Military History of James Carnahan  (c. 1750? - 5/31/1788)

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  Officer History
 
  Date   Rank   Unit   Military Action   Position   Status
  16 Mar 1776   Second Lieutenant   Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment        
 
  27 Aug 1776   Second Lieutenant   Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment   Long Island     POW
 
  24 Oct 1776   First Lieutenant   Provisional State Battalion         Still POW
 
  10 Dec 1776   First Lieutenant   Provisional State Battalion         Exchanged
 
  10 Jan - May 1777   First Lieutenant   Pennsylvania State Regiment of Foot   Morristown Encampment, 1777    
 
  15 Jan 1777   Captain   Pennsylvania State Regiment of Foot         Recruiting
 
  24 Jan 1777   Captain   Pennsylvania State Regiment of Foot   Quibbletown (New Market), NJ    
 
  11 Sep 1777   Captain   Pennsylvania State Regiment of Foot   Brandywine    
 
  4 Oct 1777   Captain   Pennsylvania State Regiment of Foot   Germantown    
 
  12 Nov 1777   Captain   13th Pennsylvania Regiment        
 
  19 Dec 1777 - 19 Jun 1778   Captain   13th Pennsylvania Regiment   Valley Forge Encampment    
 
  8 Mar 1778 - Oct 1783   Captain   8th Pennsylvania Regiment   Fort Pitt 1778, Garrison Duty    
 
  1 Jul 1778   Captain   8th Pennsylvania Regiment        
 
  11 Aug - 14 Sep 1779   Captain   8th Pennsylvania Regiment   Brodhead's Expedition    
 
  29 Aug 1779   Captain   8th Pennsylvania Regiment   Newtown, NY / Sullivan (II)    
 
  17 Jan 1781   Captain   4th Pennsylvania Regiment        
 
  15 May 1781 - 14 Dec 1782   Captain   4th Pennsylvania Regiment   Southern Campaign    
 
  6 Jul 1781   Captain   4th Pennsylvania Regiment   Green Spring / Jamestown    
 
  6-17 Oct 1781   Captain   4th Pennsylvania Regiment   Yorktown    
 
  Jan - Nov 1782   Captain   4th Pennsylvania Regiment   Carolina Campaign    
 
  1 Jan 1783   Captain   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment        
 
  30 Sep 1783   Major   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment         Discharged
 
 

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