Ford (1905), pp. 89–90.Archived January 28, 2023, at the Wayback Machine. Although many New Englandstate infantry units were organized earlier in the spring of 1775 and later adopted into the Continental Army on June 14, the independent rifle companies were the first American military units raised directly as Continentals on that day (Wright, pp. 259, 319). Consequently, June 14, 1775, is recognized by the current U.S. Army as its formal date of establishment.
Ford (1906), p. 540.Archived January 28, 2023, at the Wayback Machine. Colonel Hugh Stephenson from Virginia was the commander of the regiment from June–September 1776.
Williams, p. 149. In July 1778, the Provisional Rifle Corps, then under the command of Captain Thomas Posey, had been reduced in size to two companies of about 135 officers and men (Williams, p. 152).
Kellogg, p. 116. Captain Joseph Finley and Major Richard Taylor were officers in the 8th Pennsylvania and 9th Virginia (formerly 13th Virginia) Regiments, respectively. These two infantry regiments and the Maryland riflemen were the only Continental units headquartered at Fort Pitt in 1779–1781 (Hentz, p. 140).
Kellogg, pp. 116, 119.Ensign Jacob Springer of the 9th Virginia Regiment was the commandant of the garrison of Holliday's Cove Fort in late 1779.
Hoth, pp. 131–132.Archived August 25, 2024, at the Wayback Machine. The letter recipient, Major General Philip Schuyler, was a prominent New York officer.
Shaw war-pension testimony.Archived July 28, 2024, at the Wayback Machine. Sergeant Basil Shaw′s testimony in part relates "I enlisted [...] with one Captain Adamson Tannehill who was authoris′d to recruit Soldiers for the purpose of reinstateing [sic] the Regiment of Riflemen Commanded by Col. Moses Rawlins [Rawlings] [...and] it was in 1778 [sic] that I Inlisted [sic] for the Term of Three years and the first service that I was Directed to attend to, was to Guard British prisoners at fort Cumberland in Maryland and after some months [...] there being only Two Company′s Enlisted one of them was Commanded by Captain Thos. Beale [Beall] and the other by Capt′n. A. Tannehill, whome [sic] I enlisted with and we were ordered to go on to fort pitt & Join the Western army in the Indian War". As recorded in muster rolls, Sergeant Shaw enlisted as a private in the rifle regiment on April 5, 1779, not in 1778 (Shaw war-pension testimony, p. 17).
"Govtrack". Archived from the original on July 5, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
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Hazard, pp. 155–158. The Brodhead Expedition was part of Washington's wide-ranging, coordinated offensive of the summer of 1779 that also included the larger, concurrent Sullivan Expedition in southern and western New York State (Williams, pp. 192–202).
Hazard, p. 108. The recipient of this letter, Joseph Reed, was the governor of Pennsylvania.
Hazard, pp. 194–195. Fort Henry was built at the current location of Wheeling, West Virginia, and is commonly identified as "Wheeling" in period communications.
Washington General Orders (February 16, 1779).Archived April 8, 2024, at the Wayback Machine. For administrative reasons, Rawlings′ force now consisted of virtually all Marylanders.
Pleasants, pp. 129–130.Archived March 8, 2024, at the Wayback Machine. Captain Van Swearingen, the author of this March 16, 1781, letter to Maryland governor Thomas Sim Lee, was a member of the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment and an attestant to Tannehill's participation in the Saratoga and Brodhead campaigns.
Hentz, pp. 136–137.Archived November 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Attachment is a formal process involving the temporary assignment to a military unit other than the permanent, parent unit. Detachment is the opposite—a return to the permanent military unit.
Hentz, pp. 138–139.Archived November 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. While in the field, the regiment's only captain not in enemy captivity (Captain Thomas Beall) served as its acting commander, with First Lieutenant Tannehill as second-in-charge.
Hentz, p. 140.Archived November 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Rawlings believed he should resign because of his failure to fully rebuild his regiment.
Dickson and Dickson, p. 1.Archived July 10, 2024, at the Wayback Machine. The markedly detailed nature of this unattributed military and work history strongly suggests Tannehill himself is the author.
Edies and Willcocks, p. 3.Limestone, Pennsylvania, is located about 120 miles north (upstream) of Pittsburgh on the Allegheny River.
