4TH ARTILLERY REGIMENT

Brigade of Artillery | 4th Artillery Regiment

History

Organized October-November 1775 at Philadelphia.

Entered Valley Forge January 1778 with 167 fit for duty.

Left Valley Forge with 159 fit for duty.

Previous Engagements: Delaware Bay, Trenton-Princeton, Northern New Jersey, Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

• Colonel Thomas Procter
• Lt. Colonel John Strobagh
• Major Thomas Forrest

Company Commanders

• Captain Charles Turnbull
• Captain Herculas Courteney
• Captain Francis Procter Sr.
• Captain Bartholemeu Von Herr
• Captain Isaac Craig
• Captain Francis Procter Jr.
• Captain Joseph Rice
• Captain Amos Wilkerson
• Captain James Simonds

Regimental Staff

• Quartermaster John B. Webster
• Paymaster Mathew Mcguire
• Surgeon William Adams
• Surgeon’s Mate John Morton

3RD BRIGADE ARTILLERY

Brigade of Artillery | 3rd Artillery Regiment

History

Organized spring 1777 at Boston, Massachusetts, and Peeksville, New York. 12 Companies from Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Entered Valley Forge January 1778 with 206 fit for duty.

Left Valley Forge with 320 fit for duty.

Previous Engagements: Northern New Jersey, Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

• Colonel John Crane
• Lt. Colonel John Popkin
• Major William Perkins

Company Commanders

• Captain David Allen
• Captain Henry Burbeck
• Captain David Cook
• Captain Benjamin Eustis
• Captain Benjamin Frothingham
• Captain William Perkins
• Captain Winthrop Sargent
• Captain Thomas Seward
• Captain William Treadwell
• Captain Gibbs Jones

Regimental Staff

• Quartermaster Thomas Baker
• Adjutant James Gardner
• Paymaster Charles Knowles
• Surgeon Isaac Spofford
• Surgeon Samual Adams
• Surgeon’s Mate Benjamin Upham
• Surgeon’s Mate Josiah Watrous
• Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas Blake
• Sergeant Major William Moore
• Drum Major Joshua Hardy
• Fife Major Samuel Mallus

2ND ARTILLERY REGIMENT

Brigade of Artillery | 2nd Artillery Regiment

History

Organized Spring 1777 from Morristown, NJ, and Peeksville, NY, 4 Companies from Fairfax and New Haven Counties, 3 Companies from Ulster, Orange, Dutchess, Winchester, and Albany Counties, and NYC, 2 Companies from Philadelphia City and County.

Entered Valley Forge with 190 fit for duty.

Left Valley Forge with 126 fit for duty.

Previous Engagements: New York City, Trenton-Princeton, Connecticut 1777, Hudson Highland, Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

• Colonel John Lamb
• Lt. Colonel Eleazer Oswald
• Major Sebastian Bauman

Company Commanders

• Captain Sabastian Bauman
• Captain Theodore Bliss
• Captain Jonathan Brown
• Captain John Doughty
• Captain James Lee
• Captain Samuel Lockwood
• Captain Samuel Mansfield
• Captain Andrew Moodie
• Captain Gresham Mott
• Captain Andrew Porter

Regimental Staff

• Quartermaster William Fenno
• Adjutant Chilion Ford
• Adjutant Isaac Hubbell
• Paymaster Charles Knowles
• Paymaster John Grimshier
• Surgeon Timothy Hosmeer
• Surgeon’s Mate Caleb Austin
• Sergeant Major Henry Cunningham
• Drum Major John Wessels

1ST ARTILLERY REGIMENT

Brigade of Artillery | 1st Artillery Regiment

History

Organized spring and summer of 1777 at Williamsburg, Virginia.

Entered Valley Forge in May 1778 with 289 men fit for duty.

Left Valley Forge in June 1778 with 331 fit for duty.

Previous Engagements: Chesapeake Bay, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

• Colonel Charles Harrison
• Lt. Colonel Edward Carrington
• Major Christian Holmer

Company Commanders

• Captain Anthony Singleton
• Captain John C. Carter
• Captain Thomas Baytop
• Captain Drury Ragadale
• Captain James Pendleton
• Captain Samuel Eddens
• Captain John Henry
• Captain Richard Dorsey
• Captain John Dandridge
• Captain William Brown
• Captain Nathaniel Burnwell

Regimental Staff

• Adjutant William Kent
• Quartermaster Jarvis Adams
• Paymaster Harrison Randolph
• Surgeon Thomas Christie
• Surgeon’s Mate Jonahan Calvert
• Surgeon’s Mate Alexander Lajourmaine
• Sergeant Major John Cole
• Quartermaster Sergeant Griffith Evens
• Drum Sergeant Robert Parr
• Fife Sergeant Thomas Parr