7th Pennsylvania Regiment

7th Pennsylvania Regiment

Active	1776–1781
Allegiance	Continental Congress
Type	Infantry
Part of	Pennsylvania Line
Engagements	Lake Champlain (1776) Battle of Brandywine (1777) Battle of Paoli (1777) Battle of Germantown (1777) Battle of Monmouth (1778) Battle of Springfield (1780) Battle of Bull's Ferry (1780)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel William Irvine

American Revolutionary War units of the United States

Continental Army List of Continental units

Units by state	Connecticut Delaware Georgia Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Vermont Virginia

Non-state units	Extra and Additional regiments Armand's Legion Pulaski's Legion Lee's Legion Ottendorf's Corps Commander-in-Chief's Guard

State militia List of state units

The 7th Pennsylvania Regiment was an infantry unit raised on 4 January 1776 at Carlisle, Pennsylvania for service with the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. On 17 January 1777 Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Hartley transferred out of the unit to take command of Hartley's Additional Continental Regiment. The 7th Regiment saw action at the battles of Brandywine, Paoli, Germantown, Monmouth, Springfield and Bull's Ferry. At Monmouth, Colonel William Irvine led the regiment. The unit merged with the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment on 17 January 1781.

References

Wright, Robert K. Jr. (1989). The Continental Army. Washington, D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. CMH Pub 60-4.

External links

Bibliography of the Continental Army in Pennsylvania compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History

The Pennsylvania Line and Militia in the American Revolutionary War

Pennsylvania Regular Units	1st Pennsylvania Regiment 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment 4th Pennsylvania Regiment 5th Pennsylvania Regiment 6th Pennsylvania Regiment 7th Pennsylvania Regiment 8th Pennsylvania Regiment 9th Pennsylvania Regiment 10th Pennsylvania Regiment 11th Pennsylvania Regiment 12th Pennsylvania Regiment 13th Pennsylvania Regiment

Continental Army units	1st Continental Regiment Hartley's Additional Continental Regiment Patton's Additional Continental Regiment German Battalion 4th Continental Artillery Regiment

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