Appendix A

ORDER OF BATTLE
The Battle of the Brandywine

Continental Forces

Gen. George Washington, Commander in Chief

1st Division: Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene

1st Virginia Brigade: Brig. Gen. Peter Muhlenberg

1st Virginia Regiment: Col. James Hendricks

5th Virginia Regiment: Col. Josiah Parker

9th Virginia Regiment: Col. George Matthews

13th Virginia Regiment: Col. William Russell

2nd Virginia Brigade: Brig. Gen. George Weedon

2nd Virginia Regiment: Col. Alexander Spottswood

6th Virginia Regiment: Col. Thomas Elliot

10th Virginia Regiment: Col. Edward Stevens

14th Virginia Regiment: Col. Charles Lewis

Pennsylvania State Regiment: Col. Walter Stewart

2nd Division: Maj. Gen. Adam Stephen

3rd Virginia Brigade: Brig. Gen. William Woodford

3rd Virginia Regiment: Col. Thomas Marshall

7th Virginia Regiment: Col. Alexander McClanachan

11th Virginia Regiment: Lt. Col. Christian Febiger

15th Virginia Regiment: Col. David Mason

4th Virginia Brigade: Brig. Gen. Charles Scott

4th Virginia Regiment: Col. Robert Lawson

8th Virginia Regiment: Col. Abraham Bowman

12th Virginia Regiment: Col. James Wood

Grayson’s Regiment: Col. William Grayson

Patton’s Regiment: Col. John Patton

3rd Division: Maj. Gen. John Sullivan

1st Maryland Brigade1

1st Maryland Regiment: Col. John Stone

3rd Maryland Regiment: Lt. Col. Nathaniel Ramsey

6th Maryland Regiment: Lt. Col. Benjamin Ford

Delaware Regiment: Col. David Hall

5th Maryland Regiment (2 companies): Capt. Jesse Cosden

2nd Maryland Brigade: Brig. Gen. Preudhomme de Borre

2nd Maryland Regiment: Col. Thomas Price

4th Maryland Regiment: Col. Josias Hall

7th Maryland Regiment: Col. John Gunby

German Regiment: Col. Henry Arendt

Congress’s Own Regiment (2 battalions): Col. Moses Hazen

4th Division: Brig. Gen. Anthony Wayne

1st Pennsylvania Brigade: Col. Thomas Hartley

1st Pennsylvania Regiment: Col. James Chambers

2nd Pennsylvania Regiment: Maj. William Williams

7th Pennsylvania Regiment: Lt. Col. David Grier

10th Pennsylvania Regiment: Col. George Nagel

Hartley’s Regiment: Lt. Col. Morgan Connor

2nd Pennsylvania Brigade: Col. Richard Humpton

4th Pennsylvania Regiment: Lt. Col. William Butler

5th Pennsylvania Regiment: Col. Francis Johnston

8th Pennsylvania Regiment: Col. Daniel Brodhead

11th Pennsylvania Regiment: Maj. Francis Mentges

5th Division: Maj. Gen. William Alexander (Lord Stirling)

