Paoli order of battle

Updated on Nov 05, 2023

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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
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 - 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 Kazimierz 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

References

Paoli order of battle Wikipedia

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