Military History of Thomas Craig  (c. 1739 - 1/20/1832)

Original Member

  Officer History
 
  Date   Rank   Unit   Military Action   Position   Status
  Apr 1775 - Mar 1776   Second Lieutenant   Pennsylvania Battalion of Riflemen   Boston / Cambridge Campaign    
 
  25 Jun 1775   Second Lieutenant   Pennsylvania Battalion of Riflemen       Regiment Quartermaster, Miller's Company  
 
  18 Aug 1775   Second Lieutenant   2nd Continental Regiment       Regiment Quartermaster, Miller's Company  
 
  27 Aug 1775   Second Lieutenant   2nd Continental Regiment   Ploughed Hill, Mass   Regiment Quartermaster, Miller's Company  
 
  Nov 1775   First Lieutenant   2nd Continental Regiment       Regiment Quartermaster, Miller's Company  
 
  9 Nov 1775   First Lieutenant   2nd Continental Regiment   Lechmere's Point, Mass   Regiment Quartermaster, Miller's Company  
 
  1 Jan 1776   First Lieutenant   1st Continental Regiment       Regiment Quartermaster, Miller's Company  
 
  5 Jan 1776   Captain   2nd Pennsylvania Battalion       Company Commander  
 
  9 Jun 1776   Captain   2nd Pennsylvania Battalion   Trois Rivieres   Company Commander  
 
  18 Jul 1776 - 24 Jan 1777   Captain   2nd Pennsylvania Battalion   Fort Ticonderoga, Garrison Duty   Company Commander  
 
  18 Jul 1776 - 24 Jan 1777   Lieutenant Colonel   2nd Pennsylvania Battalion   Fort Ticonderoga, Garrison Duty    
 
  29 Sep 1776   Lieutenant Colonel   2nd Pennsylvania Battalion        
 
  15 Feb 1777   Lieutenant Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Regiment        
 
  12 Apr 1777   Lieutenant Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Regiment   Short Hill, NJ (I)    
 
  12-13 Apr 1777   Lieutenant Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Regiment   Bound Brook    
 
  26 Jun 1777   Lieutenant Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Regiment   Short Hill, NJ (II)    
 
  1 Aug 1777   Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Regiment       Commander  
 
  11 Sep 1777   Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Regiment   Brandywine   Commander  
 
  4 Oct 1777   Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Regiment   Germantown   Commander  
 
  2 Nov - 10 Dec 1777   Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Regiment   Whitemarsh Encampment   Commander  
 
  19 Dec 1777 - 19 Jun 1778   Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Regiment   Valley Forge Encampment   Commander  
 
  28 Jun 1778   Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Regiment   Monmouth   Commander  
 
  Dec 1778 - Jun 1779   Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Regiment   Middlebrook Encampment   Commander  
 
  Apr - Oct 1779   Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Regiment   New Jersey Campaign, 1779   Commander  
 
  Dec 1779 - Jun 1780   Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Regiment   Morristown Encampment, 1779   Commander  
 
  21 Jul 1780   Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Regiment   Blockhouse - Bergen Heights   Commander  
 
  25 Sep 1780   Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Regiment   West Point Reinforcement   Commander  
 
  Dec 1780 - Jun 1781   Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Regiment   Morristown Encampment, 1780   Commander  
 
  6-17 Oct 1781   Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Regiment   Yorktown   Commander  
 
  Jan - Nov 1782   Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Regiment   Carolina Campaign   Commander  
 
  1 Jan 1783   Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Regiment       Commander   Retired
 
 
  Post-War Offices Held
 
  Date From   Date To   Office Name   Notes
  10 September 1784   1789   Associate Judge, Montgomery County, PA  
 
  10 September 1784   1789   Prothonotary, Montgomery County, PA  
 
  1785   1789   Recorder of Deeds, Montgomery County, PA  
 
  1790   1793   Lieutenant, Northampton County, PA  
 

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