Riflemen of the FR rise in Pennsylvania 1775
In Sunbury Pennsylvania in June 1775 Pennsylvania rifle companies form under Captains Lowden Nagel Miller and others. Volunteers from Reading York Lancaster Berks Northampton and Cumberland pour in under strong Irish German Welsh and Scots ancestry. Notable figures include Sam Brady Timothy Murphy Peter Gentz and James Wilkinson who join the drive toward Boston and the Quebec campaign. The regiment later becomes the First Continental Regiment with Washington at Cambridge and sees action at Long Island Germantown Monmouth and Paoli.
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