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The 7th Pennsylvania Regiment was an infantry unit raised on 4 January 1776 at Carlisle, Pennsylvania for service with the Continental Army under Brigadier General Anthony Wayne during the American Revolutionary War. The well known iron work owner and cannon supplier Samuel Van Leer was a captain in this regiment. [1]
The Continental Army was the army raised by the Second Continental Congress to oppose the British Army during the American Revolutionary War.The army went through three major establishments: the first in 1775, the second in 1776, and the third from 1777 until after the end of the war.
Pennsylvania Line: 1 regiment. The Continental Congress ordered that six companies of riflemen be raised in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania frontiersman were so eager to participate that on June 22 Pennsylvania's quota of companies was increased to eight, organized as a regiment known as the Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment. A ninth company was added to ...
2nd Pennsylvania Regiment, Major William Williams; 7th Pennsylvania Regiment; 10th Pennsylvania Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Adam Hubley; Hartley's Additional Continental Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Morgan Connor; 2nd Pennsylvania Brigade: Colonel Richard Humpton. 4th Pennsylvania Regiment; 5th Pennsylvania Regiment, Colonel Francis Johnston
Revolutionary War units: 6th Regiment of militia, 1780–1781 [8] 7th Regiment of militia, 1782 [8] Abbott's Regiment of militia, 1781 [8] Clark's Company of militia, 1778–1780 [8] Durkee's Company of militia, 1780–1781 [8] Green Mountain Boys, 1777; Herrick's Regiment, 1775–83; Hoar's Company of militia, 1780 [8] Marsh's Regiment, 1777
Mutiny of the Pennsylvania Line. The Pennsylvania Line Mutiny was a mutiny of Continental Army soldiers, who demanded higher pay and better housing conditions, and was the cause of the legend and stories surrounding the American heroine Tempe Wick. The mutiny began on January 1, 1781, and ended with a negotiated settlement on January 8, 1781.
Wayne's division consisted of the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th Pennsylvania Regiments, Hartley's additional Continental Regiment, an attached artillery company and a small force of dragoons. The various regiments and units amounted to approximately 1,500 men.
4 American Revolutionary War units. ... 7th Pennsylvania Regiment; 7th North Carolina Regiment; United States State militia and National Guard units 1865-1917