Thompson's Rifle Battalion

Thompson's Rifle Battalion is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Carlisle, Cumberland County, dedicated 1986.

E. South St. at Old Graveyard, Carlisle

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The first battalion in the colonies authorized by Congress, June 1775. Totaling nine companies, it was initially led by Col. William Thompson of Carlisle. Later the organization became the First Pennsylvania Continental Regiment.

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Historical maps covering this location

1776 · Map of the most Inhabited part of Virginia containing ... Maryland. (Northern Section) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1780 · A new and accurate map of the province of Pennsylvania in North America, from the best… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1782 · Carte de la Pensylvanie et du Nouveau Jersey (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1792 · A Map Of The State Of Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1796 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

A Map Of The State Of Pennsylvania, 1792, covering the location of Thompson's Rifle Battalion, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — A Map Of The State Of Pennsylvania, 1792, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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