Military History of Henry D. Pursell  (n.d. - c. 1788?)

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  Officer History
 
  Date   Rank   Unit   Military Action   Position   Status
  4 Jan 1777   Ensign   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment        
 
  Mar - Nov 1777   Ensign   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment   New Jersey Campaign, 1777    
 
  12-13 Apr 1777   Ensign   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment   Bound Brook    
 
  8 May 1777   Ensign   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment   Piscataway, NJ (II)    
 
  11 Sep 1777   Ensign   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment   Brandywine    
 
  19 Sep 1777   Ensign   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment   Paoli    
 
  4 Oct 1777   Ensign   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment   Germantown    
 
  4 Oct 1777   Second Lieutenant   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment        
 
  2 Nov - 10 Dec 1777   Second Lieutenant   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment   Whitemarsh Encampment    
 
  19 Dec 1777 - 19 Jun 1778   Second Lieutenant   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment   Valley Forge Encampment    
 
  Dec 1778 - Jun 1779   Second Lieutenant   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment   Middlebrook Encampment    
 
  Apr - Oct 1779   Second Lieutenant   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment   New Jersey Campaign, 1779    
 
  3 Sep 1779   First Lieutenant   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment       Regimental Quartermaster  
 
  Dec 1779 - Jun 1780   First Lieutenant   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment   Morristown Encampment, 1779    
 
  18 May 1780   First Lieutenant   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment   Paramus, NJ    
 
  7 Jun 1780   First Lieutenant   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment   Connecticut Farms, NJ    
 
  21 Jul 1780   First Lieutenant   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment   Blockhouse - Bergen Heights    
 
  25 Sep 1780   First Lieutenant   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment   West Point Reinforcement    
 
  Dec 1780 - Jun 1781   First Lieutenant   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment   Morristown Encampment, 1780    
 
  Jun 1783   First Lieutenant   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment         Retired
 
 

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