9th Pennsylvania Regiment

9th Pennsylvania Regiment
Active	1776-1781
Allegiance	Continental Congress
Type	Infantry
Part of	Pennsylvania Line
Engagements	Battle of Brandywine (1777) Battle of Paoli (1777) Battle of Germantown (1777) Battle of Monmouth (1778) Battle of Springfield (1780)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel Richard Butler

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

Northern theater after Saratoga, 1778–1781
Rhode Island – Wyoming Valley – Carleton's Raid – Cherry Valley – Stony Point – Penobscot expedition – Sullivan expedition – Newtown – Springfield – Groton Heights

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The 9th Pennsylvania Regiment was authorized 16 September 1776 and was assigned to the main Continental Army on 27 December 1776. It was organized during the spring of 1777 to consist of eight companies of volunteers from Westmoreland, Lancaster, Chester, Philadelphia and Cumberland counties of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The regiment was assigned to the 3d Pennsylvania Brigade of the main Continental Army on 27 May 1777. On 1 July 1778 the regiment was re-organized into nine companies. On 22 July 1778 the regiment was re-assigned to the 2d Pennsylvania Brigade. It was consolidated with the 5th Pennsylvania Regiment on 17 January 1781 and re-designated as the 5th Pennsylvania Regiment and concurrently furloughed at Trenton, New Jersey. The regiment would see action during the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Battle of Springfield.

References

Wright, Richard K. (1983). "Lineage". The Continental Army. Army Lineage Series. United States Army Center of Military History. CMH Pub 60-4. Retrieved 26 June 2006.

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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