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Pennsylvania, who accepted. Hartley had formerly been lieutenant colonel of the 6th Pennsylvania Battalion.
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Continental regiments and Additional Continental regiments
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was drawn from New York and half from Pennsylvania.
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878:Cadwalader's Philadelphia Associators Regiment
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413:United States Army Center of Military History
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1310:George Washington in the American Revolution
274:of Pennsylvania, who accepted leadership of
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888:Morgan's Philadelphia Associators Regiment
873:Bayard's Philadelphia Associators Regiment
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1154:Militia units that participated alongside
948:Watt's Cumberland County Militia Regiment
933:McAllister's York County Militia Regiment
928:Klotz's Lancaster County Militia Regiment
832:Hartley's Additional Continental Regiment
283:Malcolm's Additional Continental Regiment
264:Hartley's Additional Continental Regiment
837:Patton's Additional Continental Regiment
276:Patton's Additional Continental Regiment
943:Moore's Chester County Militia Regiment
645:British occupation of Philadelphia ends
463:Pennsylvania in the American Revolution
267:Pennsylvania Regiment on July 1, 1778.
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671:Mutiny of the Pennsylvania Line
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553:Washington Crosses the Delaware
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246:History and notable features
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1270:Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783
543:Declaration of Independence
517:Second Continental Congress
230:was a formation within the
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995:American Revolutionary War
808:13th Pennsylvania Regiment
803:12th Pennsylvania Regiment
798:11th Pennsylvania Regiment
793:10th Pennsylvania Regiment
741:Pennsylvania Regular Units
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482:First Continental Congress
389:14th Pennsylvania Regiment
384:13th Pennsylvania Regiment
379:12th Pennsylvania Regiment
374:11th Pennsylvania Regiment
369:10th Pennsylvania Regiment
313:6th Pennsylvania Battalion
310:5th Pennsylvania Battalion
307:4th Pennsylvania Battalion
298:1st Pennsylvania Battalion
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324:1st Pennsylvania Regiment
304:3d Pennsylvania Battalion
301:2d Pennsylvania Battalion
1260:Pennsylvania Line Mutiny
827:1st Continental Regiment
635:Battle of Crooked Billet
614:Battle of Matson's Ford
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604:Siege of Fort Mifflin
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401:Pennsylvania Archives
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121:List of militia units
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409:The Continental Army
236:Continental Congress
167:List of French units
127:List of state navies
69:Regional departments
16:For other uses, see
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732:and Militia in the
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109:Continental Marines
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913:Lawrence's Militia
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