Hartley ' s Additional Continental Regiment Hartley ' s Additional Continental Regiment or New Eleventh Pennsylvania was an American infantry unit of the Continental Army that served for four years during the American Revolutionary War . The regiment was authorized in January 1777 and Colonel Thomas Hartley was appointed its commander . The unit comprised eight companies from Pennsylvania , Maryland , and Delaware . When permanent brigades were formed in May 1777 , the regiment was transferred to the 1st Pennsylvania Brigade . Hartley ' s Regiment fought at Brandywine , Paoli , and Germantown in 1777 . The unit helped defend the Pennsylvania frontier against Indian raids in 1778 . At start of 1779 , the regiment absorbed Patton ' s Additional Continental Regiment and part of Malcolm ' s Additional Continental Regiment to become the new 11th Pennsylvania Regiment . The new 11th participated in the Sullivan Expedition in the summer of that year . In January 1781 the new 11th merged with the 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment and ceased to exist . History . Hartley ' s Additional Continental Regiment was authorized on 12 January 1777 for service with the Continental Army . In December 1776 , as his army retreated across New Jersey under British pressure , George Washington appealed to the Continental Congress for more soldiers . In September 1776 , Congress had authorized an army of 88 infantry battalions . In the crisis , Congress acceeded to Washington ' s requests on 27 December 1776 . The delegates gave Washington sweeping authority to appoint officers and recruit an additional 16 battalions of infantry , three regiments of artillery , an engineer corps , and light cavalry formations . Unlike the original 88 battalions which were to be raised by the states , the " additional " regiments were completely under Washington ' s control . Upon the recommendation of delegate Richard Henry Lee , Washington appointed Thomas Hartley as colonel of one " additional " regiment . Hartley was the former lieutenant colonel of the 6th Pennsylvania Battalion . Hartley had broad authority to select his own officers . Accordingly , Hartley chose as his lieutenant colonel Morgan Connor , major of the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment . Hartley recruited eight companies from eastern Pennsylvania , eastern Maryland , and Delaware . Hartley ' s Regiment included a grenadier company , which was unusual for an American unit . The troops assembled at Philadelphia in the spring of 1777 . On 22 May 1777 the regiment became part of the 1st Pennsylvania Brigade in Washington ' s main army . On 11 September 1777 , Hartley ' s Regiment fought at the Battle of Brandywine as part of a 2 , 000 - man division led by Brigadier General Anthony Wayne . Since the division commander Major General Benjamin Lincoln was absent , Wayne moved up from the command of the 1st Pennsylvania Brigade and Hartley took his place as acting brigadier . Wayne drew up the division in line with the 1st Brigade on the right flank and the 2nd Pennsylvania Brigade on its left . From right to left , Hartley ' s units were drawn up in the order : 1st and 7th Pennsylvania Regiment s , Hartley ' s Regiment , 10th and 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment s . The right - most unit was deployed on the Great Road with Colonel Thomas Proctor ' s artillery lunette about in front . The Anglo - Hessian division led by Lieutenant General Wilhelm von Knyphausen attacked across Brandywine Creek at Chadds Ford . After a struggle , von Knyphausen ' s men overran the lunette and then advanced on Wayne ' s position . In the firefight that followed , Major Lewis Bush of Hartley ' s Regiment had his horse killed under him . Shortly after mounting a second horse , he was fatally struck by a projectile and fell into the arms of Lieutenant Colonel Adam Hubley of the 10th Pennsylvania . Bush was the highest - ranking American officer killed at Brandywine . When the British and Hessians threatened to turn both of Wayne ' s flanks , he withdrew his division to a hill while successfully bringing off the brigade artillery . Nightfall ended the British pursuit . The regiment also was present at the Battle of Paoli on 20 September . The Americans were alerted to the night - time attack , and began to retire in marching column . However , a cannon broke down , blocking the road and the 2nd and 1st Brigades halted . In a bayonet charge , the British routed the 1st Pennsylvania which was covering the retreat and burst among the Americans . The 7th Pennsylvania was the rear - most unit with Hartley ' s immediately ahead of it . In the chaos that followed , the British inflicted heavy casualties on their adversaries . Hubley admitted that 52 Americans died and total casualties numbered about 300 men , while the British lost only three killed and eight wounded . On 4 October 1777 , the regiment was in action at Battle of Germantown , still in the 1st Pennsylvania Brigade and Wayne ' s division . Major General John Sullivan ' s right wing , led by Brigadier General Thomas Conway ' s brigade bumped into the British 2nd Light Infantry Regiment near Mount Airy at the start of the engagement . After the light troops held up Conway ' s advance near Mount Pleasant , Sullivan committed the 1st and 2nd Maryland Brigades to the right of the Germantown Road and Wayne ' s division to the left . Recalling the Paoli " massacre " , the Americans surged forward with shouts of , " Have at the Bloodhounds ! Revenge Wayne ' s Affair ! " With the 1st Brigade on the right and the 2nd Brigade on the left , Wayne ' s men attacked with a fury , giving no quarter to those light infantrymen who tried to surrender . The 2nd Light Infantry put up a stubborn fight but was ultimately routed and the Pennsylvanians captured their camp . By this time the British Army commander Sir William Howe appeared on the scene and attempted to rally his men . He shouted , " For shame , Light Infantry ! I never saw you retreat before . Form ! Form ! It is only a scouting party . " A blast of grapeshot soon proved otherwise and Howe prudently withdrew . The 5th Foot and 55th Foot arrived to support the light infantry , but they were also forced to fall back . In the confusion , the 40th Foot installed themselves in the solidly - built Chew House . After firing a few volleys at the house with no effect , Wayne ' s men left it behind and continued their southward advance into the morning ' s fog . Sullivan shifted Conway ' s brigade to the right of his Maryland troops and also pushed onward . At this point , contact between Wayne ' s division and the rest of Sullivan ' s wing was broken . Both Wayne and Sullivan advanced several hundred yards beyond the Chew House before the advance stalled . When the American rear echelon units began bombarding the Chew House with cannons , Wayne and his men became anxious and turned back . In the fog , they blundered into Major General Adam Stephen ' s advancing Virginia division . In a friendly fire incident , both American forces volleyed at one another . Confused in the fog and taking fire from several directions , Wayne ' s men took to their heels and did not rally until they were from the battlefield . On 8 January 1778 , Hartley ' s Regiment was assigned to the Middle Department and in March it became part of the Pennsylvania Line . Captain William Scott ' s company from Thruston ' s Additional Continental Regiment was absorbed on 4 April 1778 . Sent to the Pennsylvania frontier to oppose raids by the Iroquois and their American Loyalist allies , Hartley ' s Regiment arrived in the Wyoming Valley after the Wyoming Massacre . In September 1778 , elements of the regiment participated in a counter - raid in which they destroyed a few Indian villages , recovered plunder taken in the Wyoming Valley , and skirmished with the native American warriors . Hearing that a large body of Indians was assembling at Unadilla , Colonel Hartley withdrew his 130 - man column . On 13 January 1779 , the regiment consoldated with Patton ' s Additional Continental Regiment and the three companies of Malcolm ' s Additional Continental Regiment commanded by Captains John Doyle , John Steele , and James Calderwood . The new unit was named the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment and organized in the strength of nine companies . Since the " Old Eleventh " was consolidated with the 10th Pennsylvania Regiment in July 1778 and was no longer in existence , the regiment became known as the " New Eleventh " . Assigned to Edward Hand ' s Brigade in April 1779 , the unit joined the Sullivan Expedition that summer , where it was brigaded with the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment . The only major engagement was the Battle of Newtown on 29 August 1779 . In this action , 250 men of Butler ' s Rangers and Joseph Brant ' s 800 Loyalists and Iroquois Indians attempted to ambush Sullivan ' s 4 , 000 - man column . The American advance guard of riflemen detected the trap and Sullivan deployed his troops . While Enoch Poor ' s New Hampshire brigade supported by James Clinton ' s New Yorkers tried to envelop the enemy left flank , the brigades of Hand and William Maxwell pressed the opposing right flank . A Tory and Indian counterattack against Poor ' s men was driven off . Meanwhile , many Indians bolted when Thomas Proctor ' s artillery opened fire from a nearby hill . Faced with envelopment by a greatly superior force , Brant ' s men withdrew . Thereafter , the expedition did great damage to the Six Nations territory , burning 40 towns , despoiling crops , and cutting down orchards . The Iroquois people were forced to beg for food from the British that winter , but their ferocious attacks on frontier settlements continued . In August 1780 , the regiment transferred to the 2nd Pennsylvania Brigade . On 17 January 1781 the " New Eleventh " consolidated with the 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment and ceased to exist . Service record . < br >