2nd Pennsylvania Regiment

2nd Pennsylvania Regiment
Active	1775–1783
Allegiance	Second Continental Congress
Type	Infantry
Part of	Pennsylvania Line
Nickname(s)	Pennsylvania Rifle Battalion
Colors	Uniform: blue faced and lined with red, with the letters P S R on the white pewter buttons
Engagements	Battle of Long Island (1776) Battle of Valcour Island (1776) Battle of Trenton (1776) Battle of Brandywine (1777) Battle of Germantown (1777) Battle of Monmouth (1778) Battle of Stony Point (1779) Battle of Springfield (1780) Battle of Green Spring (1781) Siege of Yorktown (1781)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel John Bull Colonel John Philip De Haas Colonel James Irvine Colonel Henry Bicker Colonel Walter Stewart

American Revolutionary War units of the United States

Continental Army List of Continental units

Units by state	Connecticut Delaware Georgia Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Vermont Virginia

Non-state units	Extra and Additional regiments Armand's Legion Pulaski's Legion Lee's Legion Ottendorf's Corps Commander-in-Chief's Guard

State militia List of state units

The 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment, also known as The 1st Pennsylvania Battalion, was raised, October 12, 1775, under the command of Colonel John Bull for service with the Continental Army. The regiment saw action during the Battles of Brooklyn, Valcour Island, Trenton, the Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and Springfield. The regiment was furloughed June 11, 1783, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and disbanded on November 15, 1783.

References

Robert K. Wright, Jr. (1989). The Continental Army. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. CMH Pub 60-4.
Bibliography of the Continental Army in Pennsylvania compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History
Loane, Paul. 243regiment.com 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment History

The Pennsylvania Line and Militia in the American Revolutionary War

Pennsylvania Regular Units	1st Pennsylvania Regiment 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment 4th Pennsylvania Regiment 5th Pennsylvania Regiment 6th Pennsylvania Regiment 7th Pennsylvania Regiment 8th Pennsylvania Regiment 9th Pennsylvania Regiment 10th Pennsylvania Regiment 11th Pennsylvania Regiment 12th Pennsylvania Regiment 13th Pennsylvania Regiment

Continental Army units	1st Continental Regiment Hartley's Additional Continental Regiment Patton's Additional Continental Regiment German Battalion 4th Continental Artillery Regiment

Militia	Pennsylvania State Musketry Battalion First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry Bayard's Philadelphia Associators Regiment Cadwalader's Philadelphia Associators Regiment Matlack's Philadelphia Associators Rifle Battalion Morgan's Philadelphia Associators Regiment Moulder's Philadelphia Associators Artillery Company Baxter's Militia Hay's Militia Kachlein's Militia Lawrence's Militia Lutz's Militia Swope's Militia Klotz's Lancaster County Militia Regiment McAllister's York County Militia Regiment Montgomery's Cumberland County Militia Regiment Moore's Chester County Militia Regiment Watt's Cumberland County Militia Regiment

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