American Army of the United Colonies August 1776

Forces under Washington: General George Washington (no return available)

Northern Department: Major General Horatio Gates (at Ticonderoga) 1st Brigade: 24th (Massachusetts) Continental Regiment (15/20/3/115)1 25th (Massachusetts) Continental Regiment (10/14/3/78) Connecticuit Continental Regiment (10/26/2/121) Massachusetts (under Porter)(19/27/2/93) 2nd Brigade: 2nd (New Hampshire) Continental Regiment (21/34/4/195) 15th (Massachusetts) Continental Regiment (18/28/3/150) New Hampshire Rangers (18/26/3/138) 3rd Brigade: 5th (New Hampshire) Continental Regiment (28/33/5/188) 8th (New Hampshire) Continental Regiment (28/38/5/157) 2nd Regiment (25/32/4/234) Wingate's New Hampshire Regiment (34/44/3/425) Wyman's New Hampshire Regiment (30/53/2/381) 4th Brigade: 2nd Battalion (23/3/2/232) 1st Pennsylvania Battalion (31/31/4/274) 1st New Jersey Regiment (28/44/2/225) 4th Pennsylvania Battalion(32/46/3/344) Independent Rifle Company (under Cpt. Nelson)(4/4/0/49) 5th Brigade: Reed's Massachusetts Militia (35/48/4/474) Wigglesworth's Massachusetts Militia (34/39/4/391) Wheelock's Massachusetts Militia (18/27/3/224) Woodbridge's Massachusetts Militia (29/46/2/511) Other: 6th Pennsylvania Regiment (27/42/4/297) Det/5th Regiment (17/33/3/183) Det/New York Levies (under C. Van Dyck)(10/14/3/93) Det/Connecticuit State (under Swift)(28/43/5/355) Det/Connecticuit State (under Mott)(19/31/0/245) Det/4th New York (13/14/3/78) Det/New York levies (under C. Van Dyck)(6/8/0/55) Artificiers (9/2/0/194) Artillery: Continental Artillery Company (under Major Badlam)(8/35/3/48)

1 Numbers are officers, NCOs, staff officers, and rank & file present under arms.

1 Flying Camp in New Jersey: Brigadier Genreal H. Mercer (dated 20 August) New Mersey Militia (under Shipman)(21/29/2/158) Det/Flying Camp (under Patterson)(35/47/6/309) New Jersey Militia (under Deare)(19/20/3/138) New Jersey Militia (under Somers)(12/27/3/74) New Jersey Militia (under Chambers)(15/23/3/207) New Jersey Militia (under Dick)(15/22/3/207) New Jersey Militia (under Seeley)(23/26/3/145) Fennsylvania Flying Camp (uinder Lawrence)(11/12/0/98) New Jersey Militia (under Thomas)(25/39/5/265) New Jersey Militia (under Ford)(24/37/4/278) New Jersey Militia (under Beavers)(15/21/3/145) Pennsylvania Flying Camp (under Moore)(25/26/4/157) Pennsylvania Flying Camp (under Klotz)(30/32/0/314) Pennsylvania Flying Camp (under Swope)(32/42/4/310) Pennsylvania Flying Camp (under Watts)(35/41/5/62) Pennsylvania Flying Camp (under Montgomery)(25/29/2/244) Pennsylvania Flying Camp (under McAllister)(25/30/3/301) Pennsylvania Flying Camp (under Baxter)(23/30/4/289)

Lesser,C.H., The Sinews of Independence, Monthly Strength Reports of the , 1976, Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press

Copyright GFN 1993