Hello All.
I was wondering if anyone had any good information detailing the two sides' respective orders of battle at Germantown. I can't seem to get hold of anything more specific than the various brigades, particularly for the Americans. Preferably I'd like to get right down to which actual regiments/battalions were present. But if you have the numbers of men in each battalion and the name of the Quartermaster's pet dog then I'm a freak for detail and would be much obliged. B)
Regards,
Tim
ok here goes :
Germantown, Pennsylvania (October 4, 1777)
Battalion Level
British:
British Main Army:
Gen. William Howe
British Light Infantry (brigade):
Unknown Commander
Left Wing/1st Light Infantry Battalion.: 3-6 or 3 x 1-6 SK (565)
Right Wing/1st Light Infantry Battalion.: 2-6 or 2 x 1-6 SK
Left Wing/2nd Light Infantry Battalion.: 3-6 or 3 x 1-6 SK (568)
Right Wing/2nd Light Infantry Battalion.: 3-6 or 3 x 1-6 SK
Royal Artillery: 2-6 Light (4 guns: 3-pdr galloper)
40th Regiment of Foot: 3-5 (299)
Royal Artillery: 2-6 Heavy (4 guns: 12-pdr)
Right Wing (division):
MG Charles Grant
2 Sqns/16th Light Dragoons: 2-6 or 2 x 1-6 SK (200)
Queen's Rangers Regiment: 3-5 or 3 x 1-5 SK (326)
Guards Brigade:
BG Edward Matthew
1st Battalion of Guards: 4-6* (@401)
2nd Battalion of Guards: 4-6* (@400)
Guards Light Infantry Co.: 1-6 SK (@80)
Royal Artillery: 1-6 Field (2 guns: 6-pdr)
1st Brigade:
MG Sir John Vaughan
4th Regiment of Foot: 3-6 (333)
28th Regiment of Foot: 3-5 (275)
49th Regiment of Foot: 3-5 (321)
Royal Artillery: 2-6 Field (4 guns: 6-pdr)
2nd Brigade:
(Replacement for Grant)
5th Regiment of Foot : 3-5 (293)
27th Regiment of Foot: 3-5 (321)
55th Regiment of Foot: 3-5 (250)
Royal Artillery: 2-6 Field (4 guns: 6-pdr)
Left Wing (division):
LTG Wilhelm von Knyphausen
Hessian Jagers (brigade):
LTC Ludwig von Wurmb
1st Co/Hesse-Cassel Jagers: 1-5 SS (95)
2nd Co/Hesse-Cassel Jagers: 1-5 SS (95)
3rd Co/Hesse-Cassel Jagers: 1-5 SS (95)
4th Co/Hesse-Cassel Jagers: 1-5 SS (95)
Mounted Jagers: 1-5 infantry SS or 1-5 Cav SK (100)
Anspach-Beyreuth Jager Co: 1-5 SS (103)
Hesse-Cassel Artillery: 1-5 Light (2 guns: 3-pdr)
Hessian Brigade:
MG Johann Stirn
Left Wing/Musketeer Regiment von Donop: 3-4 (544)
Right Wing/Musketeer Regiment von Donop: 2-4
Left Wing/Musketeer Regiment von Mirbach: 3-4 (551)
Right Wing/Musketeer Regiment von Mirbach: 3-4
Left Wing/Combined Regiment: 3-4 (467)
Right Wing/Combined Regiment: 2-4
Hesse-Cassel Artillery: 3-6 Light (6 guns: 3-pdr)
3rd Brigade:
MG Charles Grey
15th Regiment of Foot: 4-5 (367)
17th Regiment of Foot: 2-5 (233)
44th Regiment of Foot: 3-5 (312)
Royal Artillery: 2-6 Field (4 guns: 6-pdr)
4th Brigade:
BG James Agnew (2)
33rd Regiment of Foot: 4-6 (352)
37th Regiment of Foot: 3-5 (301)
46th Regiment of Foot: 3-5 (297)
64th Regiment of Foot: 3-5 (348)
Royal Artillery: 2-6 Field (4 guns: 6-pdr)
British Reinforcements:
Division:
MG Charles Cornwallis
Left Wing/1st Grenadier Battalion.: 3-6* (470)
Right Wing/1st Grenadier Battalion: 2-6*
Linsing Grenadier Battalion: 4-5* (425)
Minnigerode Grenadier Battalion: 4-5* (430)
Hesse-Cassel Artillery: 2-5 Light (4 guns: 3-pdr)
Americans:
American Main Army:
Gen. George Washington
MG Marquis de Lafayette (ADC; treat as division commander)
Pennsylvania Militia Division:
BG John Armstrong, Sr.