3rd Pennsylvania Brigade: Brig. Gen. Thomas Conway

3rd Pennsylvania Regiment: Col. Thomas Craig

6th Pennsylvania Regiment: Lt. Col. Josiah Harmar

9th Pennsylvania Regiment: Maj. Francis Nichols

12th Pennsylvania Regiment: Col. William Cooke

Spencer’s New Jersey Regiment: Col. Oliver Spencer

New Jersey Brigade: Col. Elias Dayton2

1st New Jersey Regiment: Col. Mathias Ogden

3rd New Jersey Regiment: Col. Elias Dayton

Light Infantry Brigade: Brig. Gen. William Maxwell3

North Carolina Brigade: Brig. Gen. Francis Nash

1st North Carolina Regiment: Col. Thomas Clark

2nd North Carolina Regiment: Col. Alexander Martin

3rd North Carolina Regiment: Col. Jethro Summer

4th North Carolina Regiment: Lt. Col. James Thackston

5th North Carolina Regiment: unknown commander

6th North Carolina Regiment: Lt. Col. William Taylor

7th North Carolina Regiment: Col. James Hogan

8th North Carolina Regiment: Lt. Col. Samuel Lockhart

9th North Carolina Regiment: unknown commander

Light Dragoons Brigade4

Bland’s Continental Dragoons: Col. Theodorick Bland

Sheldon’s Continental Dragoons: Col. Elisha Sheldon

Byrd’s Continental Dragoons: Lt. Col. Francis Byrd

White’s Continental Dragoons: Lt. Col. Anthony White

Artillery Brigade: Brig. Gen. Henry Knox

Pennsylvania Regiment: Col. Thomas Proctor

New Jersey Company: Capt. Thomas Clark

New Jersey Company: Capt. Randall

New York Company: Capt. Sebastian Bauman

New York Company: Capt. John Dougherty

Continental Regiment: Col. John Lamb

Massachusetts Regiment: Col. John Crane

Artillery Company: Capt. James Lee

Artillery Company: Capt. Andrew Porter

Pennsylvania Company: Capt.-Lt. Gibbs Jones

Pennsylvania Militia Division: Maj. Gen. John Armstrong

1st Pennsylvania Brigade: Brig. Gen. James Potter

Philadelphia County Regiment: Moor

Philadelphia County Regiment: Col. Benjamin McVaugh

Bucks County Regiment: Maj. John Folwell

Lancaster County Regiment: Col. James Watson

Berks County Regiment: Col. Daniel Hunter

York County Regiment: Col. James Thomson

Cumberland County Regiment: Col. James Dunlap

2nd Pennsylvania Brigade: Brig. Gen. James Irvine

Philadelphia County Regiment: Lt. Col. Jonathan Smith

Chester County Regiment: Col. William Evans

Lancaster County Regiment: Col. Philip Greenwalt

Lancaster County Regiment: Col. Alexander Lowry

Northampton County Regiment: Ballat

Berks County Regiment: Col. David Udree

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Crown Forces

Gen. William Howe, Commander in Chief

Headquarter’s Guard

42nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Highlanders):5 Lt. Col. Thomas Stirling

Left Division: Maj. Gen. Charles Cornwallis

3rd British Brigade: Maj. Gen. Charles Grey

15th Regiment of Foot: Lt. Col. John Bird

17th Regiment of Foot: Lt. Col. Charles Mawhood

44th Regiment of Foot: Lt. Col. Robert Donkin

4th Brigade: Brig. Gen. James Agnew

33rd Regiment of Foot: Lt. Col. James Webster

37th Regiment of Foot: unknown commander

46th Regiment of Foot: Lt. Col. Enoch Markham

64th Regiment of Foot: Maj. Robert McLeroth

Guards: Brig. Gen. Edward Mathew

1st Battalion: Lt. Col. Henry Trelawny

2nd Battalion: Lt. Col. James Ogilvie

Light Infantry Brigade6

1st Battalion: Col. Robert Abercromby

2nd Battalion: Maj. John Maitland

British Grenadier Brigade7

1st Battalion: Lt. Col. William Meadows

2nd Battalion: Col. Henry Monckton

Hessian Grenadier Brigade: Col. Carl von Donop

Von Linsingen Battalion: Lt. Col. Christian von Linsingen

Von Minnigerode Battalion: Lt. Col. Ludwig von Minnigerode

Lengerke Battalion: Lt. Col. George Lengerke

Hessian Jaegers:8 Lt. Col. Ludwig von Wurmb

Mounted Jaegers

16th Light Dragoons (Queen’s Own), 2 squadrons

Royal Artillery

Right Division: Lt. Gen. Wilhelm von Knyphausen

1st Brigade

4th Regiment of Foot (King’s Own): Lt. Col. James Ogilvie

23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers): Lt. Col. Benjamin Bernard

28th Regiment of Foot: Lt. Col. Robert Prescott

49th Regiment of Foot: Lt. Col. Henry Calder

2nd Brigade: Maj. Gen. James Grant

5th Regiment of Foot: Lt. Col. William Walcott

10th Regiment of Foot: Maj. John Vatass

27th Regiment of Foot (Enniskillings): Lt. Col. John Maxwell

40th Regiment of Foot: Lt. Col. Thomas Musgrave

55th Regiment of Foot: unknown commander

Independent detachment

71st Highlanders:9 Lt. Col. Archibald Campbell

Hessian Brigade: Maj. Gen. Johann von Stirn

Leib Regiment: Col. Friedrich von Wurmb

Von Mirbach Regiment: Lt. Col. Justus von Schieck

Von Donop Regiment: Lt. Col. Philip Heymell

Combined Regiment von Loos:10 Col. Johann von Loos

16th Light Dragoons (Queen’s Own), 1 squadron

Queen’s Rangers: Maj. James Wemys

Riflemen: Capt. Patrick Ferguson

New Jersey Volunteers: commander unknown11

Royal Artillery: Brig. Gen. Samuel Cleaveland