Would you like to know who was at the encampment? This listing (although not complete) lists many of the individuals who were at the encampment. Also included at the end of this page is a listing of Washington’s Guard at the Moland House on the morning of August 18th, 1777.
Encampment on the Neshaminy |
Morning Report |
August 10th through 23rd, 1777 |
Compiled by Kenneth R. Barlow for the Warwick Township Historical Society
General George Washington | Commander-in-Chief | * | |
Major General Nathaniel Greene | Division Commander | * | |
Major General Marquis de Lafayette | Wounded at Brandywine | * | |
Major General Benjamin Lincoln | Division Commander | ||
Lord Sterling (Major General William Alexander) | Division Commander | * | |
Major General Adam Stephens | Division Commander | * | |
Brigadier General Thomas Conway | Pennsylvania Brigade | * | |
Brigadier General Henry Knox | Artillery Chief | * | |
Brigadier General William Maxwell | New Jersey Brigade | * | |
Brigadier General John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg | Virginia Brigade | 8th Virginia Regiment, “German Regiment” | * |
Brigadier General Francis Nash | Brigade | Killed Battle Germantown | |
Brigadier General Count Casimir Pulaski | Father American Cavalry | Killed Battle of Savannah | |
Brigadier General Charles Scott | Brigade | * | |
Brigadier General Anthony Wayne | 5th Pennsylvania | Mad Anthony | * |
Brigadier General George Weedon | 1st Virginia Brigade | * | |
Brigadier General William Woodford. | 1st Viginia Brigade | Wounded Germantown | * |
Armand, Colonel Charles Tufin | Frenchman | ||
Baker, Pvt. Jacob | Moyland’s Light Dragoons | ||
Bayard, Colonel John | Pennsylvania Regiment | ||
Baylor, Colonel | Virginia Horse Regiment | ||
Bland, Colonel | Virginia Horse Regiment | ||
Bowman, Colonel | |||
Broadhead, Colonel Daniel | 8th Pennsylvania | ||
Brumbo, John | 10th Virginia | ||
Burn, James | Col. Stewart’s Regiment | ||
Burne, Cpl. Lawrence | Moyland’s Light Dragoons | ||
Butler, Lt. Colonel Thomas | Continental Armorer | ||
Chambers, Colonel James | Pennsylvania Regiment | ||
Cook, Colonel William | 12th Pennsylvania | ||
Craig, Lt. Colonel Thomas | Pennsylvania Regiment | ||
Crimp, Captain | 1st Virginia Brigade | ||
Cropper, Major | |||
Davis, Lt. Colonel | |||
de Larourie, Colonel (Marquis) | Armand’s Corps | Frenchman | |
deFleury, Captain (Viscount) Louis | Armand’s Corps | Horse shot from under him at Brandywine | |
Dorsey, Captain | |||
Duportail, Colonel Chevelier | Armand’s Corps | Frenchman | |
Elliot, Colonel | 6th Virginia | ||
Farmer, Colonel | |||
Farshiers, Thomas | Moyland’s Light Dragoons | ||
Febiger, Colonel Christian | 2nd Virginia | ||
Flowers, Benjamin | Commisary Gen’l Military Stores | ||
Frazer, Lt. Colonel Persifer | 5th Pennsylvania | ||
Gaines, Pvt. Frederick | Moyland’s Light Dragoons | ||
Gibbs, Major Caleb | Cmdr of the Lifeguards | Protectors of the Commander-in-chief | |
Grayson, Colonel | Virginia Regiment | ||
Grier, Lt. Colonel | Pennsylvania Regiment | ||
Hamilton, Colonel Alexander | Aide to the Commander | Secretary of The Council of War, First Secretary of the U.S. Treasury | * |
Harper, Brigade Major | |||
Harrison, Lt. Colonel Robert Hanson | Aide to the Commander | Son of Benjamin Harrison | |
