13th Pennsylvania Regiment

13th Pennsylvania Regiment
Active	1776–1778
Allegiance	Continental Congress
Type	Infantry
Size	728 soldiers
Part of	Pennsylvania Line
Engagements	Battle of Trenton Battle of Princeton Battle of Brandywine Battle of Germantown Battle of Monmouth
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel Samuel Miles Colonel Walter Stewart

New York and New Jersey, 1776–1777
Long Island – Kip's Bay – Harlem Heights – Pell's Point – White Plains – Fort Washington – 1st Trenton – 2nd Trenton – Princeton – Forage War – Bound Brook

Philadelphia campaign, 1777–1778
Brandywine – Paoli – Germantown – White Marsh – Matson's Ford – Crooked Billet – Monmouth

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The 13th Pennsylvania Regiment, also known as The Pennsylvania State Rifle Regiment and Miles's Regiment, was raised March 6, 1776, as a state militia regiment and later for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action during the New York Campaign, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Monmouth. The regiment was merged into the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment on July 1, 1778.

Notable members

Samuel Miles was the regiment's commanding officer when he was captured at the Battle of Long Island. On 17 June 1777, Walter Stewart became the unit's commander and led it at the Battle of Brandywine where it fought with George Weedon's 2nd Virginia Brigade.

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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