    
  Colonel Richard Humpton   Commander  
  Captain Mayberry Jolly     Promoted 31 Mar 1778
  Chaplain Robert McMordie    
  Second Lieutenant William McMurray     Doyle's Independent Company
  Major Francis Mentges    
  Lieutenant Colonel Caleb North    
  Captain John Pearson   Commander, 2nd Company  
  Ensign Enos Reeves   Regimental Adjutant  
  First Lieutenant John Stotesbury     POW, 20 Mar 1778, near Black Horse
  First Lieutenant Lazarus Stow     Assigned 20 Feb 1778
 
  11th Virginia Regiment  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Second Lieutenant John Townes    
 
  12th Pennsylvania Regiment  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Second Lieutenant Blackall William Ball    
  First Lieutenant John Boyd    
  Captain John Brady    
  Captain Stephen Chambers    
  Ensign Thomas Dungan    
  First Lieutenant Stewart Herbert    
  Second Lieutenant Stewart Herbert    
  Surgeon Andrew Ledlie    
  First Lieutenant Benjamin Lodge, Jr.    
  First Lieutenant William McElhatton    
 
  12th Virginia Regiment  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Surgeon's Mate Hugh Martin    
  First Lieutenant Presley Nevill    
  Lieutenant Colonel John Neville    
 
  13th Pennsylvania Regiment  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Captain James Carnahan    
  Captain John Clark   Company Commander  
  Captain Joseph Lewis Finley    
  First Lieutenant Samuel Kennedy     Nice's Company
  First Lieutenant Andrew Lytle   Quartermaster  
  Second Lieutenant James McMichael     Clark's Company
  First Lieutenant William Moore     Clark's Company
  Major Francis Murray    
  Major John Murray   1st Major  
  Captain John Nice   Commander, 7th Company  
  Second Lieutenant John Parke     Ashmead's Company
  Ensign Edward Speer    
  Captain John Speer     DIS, 8 Feb 1778
  Colonel Walter Stewart   Commander  
 
  Continental Army  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Colonel John Beatty   Commissary-General of Prisoners   Assigned 28 May 1778
  Major General Thomas Mifflin   Quartermaster General  
  Brigadier General Anthony Wayne    
 
  German Regiment  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Captain Jacob Bunner   Company Commander  
  First Lieutenant Jacob Cramer     Assigned 8 Feb 1778
  Lieutenant Michael Eberhart   Regimental Paymaster  
  First Lieutenant Bernard Hubley    
  Major George Hubley    
  First Lieutenant William Rice    
  First Lieutenant Philipp Christian Shrawder    
  Ensign Christopher Godfried Swartz    
 
  Hartley's Additional Continental Regiment  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Captain George Bush   Commander, 3rd Company  
  Captain James Forrester    
  Colonel Thomas Hartley    
  Second Lieutenant William Houston   Adjutant   Assigned 2 Jun 1778
  Second Lieutenant John Mahon   Regimental Quartermaster  
  Second Lieutenant William McCurdy     Carberry's Company
  First Lieutenant Isaac Sweeny    
  Captain Andrew Walker    
  First Lieutenant Andrew Walker    
 
  Hospital Corps, Middle Department  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Surgeon Samuel Kennedy, Sr.     DIS, 17 Jun 1778
  Surgeon Jonathon Potts   Purveyor Gen; Deputy Director   Assigned 22 Jan 1778
  Chaplain James Sprout     Assigned 10 Feb 1778
 
  Lamb's Continental Artillery Regiment  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Second Lieutenant Robert Parker    
  Captain Andrew Porter   Company Commander  
  Captain Lieutenant William Power    
  Captain Lieutenant Jonas Simonds    
 
  Malcolm's Additional Continental Regiment (NY)  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Second Lieutenant Jonah Hallett    
 
  Middle Department  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Deputy Commissary-General Ephram Blaine    
 
  Ottendorf's Independent Corps  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Captain Anthony Selin    
  Second Lieutenant John Sharp    
 
  Patton's Additional Continental Regiment  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  First Lieutenant Edmund Bourke   Commander, Company "G"  
  Captain Lieutenant Abraham George Claypoole    
  Second Lieutenant Abner Martin Dunn     McLane's Company
  First Lieutenant Jeremiah Jackson    
  Captain Laurence Keene   Commander, Company "B"  
  Chaplain William Rogers    
  Second Lieutenant Jacob Weitzel    
 
  Virginia Brigade  
 
  Name   Position   Status
  Brigadier General John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg    
 
 
  LINKS  
 
 
  For More Information on Valley Forge, click here .  
  For More Information on a British Perspective of Valley Forge, click here .  
 

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