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Riflemen of the Revolution The Pennsylvania Companies
In 1775 Pennsylvania backwoodsmen formed rifle companies to march on Boston under George Washington. Notable recruits included Sam Brady, Timothy Murphy, Peter Bentz, and James Wilkinson. The units joined Captains Doudel Nagel London Smith Hendricks and Ross, withJohn Lowdon organizing the formation at Sunbury.
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Pennsylvania
Sunbury
Concord
Lexington
Massachusetts
New York
Green Mountain Boys
Ethan Allen
Old Ti
Lake Champlain
Jehovah
Continental Congress
Burgoyne
Clinton
Howe
Boston
Gage
Philadelphia
Second Continental Congress
Colony of
Maryland
Virginia
George Washington
Washington
Braddock
Monongahela
Tommy Gage
Pontiac
Redcoats
Buffalo Valley
West Branch
Susquehanna
John Lowdon
Lowdon
Society of Friends
Lancaster
Committee of Correspondence
London
John Hancock
Charles Thomson
Northumberland
Continental Service
Dick Grosvenor
Reading
Edston
Congress
Colonial Assembly Or Convention
Samuel Getty
Gettysburg
York County
Lancaster County
James Ross
Matthew Smith
Erty
William Thompson
Carlisle
Edward Hand
Robert Magaw
William Penn
Ulster
Ireland
America
Captain London
John Shawnee
Peter Bentz
Peter Pence
Samuel Brady
Sam Brady
Rangers
Ohio
Simon Fraser
Saratoga
North America
Smith
Doudel
Chambers
Nagel
Miller
Hendricks
New Windsor
West Point
Philadelphia Evening Post
Cambridge
Reading Company of Rifles
Berks County
Pennsylvania Company
Tim Murphy
Lowry
Harvard College
Ross
Cluggage
Pennsylvania Riflemen
Edward Burd
Jesse Lukens
Matthew Duncan
John Joseph Henry
James Wilkinson
Tidewater
Royal Irish
Thompson
Army of the
Army of the United Colonies
Arnold
Montgomery
Quebec
Lechmere’s Point
Hand
Long Island
Brandywine
Germantown
Paoli
Monmouth
Western Newspaper Union