Pennsylvania militia

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The Pennsylvania militia was a colonial-era citizen-soldier force that provided local defense and support to the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf citizen-soldier force ⓘ
colonial militia ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
alliedWith Continental Army ⓘ
Continental Congress ⓘ
commandStructure brigades ⓘ
county battalions and companies ⓘ
divisions ⓘ
composedOf citizen soldiers ⓘ
male inhabitants of Pennsylvania ⓘ
country Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasRole frontier defense ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
local defense ⓘ
protection of settlements ⓘ
support to the Continental Army ⓘ
suppression of Loyalist activity ⓘ
legalBasis Pennsylvania Militia Act of 1777 ⓘ
Pennsylvania militia laws ⓘ
locatedIn Pennsylvania ⓘ
notableCommander Anthony Wayne ⓘ
Daniel Roberdeau ⓘ
James Ewing ⓘ
John Armstrong Sr. ⓘ
linked to: John Armstrong

John Cadwalader ⓘ
Samuel Miles ⓘ
Thomas Mifflin ⓘ
William Irvine ⓘ
operatedIn American Revolutionary War ⓘ
opposedTo Great Britain ⓘ
Loyalists in Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: American Loyalists
participatedIn Battle of Brandywine ⓘ
Battle of Germantown ⓘ
Battle of Princeton ⓘ
Battle of Trenton ⓘ
New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Philadelphia campaign ⓘ
defense of Philadelphia ⓘ
frontier warfare against British-allied Native American forces ⓘ
partOf American forces in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Patriot forces ⓘ
recruitment compulsory militia enrollment ⓘ
substitution and fines for non-service ⓘ
serviceType part-time military service ⓘ
short-term service ⓘ
startTime 1775 ⓘ
subordinateTo Pennsylvania Committee of Safety ⓘ
Pennsylvania Council of Safety ⓘ
Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council ⓘ
trainingLevel irregular ⓘ
usedFor escorting supplies and convoys ⓘ
guarding prisoners of war ⓘ
reinforcement of Continental Army units ⓘ

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Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Germantown → involvedUnit → Pennsylvania militia ⓘ
Whiskey Rebellion → participant → Pennsylvania militia ⓘ
Isaac Wayne → militaryBranch → Pennsylvania provincial militia ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania militia
Pennsylvania militia → legalBasis → Pennsylvania Militia Act of 1777 ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania militia
Joseph Ritner → militaryService → Pennsylvania militia ⓘ
Adjutant General of Pennsylvania militia → hasJurisdiction → Pennsylvania militia units ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania militia
Pennsylvania Army National Guard → hasPredecessor → Pennsylvania Militia ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania militia
Philadelphia campaign → opposedBy → Pennsylvania militia ⓘ
Battle of Fort Mifflin → garrison → Pennsylvania militia ⓘ
John Cadwalader → militaryBranch → Pennsylvania militia ⓘ
John Cadwalader → employer → Pennsylvania militia ⓘ
Daniel Roberdeau → militaryBranch → Pennsylvania militia ⓘ
Conrad Weiser → militaryBranch → Pennsylvania militia ⓘ
Pennsylvania Navy → partOf → Pennsylvania militia ⓘ
James Ewing → militaryBranch → Pennsylvania militia ⓘ
Kittanning Expedition → commander → Pennsylvania provincial militia officers ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania militia
Forbes Expedition → includedUnit → Pennsylvania provincial troops ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania militia
Fort Augusta → garrisonedBy → Pennsylvania provincial troops ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania militia
David Rittenhouse Porter → militaryService → Pennsylvania militia (War of 1812 era) ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania militia