Officer History
 
  Date   Rank   Unit   Military Action   Position   Status
  1775   Colonel   Pennsylvania Militia        
 
  Jan - Jul 1776   Colonel   2nd Pennsylvania Battalion   Canada Campaign (II)    
 
  3 Jan 1776   Colonel   2nd Pennsylvania Battalion        
 
  9 Jun 1776   Colonel   2nd Pennsylvania Battalion   Trois Rivieres    
 
  18 Jul 1776 - 24 Feb 1777   Colonel   2nd Pennsylvania Battalion   Fort Ticonderoga, Garrison Duty    
 
  18 Jul 1776 - 24 Feb 1777   Brigadier General   Pennsylvania Line   Fort Ticonderoga, Garrison Duty    
 
  9 Aug 1776   Brigadier General   4th Pennsylvania Brigade         Recalled To Main Army Headquarters
 
  26 Dec 1776   Brigadier General   4th Pennsylvania Brigade   Trenton, NJ (I)    
 
  2 Jan 1777   Brigadier General   4th Pennsylvania Brigade   Trenton, NJ (II)    
 
  3 Jan 1777   Brigadier General   4th Pennsylvania Brigade   Princeton    
 
  10 Jan - May 1777   Brigadier General   4th Pennsylvania Brigade   Morristown Encampment, 1777    
 
  19 Feb 1777   Major General   Pennsylvania Line       Division Commander  
 
  15 Sep - 15 Nov 1779   Major General   Pennsylvania Line   West Point, Garrison Duty   Division Commander  
 
  15 May 1781 - 14 Dec 1782   Major General   Pennsylvania Line   Southern Campaign   Division Commander  
 
  6-17 Oct 1781   Major General   Pennsylvania Line   Yorktown   Division Commander  
 
  Jan - Nov 1782   Major General   Pennsylvania Line   Carolina Campaign   Division Commander  
 
  May 1782   Major General   Pennsylvania Line       Division Commander   Resigned
 
 
  Post-War Offices Held
 
  Date From   Date To   Office Name   Notes
  13 November 1783   25 September 1784   Censor , Philadelphia County, PA  
 
  2 November 1785   20 November 1787   Congressman, New York City, NY   United States in Congress Assembled (aka Congress of the Confederation); 7th & 8th Sessions; President, 8th Session
 

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