Battle of Paoli order of battle

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Paoli during the American Revolutionary War. The Battle of Paoli (also known as the Battle of Paoli Tavern or the Paoli Massacre) was part of the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought on September 21, 1777, in the area surrounding present-day Malvern, Pennsylvania.

American Army

Lincoln's Division ^[1]
Brigadier General Anthony Wayne

Brigade Major Michael Ryan

1st Pennsylvania Brigade - Colonel Thomas Hartley

Brigade Major William Nichols

1st Pennsylvania Regiment, Colonel James Chambers

2nd Pennsylvania Regiment, Major William Williams

7th Pennsylvania Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel David Grier

10th Pennsylvania Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Adam Hubley

Hartley's Additional Continental Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Morgan Connor

2nd Pennsylvania Brigade^[2] - Colonel Richard Humpton

4th Pennsylvania Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel William Butler

5th Pennsylvania Regiment, Colonel Francis Johnston

8th Pennsylvania Regiment, Colonel Daniel Brodhead

11th Pennsylvania Regiment, Major Francis Mentges

Additional units

Randall's Independent Company of Artillery, Captain Thomas Randall

Count Casimir Pulaski's Corps of Light Dragoons, Major Julius Count Montfort

1st Continental Light Dragoons, Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Temple

2nd Continental Light Dragoons, Captain Josiah Stoddard

British Army

Main Column
Major General Charles Grey

42nd Regiment of Foot (2 battalions), Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Stirling

44th Regiment of Foot, Major Henry Hope

2nd Battalion of Light Infantry, Major John Maitland

16th (Queen's Own) Light Dragoons (Detachment), Major Francis Gwyn

Company of Light Infantry

Detachment of Riflemen (probably remnants of Ferguson's Corps)

Detachment
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Musgrave

40th Regiment of Foot

50th Regiment of Foot

Notes

^ Major General Benjamin Lincoln was sent to the Northern Army earlier in 1777, so Wayne, commanding the 1st Brigade, assumed command.
^ Brigadier General Philip De Haas was assigned to command this brigade but never assumed command and soon resigned his commission after his February 1777 commission.

Sources

McGuire, Thomas J. Battle of Paoli. Stackpole Books, 2000. Mechanicsburg, PA ISBN 0-8117-0198-0

[1] Major General Benjamin Lincoln was sent to the Northern Army earlier in 1777, so Wayne, commanding the 1st Brigade, assumed command.

[2] Brigadier General Philip De Haas was assigned to command this brigade but never assumed command and soon resigned his commission after his February 1777 commission.

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