Paoli order of battle

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Paoli during the American Revolutionary War.

American Army

Lincoln's Division [Major General Benjamin Lincoln was sent to the Northern Army earlier in 1777, so Wayne, commanding the 1st Brigade, assumed command.]
Brigader General Anthony Wayne
Staff
* 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 [Brigader General Philip De Haas was assigned to command this brigade but never assumed command and soon resigned his commission after his February 1777 commission.]
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 Pulaski's Corps of Light Dragoons, Major Julius Count Montfort:1st Continental Dragoons, Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Temple:2nd Continental Dragoons, Captain Josiah Stoddard

British Army

Main Column
Major General Charles Grey:2nd Battalion Light Infantry, Major John Maitland:42nd Regiment (two battalions), Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Stirling:44th Regiment, Major Henry Hope Riflemen (probably remants of Ferguson's Corps):Company of light infantry:Detachment, 16th (Queen's Own) Light Dragoons, Major Francis Gwyn

Detachment
Lieutenat Colonel Thomas Musgrave:40th Regiment:50th Regiment

Notes

ources

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