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Morgan's Riflemen and the Founding of American Sharpshooters
Fifty years after June 1775 the article recalls Daniel Morgan and Virginia and Pennsylvania riflemen as the core of Washingtons corps of Rangers. It traces their origins in Cambridge, their famed long rifles, notable figures like Sam Brady Tim Murphy and David Elerson, key battles from Boston to Saratoga Monmouth and Valley Forge, and Murphy as the Scout of the Schoharie whose fame symbolized the Morgan riflemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Corps of Rangers
Morgan
Second Continental Congress
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Boston
Congress
Appalachians
Dechert
Decherd
Deckard
Deckhard
Mills
Daniel Morgan
Frederick County
Braddock
Leutenant
King George
Winchester
George Washington
The
Potomac
Cambridge
William Thompson
Carlisle
Edward Hand
James Chambers
Robert Cluggage
Michael Doudel
William Hendricks
Abraham Miller
George Nagel
James Ross
Matthew Smith
John Lowdon
Lowdon
Sam Brady
Ohio
Schoharie
Gabriel Long
David Elerson
Ellison
Boon
Tim Murphy
Michael Cresap
Logan
Cresap
Washington
Murphy
Elerson
Patrick Henry
Atlantic
England
Smith's
Hendricks
Arnold
Montgomery
Quebec
Pennsylvania Riflemen
Hand
Long Island
New Jersey
New “Corps of Rangers
Richard Butler
Ninth Pennsylvania
Joseph Morris
Samuel J. Cabell
James Parr
Hawkins Boone
Daniel Boone
Matthew Henderson
van Swearingen
Knox
Thomas Posey
Wayne
Howe
New York
Burgoyne
General Gates
Gates
Freeman's Farm
Stillwater
Frazer
Saratoga
Benedict Arnold
Whitemarsh
Marquis de Lafayette
Cornwallis
Chestnnut Hill
Morris
Posey
Valley Forge
Major Posey
Monmouth
Mohawk Valley
Sullivan
Dave Elerson
Middleburgh