8th Pennsylvania Regiment

The 8th Pennsylvania Regiment was authorized by the Continental Congress on 11 July 1776 as part of the Continental Army for frontier defense in the Northern Department during the American Revolutionary War. Originally designated as Mackay's Battalion, the unit was organized from 15 July to 15 September 1776 at Kittanning in present-day western Pennsylvania to consist of eight companies of troops from western counties of Pennsylvania. The unit was assigned to the Main Army on 23 November 1776 and was redesignated on 1 January 1777 as the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, and the Brodhead Expedition. It was assigned to the Western Department on 19 May 1778 and was reorganized on 1 July 1778 to consist of nine companies {Fort Laurens}. The regiment was consolidated with the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment, and the consolidated unit was redesignated as the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment, on 17 January 1781. The regiment was disbanded on 15 November 1783.

References

Sources

Wright, R. K., Jr., 1983, The Continental Army. Washington, D.C., United States Army Center of Military History, CMH Pub 60-4-1, U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 261, 265.^[1]

References

1. ^ Washington's letter to Colonel Brodhead July 13, 1779 in pertinent part: Yours of the 25th of June was delivered me yesterday. I inclose you a duplicate of mine of the 23d. which gave my consent to an expedition against the Mingoes. I am glad to hear you had received a supply of provisions and only waited my concurrence to make an expedition against the Senecas. I hope by this time you are carrying it into execution. “P.S. It may be well for you to endeavour to open Correspondence with General Sullivan that your movements, if possible, may be serviceable to each other.”

External links

• Bibliography of the Continental Army in Pennsylvania compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History