Hartley, Colonel Thomas | 6th Pennsylvania | ||
House, George | Moyland’s Light Dragoons | ||
Humpton, Colonel Richard | 2nd Pennsylvania | ||
Johnson, Colonel Francis | 5th Pennsylvania | ||
Kainking, Pvt. Daniel | Moyland’s Light Dragoons | ||
Kilpatrick, Sgt. George | Moyland’s Light Dragoons | ||
Laumoy, Lt. Colonel | French Engineer | ||
Laurens, Lt. Colonel John | Commander’s Secretary | Son of Henry Laurens, Pres. of Congress | |
Lawson, Colonel Robert | 4th Virginia | ||
Lee, Captain Henry | Virginia Regiment | Lighthorse Harry, father of Robt. E. Lee | |
Leland, Pvt. Patrick | Moyland’s Light Dragoons | ||
Lewis, Colonel | |||
Longspit, Pvt. Christian | Moyland’s Light Dragoons | ||
Marshall, Colonel Thomas | 3rd Virginia | ||
Marshall, Lieutenant John | 3rd Virginia | Son of Thomas, later Chief Justice | |
Martin, Sgt. Charles | Moyland’s Light Dragoons | ||
Mathew, Colonel George | 9th Virginia | Wounded and captured Germantown | |
Mc Davill, James | 6th Pennsylvania | ||
McCarty, Pvt. Daniel | Moyland’s Light Dragoons | ||
McClenachan, Colonel | President of Court Marshall | ||
McMicheal, Lt. | |||
Meade, Richard Kidder | Aide to the Commander | ||
Mills, George | 10th Virginia | ||
Monroe, Captain James | Virginia Regiment | Aide to Lord Sterling, later President | |
Moylan, Colonel Stephen | 4th Light Dragoons | Pennsylvania Horse Regiment and Aide to the Commander | |
Murray, Major Francis | Newtown, Bucks County | ||
Nagle, Colonel | 9th Pennsylvania | ||
O’Beal, Colonel | Quartermaster General for Wagons | ||
Orles, Pvt. Thomas | Moyland’s Light Dragoons | ||
Parker, Colonel Josiah | |||
Parker, Colonel Richard | 8th Virginia | Succeeded Gen. Muhlenberg | |
Patton, Colonel John | Pennsylvania Regiment | ||
Peers, Brigade Major | |||
Pickering, Colonel Timothy | Adjutant General of the Army | ||
Pinkney, Lt. Colonel Charles Cotesworth | Aide to the Commander | Signer of the Constitution | |
Radiere, Lt. Colonel | French Engineer | ||
Rex, Pvt. Adam | Moyland’s Light Dragoons | ||
Robeson, Major Thomas | 5th Pennsylvania | ||
Scott, Captain | |||
Sears, Colonel | |||
Sheldon, Colonel | Pennsylvania Horse Reg. | President of Court Marshall | |
Shrives, Colonel | |||
Smith, Lieutenant | 1st Virginia | ||
Spencer, Colonel | President of Court Marshall | ||
Spottswood, Colonel Alexander | Govenor’s Grandson | Husband of Elizabeth, Washington’s niece | |
Spottswood, John | Govenor’s Grandson | Officer and brother of Alexander, Badly wounded at Germantown | |
Steil, Rev. Christian | 8th Virginia | Chaplain | |
Stewart, Colonel Walter | 13th Pennsylvania | ||
Swaine, Brigade Major Francis | 8th Virginia | Reprimanded here | |
Tilghman, Colonel Tench | Sec’y to the Commander | ||
Walner, Pvt. Nicholas | Moyland’s Light Dragoons | ||
Wells, Cpl. Enoch | Moyland’s Light Dragoons | ||
White, Colonel | |||
White, Lt. Colonel Anthony Walten | Moyland’s Light Dragoons | President of Court Marshall | |
Wilcox, Edward | Quartermaster | ||
Winer, Pvt. Henry | Moyland’s Light Dragoons | ||
Witherspoon, Major | Maxwell’s Brigade | Son of John Witherspoon, “Signer” | |
Wood, Colonel James | Virginia Regiment | ||
* At the Council of War in the Moland House |
The following report on Washington’s guard was provided by Ed Price.