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Anthony Wayne orderly books
The 4th Pennsylvania Battalion of 1776 was a light company armed with rifles. It was reorganized in the winter of 1776-77 into the 5th Pennsylvania Regiment of 1777. Colonel Anthony Wayne commanded this regiment from January 3 to November 1776. The collection contains the original orderly book an...
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| Collection: | Anthony Wayne Orderly Books |
| Collection Number: | Am.6184 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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0.16 Linear feet 0.16 linear feet, 2 volumes |
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The 4th Pennsylvania Battalion of 1776 was a light company armed with rifles. It was reorganized in the winter of 1776-77 into the 5th Pennsylvania Regiment of 1777. Colonel Anthony Wayne commanded this regiment from January 3 to November 1776.
The collection contains the original orderly book and a manuscript copy, April 10 - September 20, 1776, of the 4th Pennsylvania Battalion, with headquarters at Ticonderoga. The volume contains regimental and brigade orders with lists of guard details, field officer assignments, and descriptions of general courts-martial. |