Philadelphia Light Horse: 1-6 SK (@85)
1st Pennsylvania Militia Brigade: (800)
BG James Irvine
Pennsylvania Milita Regiment: 3-4 MIL
Pennsylvania Milita Regiment: 3-4 MIL
Pennsylvania Milita Regiment: 2-4 MIL
2nd Pennsylvania Militia Brigade: (800)
BG James Potter
Pennsylvania Milita Regiment: 3-4 MIL
Pennsylvania Milita Regiment: 3-4 MIL
Pennsylvania Milita Regiment: 2-4 MIL
Continental Artillery: 1-6 Light (2 guns: 3-pdr)
Right Wing Column:
MG Joseph Sullivan
3rd Division:
Col. John Stone
1st Maryland Brigade (@800):
Col. Otho Williams
1st Maryland + Delaware Regts: 3-5 (@160/160)
3rd Maryland Regiment: 2-5 PDR (@210)
5th + 7th Maryland Regts: 3-5 PDR (@150/120)
2nd Maryland Brigade (@700):
Col. John Gunby (1)
2nd + 6th Maryland Regts: 2-5 PDR (@140/120)
4th Maryland Regiment: 2-5 PDR (180)
Hazen's 2nd Canadian Regiment: 3-5 (@260)
4th Division:
BG Anthony Wayne
1st Pennsylvania Brigade (@750):
Col. Thomas Hartley
1st Pennsylvania Regiment.: 2-5 or 2 x 1-5 SS (@190)
7th + 10th Pennsylvania Regts: 3-5 PDR (@150/150)
2nd Penn. + Hartley's Addt. Regts: 3-5 PDR (@130/130)
2nd Pennsylvania Brigade (@630):
Col. Richard Humpton
4th + 5th Pennsylvania Regts.: 3-5 PDR (@150/190)
8th +11th Pennsylvania Regt.: 3-5 PDR (@200/90)
3rd Pennsylvania Brigade (@960):
BG Thomas Conway
3rd Pennsylvania Regiment: 2-5 PDR (@150)
6th Pennsylvania Regiment: 2-5 PDR (@200)
9th Pennsylvania Regiment: 2-5 PDR (193)
Spencer's Additional Regiment: 2-5 PDR (186)
12th Pennsylvania Regiment: 2-5 PDR (231)
Cavalry Brigade:
BG Count Casimir Pulaski
1st Dragoon Regiment.: 2-6 or 2 x 1-6 SK (@200)
4th Dragoon Regiment.: 2-6 or 2 x 1-6 SK (@200)
Artillery Brigade:
BG Henry Knox (artillery)
Continental Artillery: 2-6 Field (4 guns: 6-pdr)
Continental Artillery: 2-6 Field (4 guns: 6-pdr)
Continental Artillery: 2-6 Light (4 guns: 3-pdr)
Left Wing Column:
MG Nataniel Greene
1st Division:
BG Peter Muhlenberg
1st Virginia Brigade (@900):
Col. Richard Parker
1st + 5th Virginia Regts.: 2-5 PDR (@100/100)
9th Virginia Regiment.: 3-5 PDR (@320)
German Battalion: 2-5 (@230)
13th Virginia Regiment: 2-5 PDR (150)
2nd Virginia Brigade (@1050):
BG George Weedon
2nd + 6th Virginia Regts.: 3-5 (@170/150)
10th +14th Virginia Regts.: 4-5 PDR (@260/120)
13th Penn. Regiment.: 3-5 PDR (@350)
2nd Division:
MG Adam Stephen
3rd Virginia Brigade (@1000):
BG William Woodford
3rd + 15th Virginia Regts.: 3-5 PDR (@140/160)
7th Virginia Regiment.: 4-5 PDR (@400)
11th Virginia Regiment.: 3-5 PDR (@300)
4th Virginia Brigade (@1000):
BG Charles Scott (1)
4th + 8th Virginia Regts.: 4-5 PDR (@290/150)
12th Virginia Regiment.: 3-5 PDR (@300)
Grayson's + Patton's Addt. Regts.: 3-5 PDR (@160/100)
Connecticut Brigade (@1100):
BG Alexander McDougall
1st Connecticut Regiment.: 3-5 PDR
2nd Connecticut Regiment.: 3-5 PDR
5th Connecticut Regiment.: 3-5 PDR
7th Connecticut Regiment.: 2-5 PDR
2nd Dragoon Regiment.: 2-6 or 2 x 1-6 SK (@200)
Continental Artillery: 2-6 Heavy (4 guns: 12-pdr)
Continental Artilery 2-6 Field (4 guns: 6-pdr)
Continental Artillery 2-6 Light (4 guns: 3-pdr)
Reserve Division:
MG William Alexander (Lord Stirling)
New Jersey Brigade (@800):
BG William Maxwell (2)
1st New Jersey Regiment: 2-5 PDR (@160)
2nd New Jersey Regiment: 2-5 PDR (@220)
3rd New Jersey Regiment: 2-5 PDR (@220)
4th New Jersey Regiment: 2-5 PDR (@200)
North Carolina Brigade (@900):
BG Francis Nash
1st North Carolina Regiment: 3-5 PDR
2nd North Carolina Regiment: 3-5 PDR
3rd North Carolina Regiment: 3-5 PDR
Continental Artillery: 2-6 Light (4 guns: 3-pdr)
Division:
BG William Smallwood
Maryland Militia Brigade: (1000)
Col Mordecai Gist
Maryland Militia Battalion.: 3-4 MIL
Maryland Militia Battalion.: 3-4 MIL
Maryland Militia Battalion.: 2-4 MIL
Maryland Militia Battalion.: 2-4 MIL
New Jersey Militia Brigade: (600)
Col. Forman
New Jersy Militia Battalion.: 3-4 MIL
New Jersey Milita Battalion.: 3-4 MIL
Continental Artillery 1-6 Light (2 guns: 3-pdr)
Quote from: Mockern on 08 November 2010, 06:00:41 PM
...the name of the Quartermaster's pet dog then I'm a freak for detail and would be much obliged. B)
Regards,
Tim
Wasn't he called 'Rover'? A right Wild b*****d by all accounts ;) :P ;D =O
He was last seen running past Chew House proudly carrying a Hessian mitre cap. ;D
Based on the sheer level of detail, I declare Dazza my new best friend. And yes, I totally mean that in the weird-internetty way that sounds. :o 8)
But seriously, thanks Dazza!