Description: Brigade Marker - Muhlenberg’s Brigade Continental Army - Valley Forge., December 19, 1777 - June 19, 1778 Greene’s Division Major General Nathaniel Greene Muhlenberg’s Brigade Brigadier General J. Peter Muhlenberg Commanding German Regiment Pennsylvania Line Lieut. Col. Lewis Weltner, raised July 12, 1776 - mustered out January 1781, 1st Regiment Virginia Infantry Colonel Richard Parker 5th Regiment Virginia Infantry Colonel Abraham Buford 9th Regiment Virginia Infantry Liet. Col. Burgess, Ball 13th Regiment Virginia Infantry Virginia State Regiment of Infantry Col. George Gibson DESCRIPTION - Granite with bronze plaque, 6’ x 4’ x 2’ DONOR & DATE - The Valley Forge Park Commission under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1908 HISTORICAL DATA - With respect to the particular monument, General J. Peter Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania commanded a brigade in General Greene’s Division, made up exclusively of regiments from Virginia, with the exception on the German Regiment. composed of Pennsylvania German rank and file.
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Notes: HCS 3/21/2023. Original image available at this link.
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Identifier: VFP199
Serial Number: 6954
Donation: NPGallery Digital Asset Management System collection (#108)