Oswald, p. 3.Archived July 21, 2024, at the Wayback Machine. This note was almost certainly first published in the Pittsburgh newspaper and later reprinted in this Philadelphia periodical.
Dickson and Dickson, p. 1.Archived July 10, 2024, at the Wayback Machine. This article was first published in the pro-Democratic-Republican Pittsburgh newspaper, The Tree of Liberty, and was written in response to a condemnation of the governor′s decision that appeared in the Federalist-leaning The Oracle of Dauphin, and Harrisburgh Advertiser.
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, p. 169.Archived August 13, 2023, at the Wayback Machine. This source identifies Agnes Tannehill's middle name as "Maria".
Ford (1905), pp. 89–90.Archived January 28, 2023, at the Wayback Machine. Although many New Englandstate infantry units were organized earlier in the spring of 1775 and later adopted into the Continental Army on June 14, the independent rifle companies were the first American military units raised directly as Continentals on that day (Wright, pp. 259, 319). Consequently, June 14, 1775, is recognized by the current U.S. Army as its formal date of establishment.
Ford (1906), p. 540.Archived January 28, 2023, at the Wayback Machine. Colonel Hugh Stephenson from Virginia was the commander of the regiment from June–September 1776.
Hentz, pp. 136–137.Archived November 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Attachment is a formal process involving the temporary assignment to a military unit other than the permanent, parent unit. Detachment is the opposite—a return to the permanent military unit.
Hoth, pp. 131–132.Archived August 25, 2024, at the Wayback Machine. The letter recipient, Major General Philip Schuyler, was a prominent New York officer.
Dickson and Dickson, p. 1.Archived July 10, 2024, at the Wayback Machine. The markedly detailed nature of this unattributed military and work history strongly suggests Tannehill himself is the author.
Shaw war-pension testimony.Archived July 28, 2024, at the Wayback Machine. Sergeant Basil Shaw′s testimony in part relates "I enlisted [...] with one Captain Adamson Tannehill who was authoris′d to recruit Soldiers for the purpose of reinstateing [sic] the Regiment of Riflemen Commanded by Col. Moses Rawlins [Rawlings] [...and] it was in 1778 [sic] that I Inlisted [sic] for the Term of Three years and the first service that I was Directed to attend to, was to Guard British prisoners at fort Cumberland in Maryland and after some months [...] there being only Two Company′s Enlisted one of them was Commanded by Captain Thos. Beale [Beall] and the other by Capt′n. A. Tannehill, whome [sic] I enlisted with and we were ordered to go on to fort pitt & Join the Western army in the Indian War". As recorded in muster rolls, Sergeant Shaw enlisted as a private in the rifle regiment on April 5, 1779, not in 1778 (Shaw war-pension testimony, p. 17).
Washington General Orders (February 16, 1779).Archived April 8, 2024, at the Wayback Machine. For administrative reasons, Rawlings′ force now consisted of virtually all Marylanders.
Hentz, pp. 138–139.Archived November 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. While in the field, the regiment's only captain not in enemy captivity (Captain Thomas Beall) served as its acting commander, with First Lieutenant Tannehill as second-in-charge.
Hentz, p. 140.Archived November 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Rawlings believed he should resign because of his failure to fully rebuild his regiment.
Pleasants, pp. 129–130.Archived March 8, 2024, at the Wayback Machine. Captain Van Swearingen, the author of this March 16, 1781, letter to Maryland governor Thomas Sim Lee, was a member of the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment and an attestant to Tannehill's participation in the Saratoga and Brodhead campaigns.
Oswald, p. 3.Archived July 21, 2024, at the Wayback Machine. This note was almost certainly first published in the Pittsburgh newspaper and later reprinted in this Philadelphia periodical.
Dickson and Dickson, p. 1.Archived July 10, 2024, at the Wayback Machine. This article was first published in the pro-Democratic-Republican Pittsburgh newspaper, The Tree of Liberty, and was written in response to a condemnation of the governor′s decision that appeared in the Federalist-leaning The Oracle of Dauphin, and Harrisburgh Advertiser.
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, p. 169.Archived August 13, 2023, at the Wayback Machine. This source identifies Agnes Tannehill's middle name as "Maria".
