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5th Pennsylvania Regiment
Active
1775–1783
Allegiance
Continental Congress of the United States
Type
Infantry
Part of
Pennsylvania Line
Engagements
Battle of Brandywine (1777)
Battle of Paoli (1777)
Battle of Germantown (1777)
Battle of Monmouth (1778)
Battle of Springfield (1780)
Battle of Green Spring (1781)
Siege of Yorktown (1781)
Commanders
Notable commanders
Colonel Francis Johnston
Colonel Richard Butler
Military unit
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American Revolutionary War units of the United States
Continental Army
List of Continental units
Units by state
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Vermont
Virginia
Non-state units
Extra and Additional regiments
Armand's Legion
Pulaski's Legion
Lee's Legion
Ottendorf's Corps
Commander-in-Chief's Guard
State militia
List of state units
The 5th Pennsylvania Regiment, first known as the 4th Pennsylvania Battalion, was raised December 9, 1775, at Chester, Pennsylvania, for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action at Brandywine, Paoli, Germantown, Monmouth, Springfield, Green Spring, and Yorktown. The regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1783.
The regiment was known for wearing blue uniforms with white facings along with a leather jockey cap or light infantryman's cap if available. Scarlet trousers were very popular for unknown reasons exclusively to the 5th. Some historians believe it is in relation to marking themselves as veterans of Paoli.[1] By 1780 the light infantry battalions of the 5th were dressed in full white hunting suits with red feathered blue jockey caps lined white.
^"Uniforms of the American Revolution".
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