Swopes Battalion, Pennsylvania Flying Camp

  Unit History  
 
 
  Date Action
  Jun 1776 Activated  
  Dec 1776 Disbanded  
 
 
 
  Military Actions  
 
  Date Military Action
  27 Aug 1776 Long Island
  16 Nov 1776 Fort Washington
 
 
  Officer List  
 
  Henry Bedken  
 
  Date   Rank   Military Action   Position   Status
  Jul-Dec 1776   Volunteer        
 
  Alexander Bensted  
 
  Date   Rank   Military Action   Position   Status
  1776   Volunteer       Quartermaster  
 
  Jacob Bower  
 
  Date   Rank   Military Action   Position   Status
  Jul 1776   Captain        
 
  Edward Fullerton  
 
  Date   Rank   Military Action   Position   Status
  1776   Surgeon        
  16 Nov 1776   Surgeon   Fort Washington     POW
 
  Henry Hambright  
 
  Date   Rank   Military Action   Position   Status
  Jun 1776   Captain        
  16 Nov 1776   Captain   Fort Washington     POW
 
  Richard Humpton  
 
  Date   Rank   Military Action   Position   Status
  16 Jul 1776   Lieutenant Colonel        
  1 Oct 1776   Colonel        
 
  William Knox  
 
  Date   Rank   Military Action   Position   Status
  6 Jul 1776   Ensign         Promoted
 
  Nicholas Lutz  
 
  Date   Rank   Military Action   Position   Status
  Jun 1776   Lieutenant Colonel        
  27 Aug 1776   Lieutenant Colonel   Long Island     Wounded; POW
 
  Abel Morris  
 
  Date   Rank   Military Action   Position   Status
  6 Jun 1776   Second Lieutenant        
 
  Henry Murfit (Morfit)  
 
  Date   Rank   Military Action   Position   Status
  Jun 1776   Lieutenant        
  27 Aug 1776   Lieutenant   Long Island     POW
 
  Robert Patton  
 
  Date   Rank   Military Action   Position   Status
  24 Aug 1776   Second Lieutenant         McDonald's Company
  16 Nov 1776   Second Lieutenant   Fort Washington     POW
 
  Henry Piercy  
 
  Date   Rank   Military Action   Position   Status
  Jun 1776   Sergeant        
  27 Aug 1776   Sergeant   Long Island     Wounded
 
  William Shippen, Jr.  
 
  Date   Rank   Military Action   Position   Status
  6 Jul 1776   Surgeon       Chief Physician  
 
  Zachariah Shugart  
 
  Date   Rank   Military Action   Position   Status
  22 Aug 1776   First Lieutenant         Commissioned
  27 Aug 1776   First Lieutenant   Long Island    
  16 Nov 1776   First Lieutenant   Fort Washington     POW
  31 Dec 1780   First Lieutenant         Exchanged
 
  Samuel Smith  
 
  Date   Rank   Military Action   Position   Status
  1776   Second Lieutenant        
 
  John Stricker  
 
  Date   Rank   Military Action   Position   Status
  Jul 1776   Private        
  16 Nov 1776   Private   Fort Washington     POW
 
  Michael Swope  
 
  Date   Rank   Military Action   Position   Status
  6 Jun 1776   Colonel        
  16 Nov 1776   Colonel   Fort Washington     POW
 

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