Description: Brigade Marker-McIntosh’s Brigade Continental Array Valley Forge December 19, 1777 June 18, 1778 Sullivan’s Division Major General John Sullivan McIntosh’s Brigade Brig. General Lachlan McIntosh commanding 1st North Carolina Infantry Colonel Thomas Clark 2nd North Carolina Infantry Colonel John Patton 3rd North Carolina Infantry Colonel Jethro Sumner 4th North Carolina Infantry Colonel Thomas Polk 5th North Carolina Infantry Lieut. Col. William L. Davidson 6th North Carolina Infantry Colonel Gideon Lamb 7th North Carolina Infantry Colonel James Hogun 8th North Carolina Infantry Colonel James Armstrong 9th North Carolina Infantry Colonel John Williams 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 - The North Carolina troops at Valley Forge fared poorly because of the distance supplies from their state had to travel. They were also unaccustomed to the northern winters and seemed to suffer more because of it.
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Notes: HCS 3/21/2023. Original image available at this link.
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Identifier: VFP201
Serial Number: 6956
Donation: NPGallery Digital Asset Management System collection (#108)
