5th Maryland Regiment: September of 1776. [32] Francis B. Heitman showed the 6th Virginia Regiment in Muhlenberg's brigade at Valley Forge, along with the German Battalion and the previously listed units. East Florida Expeditions, Savannah, and Sunbury. He was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army upon the formation of the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment on October 25, 1776. 12th Virginia Regiment: September of 1776. The soldiers' grievances were founded upon a violation of the literal enlistment contracts between themselves and the Pennsylvania government, a parallel to the rebels' conflict . Unit was reorganized and one company fought in the invasion of Canada. These same reasonable men contributed to the crucial victory at Yorktown only a few months later if the mutiny had been more damaging, that legendary triumph might never have happened. At first, both he and Wayne feared that the soldiers might treat him badly if he entered Princeton. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. The Continental Army had 26,000 men in July 1779, but less than 15,000 by the following summer. Disbanded at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, in 1778. Obviously, the answer would be as subjective as the original definition of patriotism. 12th Pennsylvania Regiment: August of 1776. 1st New Hampshire Regiment: May of 1775. Commanded by Col.s Benedict Arnold and John Durkee. [34] The others were parceled out to various light infantry detachments in the advance guard. (29), The proposal offered to discharge all soldiers who had been retained beyond their enlistments or coerced into reenlistment. Unable to recruit sufficient numbers of soldiers to put down the American Revolution, the British government hired mercenary soldiers from Hesse-Kassel, Brunswick, and four other German states. (5), Officers of the army had reservations about the new plans promise; when states failed to meet their quotas, these fears proved legitimate and mutinies followed. [30] Stephen's division advanced on the right, Greene's took the center, and McDougall moved up on the left. They are divided up by state in alphabetical order. Disbanded in 1779. The regiment fought at Brandywine, Paoli, Germantown . Saratoga, Philadelphia Campaign, and Monmouth Court House. 3rd Continental Light Dragoon Regiment (Baylors and Lady Washingtons Horse): January of 1777. The unit was reassigned to Edward Hand's Brigade on 24 November 1778. 10th Massachusetts Regiment: September of 1776.
