Officer History
 
  Date   Rank   Unit   Military Action   Position   Status
  27 Oct 1775   Captain   1st Company of Pennsylvania Artillery       Commander  
 
  14 Aug 1776   Major   Pennsylvania Artillery Battalion       Commander  
 
  26 Dec 1776   Major   Pennsylvania Artillery Battalion   Trenton, NJ (I)   Commander  
 
  2 Jan 1777   Major   Pennsylvania Artillery Battalion   Trenton, NJ (II)   Commander  
 
  3 Jan 1777   Major   Pennsylvania Artillery Battalion   Princeton   Commander  
 
  10 Jan - May 1777   Major   Pennsylvania Artillery Battalion   Morristown Encampment, 1777   Commander  
 
  10 Jan - May 1777   Colonel   4th Continental Artillery Regiment   Morristown Encampment, 1777   Commander  
 
  6 Feb 1777   Colonel   4th Continental Artillery Regiment       Commander  
 
  Mar - Nov 1777   Colonel   4th Continental Artillery Regiment   New Jersey Campaign, 1777   Commander  
 
  11 Sep 1777   Colonel   4th Continental Artillery Regiment   Brandywine   Commander  
 
  2 Nov - 10 Dec 1777   Colonel   4th Continental Artillery Regiment   Whitemarsh Encampment   Commander  
 
  19 Dec 1777 - 19 Jun 1778   Colonel   4th Continental Artillery Regiment   Valley Forge Encampment   Commander  
 
  28 Jun 1778   Colonel   4th Continental Artillery Regiment   Monmouth   Commander  
 
  Jul - Oct 1779   Colonel   4th Continental Artillery Regiment   Sullivan's-Clinton Indian Campaign   Commander  
 
  13 Aug 1779   Colonel   4th Continental Artillery Regiment   Newtown, NY / Sullivan (I)   Commander  
 
  Dec 1779 - Jun 1780   Colonel   4th Continental Artillery Regiment   Morristown Encampment, 1779   Commander  
 
  Apr - Oct 1780   Colonel   4th Continental Artillery Regiment   New Jersey Summer Campaign   Commander  
 
  25 Sep 1780   Colonel   4th Continental Artillery Regiment   West Point Reinforcement   Commander  
 
  Dec 1780 - Jun 1781   Colonel   4th Continental Artillery Regiment   Morristown Encampment, 1780   Commander  
 
  9 Apr 1781   Colonel   4th Continental Artillery Regiment       Commander   Resigned
 
 
  Post-War Offices Held
 
  Date From   Date To   Office Name   Notes
  14 October 1783   December 1785   Sheriff, Philadelphia, PA  
 
  1790   1793   Lieutenant, Philadelphia, PA  
 

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