The Delaware Regiment

After distinguished service in the Campaign of 1776, Delaware's Continental regiment was formally reorganized in early 1777. Assigned to the division of Major General John Sullivan, the Delaware Regiment took part in that unit's costly offensive against the British left during the Battle of Germantown. Regimental returns reported three men killed, nine missing, and twenty-six wounded, including the regiment's commander, Colonel David Hall, and others later died of their wounds, among them Captain Thomas Holland, a former British Army officer whose military training and experience had contributed greatly to the regiment's discipline and efficiency. The Delaware Regiment continued to serve for the remainder of the Revolution, earning high honors and universal respect while participating in many of the war's major engagements.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · United States