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Thompson's Rifle Battalion: Capt. George Nagel's Company

Thompson's Rifle Battalion: Capt. George Nagel's Company is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Greenfield Manor section of Reading, Berks County, dedicated 1989.

Berks County · dedicated 1989 · 940 Centre Ave. (PA 61) near Spring St., Greenfield Manor section of Reading

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With men enlisted from Berks County, Nagel's Company was a part of the first battalion in the colonies authorized by Congress, in June 1775. After gathering at Reading the following month, this company and other companies of the battalion marched approximately 350 miles in order to join the American siege of Boston.

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